Wellcome Sanger Institute

British genomics research institute
Organization research_institute Q1142544
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Wellcome Sanger Institute

Summary

Wellcome Sanger Institute is a research institute[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (555 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wellcome Sanger Institute was a member of iRODS Consortium[3].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute is located in Hinxton[4].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's instance of is recorded as research institute[6].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's instance of is recorded as charitable organization[7].
  • Frederick Sanger is named after Wellcome Sanger Institute[8].
  • Wellcome Trust is named after Wellcome Sanger Institute[9].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Hinxton[10].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Cambridgeshire[11].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's headquarters location is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • The location of Wellcome Sanger Institute was Wellcome Genome Campus[13].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's Commons category is recorded as Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute[14].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's industry is recorded as genomics[15].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's industry is recorded as bioinformatics[16].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's industry is recorded as research[17].
  • 1992 marks the founding of Wellcome Sanger Institute[18].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 52.0775, 'longitude': 0.1875}[19].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's parent organization or unit is recorded as Wellcome Trust[20].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's official website is recorded as https://www.sanger.ac.uk/[21].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute[22].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's Commons gallery is recorded as Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute[23].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1015'}[24].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1075'}[25].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1070'}[26].
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1022'}[27].

Body

Founding

1992 marks the founding of Wellcome Sanger Institute[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hinxton[10], a village[28], in United Kingdom[29]; Cambridgeshire[11], a ceremonial county of England[30], in United Kingdom[31]; and United Kingdom[12], a sovereign state[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1801[34]. Wellcome Sanger Institute's parent organization or unit is recorded as Wellcome Trust[20].

Industry

Industries include genomics[15], bioinformatics[16], and research[17].

Why It Matters

Wellcome Sanger Institute ranks in the top 4% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (555 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sanger-institute-hinxton
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: sanger-institute-hinxton, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961904|sanger institute hinxton (#289961904)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  2. 19w ago · Mormegil · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
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    Grid id → grid.10306.34
    Scilit organization id → 708
    + 86 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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