The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a British nonprofit genomics and genetics research centre on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Hinxton, outside Cambridge, England, established in 1992 and named after double Nobel laureate Frederick Sanger. Originally conceived as a large scale DNA sequencing centre to take part in the Human Genome Project, it made the largest single contribution to the reference human genome sequence and has since broadened its work to understand the role of genetics in health and disease, organized around six main research programs and producing around ten billion DNA bases of raw sequence data each day. It is staffed by around nine hundred people, including thirty two academic scientists leading independent research groups, and is funded primarily by the Wellcome Trust, with more than nine in ten of its research papers involving partnerships with other organizations.
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It was established in 1992 and named after double Nobel laureate Frederick Sanger.
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The Wellcome Sanger Institute, previously known as The Sanger Centre and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, is a non-profit British genomics and genetics research institute, primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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The Wellcome Sanger Institute, previously known as The Sanger Centre and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, is a non-profit British genomics and genetics research institute, primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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