Remembering our friend Alessandro Coatti Sandy Starr and Sophia McCully write a moving tribute in BioNews. Ale, he was an expert in science and policy aspects of genome editing - and a much moved friend. www.progress.org.uk/remembering-... #genetics #genomtics #geneediting #Obituary #DNA

@wellcometrust.bsky.social & UK Government are investing up to £600m to deliver a new Health Data Research Service, simplifying secure access to health data to speed up research to understand and treat diseases. wellcome.org/news/nationa...

Welcome’s submission to the UK Spending Review: 📈 Increase R&D intensity - invest £22bn in R&D in 2026/27 and set a longer-term ambition to become the most R&D intensive economy in the G7 🏫 Fix the funding environment for UK universities to support their financial sustainability

🔥New report out now from @wellcometrust.bsky.social @nestauk.bsky.social, supported by @randeurope.org: A vision for a research and innovation powered NHS Read more on why these changes are so important and how we can make them happen 👇🏻 wellcome.org/reports/from...

“The news of university job losses is a stark reminder of the precarious financial situation facing the sector. This instability not only threatens the UK’s role as a leader in science but also the country’s ambitions for long-term economic growth” @drbeththompson.bsky.social at Wellcome

News of job losses at Durham and Cardiff is a stark reminder of the precarious financial situation facing UK universities. More from @wellcometrust.bsky.social in today's Times -- www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Our annual report is out today, with highlights from an exciting year at Wellcome 👇🏻

Thank you University College London Hospitals for hosting Wellcome Voices choir for carols today. We had a wonderful audience at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals! Bringing festive cheer through song is the perfect way to end the @wellcometrust.bsky.social year 🎄🎵

Fantastic opportunity to join the @instituteforgov.bsky.social as a researcher - please flag to all the brilliant people you know! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

ABPI's annual report on UK industry clinical trials out today. A mixed review: 📈number of trials up for the second year in a row 📉participants in interventional trials are down More, including actions for improvement - bit.ly/49urBSd

Hello to everyone on Bluesky 👋 We’re a global charitable foundation. We believe science and research are essential to solving the world’s health challenges – and everyone should benefit from them. Find out more about us ⤵️ wellcome.org/what-we-do?u...