Resources: Animations
Free animations to watch and download.
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DNA sequencing - the Illumina methodIllumina sequences DNA around 20 times cheaper than the 454 technology - $0.001 per 1000 bases - and taking just half a day to read one gigabase.
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DNA to protein - transcription and translationExplore how the DNA code is used to build protein molecules inside our cells.
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DNA sequencing - the Sanger methodFind out about the most commonly used method of sequencing DNA: the dideoxy or chain-termination method, which was developed by Fred Sanger in 1977 (and for which he won his second Nobel Prize).
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Zoom in on your genome
Find out where and how the human genome is stored within our cells and bodies.
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DNA sequencing - the 454 methodExplore 454 machines, which are able to read one gigabase of DNA sequence in a couple of days, at a cost of $0.02 per 1000 bases.
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Sanger Institute's animationsBrowse a collection of Flash animations that illustrate how the human genome was sequenced, some of the processes used in sequencing genomes and how the DNA code of the human genome is stored and used in our bodies.
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SyphillisUnless treated in its early stages, this sexually transmitted disease can go on to damage the heart, aorta, brain, eyes, and bones.
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Chagas' disease - insect stagesThe parasites use the triatomine insect as an incubator, maturing and multiplying until they are ready to be deposited on humans in the insect's faeces.
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Trypanosomiasis - fly stagesWhen a tsetse fly feeds on a human carrying trypanosomes, the ingested parasites develop within the fly, preparing for the next, human phase of their life cycle.
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Intestinal wormsHow environment and living conditions can lead to infection by a range of energy-sapping intestinal worms.
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Dengue virus replicationA detailed look at the molecular mechanisms that allow this virus to subvert the cells of its mammalian host, allowing it to replicate and spread.
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Schistosomiasis life cycleBy exploiting humans and fresh water snails, this parasite uses rivers and streams to transfer between the two animals, using each for a specific phase of its life cycle.
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Trypanosomiasis - human stagesFollow the journey of these single-celled parasites - which cause human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness - from the gut of the tsetse fly into the human bloodstream.
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Dengue infection and transmissionThis animation shows how being bitten by a mosquito carrying the dengue virus can lead to a broad range of symptoms.
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Malaria lifecycle - mosquito stages
See how the malaria parasite develops in the mosquito.
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HIV lifecycle
See how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replicates inside white blood cells, integrates with human DNA and produces new viruses.
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Leishmaniasis - human stagesThe bite from an infected sand fly can lead to disfiguring sores in the skin and can be deadly if the parasites reach the internal organs.
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Malaria lifecycle - human stagesFollow the development of the malaria parasite in the human liver and red blood cells.
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Leishmaniasis - fly stagesSee how the leishmania parasites enter the sand fly and we follow their maturation as they prepare for human infection.
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Lymphatic filariasisThis animation shows the complete life cycle of tiny parasitic worms as they move between human and mosquito hosts.
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Tuberculosis - Infection and transmissionSee how the human immune system attempts to contain a tuberculosis infection, and how the bacteria are transmitted to new people.
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Chagas' disease - human stagesWhen Trypanosoma cruzi parasites enter the human body, through a wound or directly via an eye, they can cause a chronic and often fatal disease.
