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Life in the Lab

These films provide a more in-depth insight to some of the laboratory processes used by different teams at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.  The film has been developed to help support the OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 in laboratory skills.

    Life in the Lab: working in a malaria genome modification pipeline
    Video

    This film shows how computer software is used to create DNA sequences that can modify the DNA of malaria parasites.

    Life in the Lab: working in a DNA sequencing pipeline
    Video

    This film shows all of the processes involved in sequencing a DNA sample; from receiving a sample DNA to releasing the assembled DNA sequence data.

    Life in the Lab: working in a malaria lab
    Video

    This film shows how scientists work with malaria parasites in the lab; culturing parasites and preparing them so they can be seen using a microscope.

    Life in the Lab: working with human gut microbiota
    Video

    This film shows how lab scientists work safely with human gut bacteria; culturing them on agar plates and extracting DNA for genome sequencing.

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