Wellcome Photography Prize 2025
The top 25 entries celebrate the intersection of health, science, and human experience through compelling visual storytelling. The 2025 competition saw professional and…
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What Sex did to the X – and Why
A chromosome account of evolution and revolution
The human X chromosome is about sex and how it evolved. It also has a unique position in the history of genetics – and the…
Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 exhibition
A dedicated landing page for the 2025 Wellcome Photography Prize
Improving global pandemic preparedness by 2025
This paper outlines three areas – global coordination and leadership; financing and how to address key gaps in pandemic infrastructure – that will have the biggest impact on…
Top 25 Announced for Wellcome Photography Prize 2025
The Wellcome Photography Prize has unveiled its Top 25 entries, selected for the 2025 edition of the awards
Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 opens with £52,000 in prizes
The Wellcome Photography Prize, now open for entries, seeks visual stories of human experience, hope, and resilience.
Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 winners announced
Sujata Setia, Mithail Afrige Chowdhury and Steve Gschmeissner awarded £10,000 each for images exploring domestic abuse, climate migration and the hidden dangers of cholesterol
Sexually transmitted infections and risky sex still an issue in the UK
New results from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), published in The Lancet, provide a picture of sexually transmitted infection (STI)…
Spending Review 2025: Why headline ‘£86 billion for research’ figure isn’t as ambitious as it sounds
The UK government’s finance minister has set out the country’s spending plans until 2030. What do they mean for research? Martin Smith, Head of Policy Lab at Wellcome,…
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Sex in the Afternoon: Wellcome Collection announces sexology literature tour
Four internationally renowned writers - including London’s first Young Poet Laureate, the current Forward Prize holder, and the former inaugural Poet in Residence at the…
Sex on the brain: 'Doublesex' gene key to determining fruit fly gender
The brains of males and females, and how they use them, may be far more different then previously thought, at least in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, according to…
One in ten women in Britain report having experienced sex against their will
One in ten women (9.8%) and roughly one in seventy men (1.4%), when asked “Has anyone actually made you have sex with them, against your will?”, said yes, according to new…
Sex by Numbers: Wellcome Collection launches a national Sexology Season
Wellcome Collection is launching 'Sex by Numbers' - an interactive infographic that playfully maps the nation’s sex lives, from who with to how often - to mark the start of…
One in six men and women feel that their health affects their sex life
A new study, published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), systematically assesses the association between…
Research Manager, Discovery Research
Salary: £53,400 Closing date: Sunday, 7 September 2025 Contract type: Permanent Interview dates: w/c 29 September 2025, second stage w/c 13 October 2025…
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Terms and conditions that apply to entries for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2025.
Survey examines changes in sexual behaviour and attitudes in Britain
New results published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) reveal how sexual behaviour and attitudes in Britain have…
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Chief People Officer
Nick Skinner joined Wellcome in April 2025 and leads our People department. Over his 30-year career he has gathered experience across a broad range of organisations spanning…
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Rebecca joined Wellcome in May 2025 as Interim Chief Information Officer.