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$500,000 video games challenge Developing Beyond reveals finalists
Games exploring life on Mars, plant breeding and the legacy of the Black Death have made it to the final of Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-long development competition…
Seed wins $500,000 Developing Beyond Video games final
A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…
Bacterial shoot ‘em up wins out in Gamify Your PhD project
After a two-day games hack in which scientists and games developers came together to create video games from doctoral research, a bacterial shoot-em-up game, ‘Dysbiosis’, has…
NHS set to benefit from UK-led technologies
Video games, pioneering gene therapies and new medical devices are set to transform treatments on the NHS, with support from the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust.
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All eyes on Euston Road for the Wellcome Trust's new windows commission
Passers-by looking in the windows of the Wellcome Trust’s central London headquarters this summer may be surprised to find two giant pairs of eyes staring back at them. ‘Eye…
Wellcome awards £17.5m to support global research drive
As world braces for El Niño – can science help to limit the catastrophic health effects of soaring global temperatures?
Miracles & Charms at Wellcome Collection
Miracles & Charms, Wellcome Collection’s autumn exhibition programme, opens today, exploring the extraordinary in the everyday with a pair of shows. Drawing lines between…
Exploring Hong Kong’s history of pandemics and its impact on the city
The latest instalment of Contagious Cities explores Hong Kong’s experience of pandemics and the cultural and social impacts of disease on its community.
‘Superhuman’ coming to Wellcome Collection in July
From Icarus to i-Limbs, Wellcome Collection’s major summer exhibition, ‘Superhuman’, explores the extraordinary ways people have sought to improve, adapt and enhance their…
Wellcome Library's digital player is made freely available
The Wellcome Library’s innovative digital player, the piece of software that is used to 'play' digitised content, is now freely available for anyone to download and use.
Grants awarded: International Engagement Awards
Project summaries of Wellcome grants awarded under the scheme ‘International Engagement Awards’. International Engagement Awards have been replaced by the Public…
Wellcome Policy Lab
We’re experimenting with more creative ways to develop policy and engage decision-makers to help Wellcome deliver its mission.
£23mn for global research to protect human health from climate change
Wellcome announce funding for 11 transdisciplinary teams across 17 countries to investigate the health impacts of climate change
‘Science thrives best through international collaboration’ – Jeremy Farrar on ten years at Wellcome
Wellcome’s outgoing Director reflects on a decade of progress and looks ahead at the opportunities to improve health globally.
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Celebrating a 'decade of discovery' since the Human Genome Project
Leading scientists from the public efforts to map the human genome today celebrate a decade of discovery since the announcement of the first draft. And in a dramatic sign of…
Learning from pandemics
Charlie Weller has been at Wellcome since 2014 and Head of Prevention since September 2021. Her work at Wellcome has included leading the funding response to the West African…
UK Government urged to permit use of techniques to prevent transmission of mitochondrial diseases
Leading medical research charities have signed a joint open letter to the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, urging him to introduce regulations to…