Episode 10: How can we feed the world with a changing climate?
Alisha speaks to Professor Ruth DeFries to discuss how the world has become reliant on a small number of crops (such as corn and rice), leaving us in a vulnerable position if…
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Reimagine Research Culture Festival
The festival explored how to build a more positive and inclusive research culture. Catch up with the highlights, including new approaches, what's already working,…
Ellen Reid in New York: SOUNDWALK
Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, SOUNDWALK is a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate walks around New York's Central Park,…
Seven vital questions about RNA Covid-19 vaccines
Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, unlike the vaccines we already use for other diseases, have been developed using ribonucleic acid (RNA) technology. So…
Join the discovery research conversation
Register for Wellcome's upcoming discovery research webinars and find out how we plan to work with the research community to enable curiosity-based research across a huge…
Michael Dunn
Reimagine Research Culture Festival
Our free online festival in March 2021 will bring together the research community to take action and help reimagine research.
Wellcome clinical trial policy monitoring 2018 to 2023
When we signed the WHO statement on clinical trial transparency, we promised to monitor compliance with our clinical trials policy and publish the cumulative results annually…
Episode 8: One scientist’s journey to respecting indigenous customs
Danish geneticist Professor Eske Willerslev and Shane Doyle, a member of the Crow Tribe in Montana, USA, join Alisha to discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of ancient DNA…
What are the most effective ways to improve vaccination rates?
What is the evidence on what works, and what doesn't, for improving vaccination rates and saving lives?
Anna Mouser
Why do we need a new generation of Covid-19 vaccines?
The first Covid-19 vaccines have been very effective, but there’s plenty of room for improvement, especially for dealing with new variants. Charlie Weller talks about the…
Charlie Weller
Our trans inclusion policy is the latest step in making Wellcome more inclusive
Developed in collaboration with our LGBTQ+ network at Wellcome, we're launching a new trans inclusion policy for our staff.
Kathy Poole
To make the charity sector safe for everyone, we need to Speak Up
We know that in the charity sector it can be difficult for colleagues to challenge bad practice. That’s why we’ve developed Speak Up – a new initiative to help us build a…
Fraser Simpson
Four reasons why we need multiple vaccines for Covid-19
Having a range of Covid-19 vaccines available for people to use around the world is essential to bring the pandemic under control. Here’s why.
- Charlie Weller
Our sector must come together to improve research culture
The UK government’s new Research and Development People and Culture Strategy is a big step towards making research culture more open, inclusive and honest. Here’s why it’s…
Dan O’Connor
Grants awarded: People Awards
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘People Awards’. People Awards have been replaced by the Public Engagement Fund.
Hosting your Café Culture discussion
Café Culture is an opportunity for you and your colleagues to talk about the challenges you face in research culture, reflect on what a better culture would look like, and…
Treatments will take the fear and helplessness out of coronavirus – here’s how businesses can help find them
Science will show us the way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. And businesses and philanthropy can play a major role by stepping up to fund coronavirus treatments, as well as…
Jeremy Farrar
Urgent investment needed for diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic
Now is not the time to make cautious investments: now is the time for courageous action to tackle COVID-19.
Alex Harris
It's now beyond doubt: we need to reimagine the way research works
The findings of our survey of more than 4,000 researchers expose the stark pressures that many face. But together, we can learn from one another’s good practice and come up…
Beth Thompson
Lab leaders must create open and safe spaces to improve research culture
Ricardo Henriques, Group Leader at UCL, looks at how lab leaders can create open and safe spaces for people to discuss any issues in research culture.
Ricardo Henriques