Ben's story: clinician, scientist and entrepreneur
Ben has always had a strong sense of what he wants to do. But as a clinician, he had to find ways to balance research with medical training and clinical practice.
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Ben Murton
Head of Early Career and Career Development Researchers
Eh!woza - Things We Left Unseen
The Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 commissioned 17 young people from Khayelitsha, Western Cape, South Africa empowering them to explore health and wellbeing in their…
Winner of the first Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize announced
Al Smith has won the first ever Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize for ‘Halflife’, a coming-of-age love story centred on two brain-damaged teenagers on a road trip. The £20…
Making the health impacts of climate change visible
In spite of what we know about the impacts of climate change on health, policymakers and decision-makers are still not taking action quickly and decisively enough. Here's why…
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Ben Ryder
Bedlam: the asylum and beyond
Bedlam has long been a byword for chaos. Now a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection opens the doors to the historic asylum from which it derives. Through the lens of the…
How can we better reward teamwork in research?
For a long time, academia has emphasised individual achievement over teamwork and collegiality. We want to change that.
Agenda: Reimagine Research Culture Festival
Agenda for our free online festival in March 2021, which brought together the research community to take action and help reimagine research. Activities included panel…
Canopy
Canopy is Wellcome’s citizen art and science festival and network, bringing health to the heart of climate action.
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-…
Winner of the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards announced
A captivating digital illustration portraying a personal experience of Crohn’s disease has been selected as the overall winner for the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards.
Global heating and human health – what’s the damage?
The Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 commissioned three photographers from three different countries to explore the dangers our heating planet has on our physical health.
New report sets out options for fostering transparent and competitive market for open access publishing
A new report published today identifies options through which funders can help ensure that the rapidly growing open access market delivers high-quality services and value for…
Dirt: the filthy reality of everyday life
Wellcome Collection’s major new exhibition takes a closer look at something that surrounds us but we are often reluctant to confront. ‘Dirt: the filthy reality of everyday…
Is the world running out of freshwater?
As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water we rely on. We need to act now to reduce the existing and emerging threat that this poses to our…
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Simge Eva Dogan
States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness opens at Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection opens the second part of a year-long exploration into human consciousness on 4 February 2016. 'States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness'…
Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 shortlist announced
The Wellcome Photography Prize has announced its 2020 shortlist.
Wellcome Photography Prize 2021
The Wellcome Photography Prize announces its 2021 winners, chosen from photographs exploring the human side of three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious…
Winners announced for Wellcome Photography Prize 2021
Jameisha Prescod and Yoppy Pieter have been announced as the winners of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2021.
THIS IS A VOICE
The voice is shapeless and immaterial, and yet fills up an entire gallery in Wellcome Collection's major spring exhibition.