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<p><font color="#000000">The <strong>Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute</strong> (formerly the Sanger Centre) is a genome research centre in the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire, England. It was set up in 1992 by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, the purpose of which is stated as &quot;to further our knowledge of genomes, and in particular to play a substantial role in the sequencing and interpretation of the human genome. This information will underpin research on human biology and disease in this century and beyond&quot;<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><font size="2"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></font></sup> and was named after the double Nobel Laureate biochemist Frederick Sanger. The Nobel Laureate John Sulston acted as director of the institute upon its inception until 2000.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">Besides its involvement in a large number of genome sequencing projects, the institute hosts many different (large-scale) research projects and is regarded as a key player in the international research community.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><span style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since June 2008"><font size="2">[<em>citation needed</em>]</font></span></sup></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">The projects include:</font></p>
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<li><font color="#000000">Human Genome Project<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><font size="2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></font></sup></font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Cancer Genome Project<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><font size="2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></font></sup></font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Genes to Cognition Project<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><font size="2"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></font></sup></font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Ensembl The Ensembl Genome Browser</font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Pathogen Sequencing</font></li>
<li><font color="#000000">Pfam<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18039703_4-0" class="reference"><font size="2"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></font></sup> and Rfam<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18953034_5-0" class="reference"><font size="2"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></font></sup></font></li>
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<p><font color="#000000">PhD students trained at the institute are registered at the University of Cambridge.</font></p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline"><font color="#000000">References</font></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-0"><font color="#000000"><strong>^</strong> &quot;Sanger Institute - General Information&quot;. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.</font></li>
<li id="cite_note-1"><font color="#000000"><strong>^</strong> &quot;Human Genome Project&quot;. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.</font></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><font color="#000000"><strong>^</strong> &quot;Cancer Genome Project&quot;. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.</font></li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><font color="#000000"><strong>^</strong> &quot;G2C::Consortium&quot;. Genes to Cognition. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.</font></li>
<li id="cite_note-pmid18039703-4"><font color="#000000"><strong>^</strong> <cite style="FONT-STYLE: normal" id="CITEREFFinn_RD.2C_Tate_J.2C_Mistry_J.2C_Coggill_PC.2C_Sammut_SJ.2C_Hotz_HR.2C_Ceric_G.2C_Forslund_K.2C_Eddy_SR.2C_Sonnhammer_EL.2C_Bateman_A2008" class="Journal">Finn RD, Tate J, Mistry J, Coggill PC, Sammut SJ, Hotz HR, Ceric G, Forslund K, Eddy SR, Sonnhammer EL, Bateman A (2008). &quot;The Pfam protein families database.&quot;. <em>Nucleic Acids Res</em> <strong>36</strong> (Database issue): D281-8. PMID 18039703.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=The+Pfam+protein+families+database.&amp;rft.jtitle=Nucleic+Acids+Res&amp;rft.aulast=Finn+RD%2C+Tate+J%2C+Mistry+J%2C+Coggill+PC%2C+Sammut+SJ%2C+Hotz+HR%2C+Ceric+G%2C+Forslund+K%2C+Eddy+SR%2C+Sonnhammer+EL%2C+Bateman+A&amp;rft.au=Finn+RD%2C+Tate+J%2C+Mistry+J%2C+Coggill+PC%2C+Sammut+SJ%2C+Hotz+HR%2C+Ceric+G%2C+Forslund+K%2C+Eddy+SR%2C+Sonnhammer+EL%2C+Bateman+A&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft.volume=36&amp;rft.issue=Database+issue&amp;rft.pages=D281-8&amp;rft_id=info:pmid/18039703&amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sanger_Institute"><span style="DISPLAY: none">&nbsp;</span></span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-pmid18953034-5"><font color="#000000"><strong>^</strong> <cite style="FONT-STYLE: normal" id="CITEREFGardner_PP.2C_Daub_J.2C_Tate_JG.2C_Nawrocki_EP.2C_Kolbe_DL.2C_Lindgreen_S.2C_Wilkinson_AC.2C_Finn_RD.2C_Griffiths-Jones_S.2C_Eddy_SR.2C_Bateman_A2008" class="Journal">Gardner PP, Daub J, Tate JG, Nawrocki EP, Kolbe DL, Lindgreen S, Wilkinson AC, Finn RD, Griffiths-Jones S, Eddy SR, Bateman A (2008). &quot;Rfam: updates to the RNA families database.&quot;. <em>Nucleic Acids Res</em>. PMID 18953034.</cite></font><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Rfam%3A+updates+to+the+RNA+families+database.&amp;rft.jtitle=Nucleic+Acids+Res&amp;rft.aulast=Gardner+PP%2C+Daub+J%2C+Tate+JG%2C+Nawrocki+EP%2C+Kolbe+DL%2C+Lindgreen+S%2C+Wilkinson+AC%2C+Finn+RD%2C+Griffiths-Jones+S%2C+Eddy+SR%2C+Bateman+A&amp;rft.au=Gardner+PP%2C+Daub+J%2C+Tate+JG%2C+Nawrocki+EP%2C+Kolbe+DL%2C+Lindgreen+S%2C+Wilkinson+AC%2C+Finn+RD%2C+Griffiths-Jones+S%2C+Eddy+SR%2C+Bateman+A&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft_id=info:pmid/18953034&amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sanger_Institute"><span style="DISPLAY: none">&nbsp;</span></span></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://www.sanger.ac.uk/" href="http://www.sanger.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc">The Sanger Institute</font></a></li>
<li><a class="external text" title="http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Info/Intro/sanger.shtml" href="http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Info/Intro/sanger.shtml" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc">About Fred Sanger, biography from the Sanger Institute</font></a></li>
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