In the first episode of Conversations with COSMIC Series Two, Jon Teague, Director of COSMIC, shares his journey from his education to playing a central role in the creation of COSMIC in 2004. Jon reflects on the project’s growth over the past two decades and discusses his hopes for its future as a cornerstone of global cancer genomics research.

As he prepared to step down as director of The Sanger Institute we interviewed Sir Professor Mike Stratton. Join us as we reflect on his fascinating career, his role in the early days of COSMIC and his advice for aspiring scientists!

We caught up with Dr Maria Zhivagui to hear about her research that’s captured the attention of the cancer research community and public alike. Learn about the deleterious effects UV nail dryers can have on our DNA, possible long term consequences of these damages and much more!

Join us and Dr Gianmarco Contino, MD PhD for episode four of Conversations with COSMIC. Associate Professor of Cancer Genomic Medicine and an Honorary Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Consultant at the University of Birmingham, we explore his broad range of work from gene panels and tumour boards, to his clinical specialty: Oesophageal cancer.

For World Cancer Day 2023 we caught up with Wellcome Sanger Institute International Fellow Daniela Robles-Espinoza to explore her research into acral melanoma, a form of melanoma common in Mexico with little literature surrounding it. Learn about unique complexities of research in Mexico and how this work could help close the care gap for mexican melanoma patients.

Join us and Dr Guanan Wang as she tells us how, as head of clinical curation for Vidium Animal Health, her team is using our COSMIC data to inform research in canine cancer and build a genomic data ecosystem to ultimately improve cancer outcome for 'our beloved' companion animals.

In our first episode, we interview UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Siddhartha Kar on his research into clonal haematopoiesis. Hear about how his team conducted the most comprehensive analysis of inherited genetic factors conferring risk to clonal haematopoiesis and the role COSMIC played.