We're establishing a new institute to advance genomics in Africa
With funding from Wellcome and the Chan Zuckerberg Institute, the ABI aims to support and develop sustainable genomics and wider bioinformatics research in Africa.
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Maggy Chan
Chief Operating Officer
Maggy Chan joined Wellcome as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in January 2025.
Writer/director Jonathan Glazer awarded the Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship in association with Film4
British writer and director Jonathan Glazer ('Under The Skin', 'Birth', 'Sexy Beast') has been named the 2014 Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellow in association with…
Announcing three new members of Wellcome’s Executive Committee
Professor Rachel McKendry has been appointed as Executive Director of Discovery, Professor Charlotte Watts the Executive Director of Solutions, and Maggy Chan as Wellcome’s…
First co-production feature film from the Wellcome Trust: 'Electricity'
'Electricity', the Wellcome Trust’s first co-production feature film, is released in select cinemas nationally from 12 December, by Soda Pictures. Starring Agyness Deyn as a…
How is AI reshaping health research?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to reshape science and health. Three experts share the potential benefits and pitfalls of AI in health research.
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-…
How to make sense of the body's billions of cells
An ambitious international project is attempting to create a 'Google map' of the human body by making three-dimensional maps of every human cell. It could…
John-Arne Røttingen
Chief Executive Officer
John-Arne Røttingen joined Wellcome as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2024 and leads the charitable foundation’s mission to support science to solve the urgent…
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…
Wellcome announces new Executive Committee appointments
Wellcome – the global charitable foundation funding curiosity-driven science and research to solve urgent health challenges – is announcing three new members of its Executive…
Wellcome appoints Dr John-Arne Røttingen as Chief Executive Officer to lead its £16bn strategy to back science and build a healthier future
Dr John-Arne Røttingen, a medical scientist, public health official, diplomat and research administrator, will take up the post in January 2024.
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Wellcome is an independent charitable foundation. Our work is funded from an investment portfolio that currently stands at £37.8 billion.
Human Cell Atlas gets a boost with first funding from Wellcome
A team of UK scientists will begin work to scale up efforts to create a Human Cell Atlas, after the first injection of funding for generating data from human cells is…
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
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.
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator awards $20 million in initial grants to fund clinical trials
Researchers at three institutions in the US and UK receive grants to advance studies of repurposed drugs and novel antibodies in preventing COVID-19.
How collaborating with Indigenous communities can lead to meaningful climate action
Indigenous communities have been using ‘cultural burning’ for centuries. Dr Nicole Redvers explores how this traditional practice could help us rethink fire management.
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Dr Nicole Redvers
Internationally focused commission on antimicrobial resistance announced by PM
A new review to address the growing global problem of drug-resistant infections, hosted and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has been commissioned by the Prime Minister.
Cherry's story: a career launched by first-hand experience and a good mentor
How do you go about building all the skills you need at the start of your research career? Cherry found a mentor to guide her through this journey.