Networking
We support events that promote innovation, inspiration and debate within the broadcast industry. We encourage, foster and disseminate ideas, and promote dialogue between researchers, media professionals and between different sectors of the audiovisual industries. We also act as a point of contact for information on biomedical science.
Showcase
Channel 4 broadcast this Wellcome Collection event over four consecutive nights, bringing life-saving surgery to our screens, live and interactive.
Watch a video showing Krishnan Guru-Murthy introducing live keyhole stomach repair and talking to surgeon Richard Hardwick.
Our partnership with Doc/Fest takes science to the heart of the UK's number one documentary festival.
Watch a video shot during Sheffield Doc/Fest's Science Saturday, where the media industry gets an invaluable opportunity to mingle with scientists, meet representatives of the Wellcome Trust and pitch their ideas for new films.
A unique series of creative 'laboratories' where scientists join experienced and talented professionals from different sectors of the audiovisual industries to develop ideas for innovative cross-platform programmes, products or services.
We are working with the games industry to explore the potential for games to engage mass audiences with issues in biomedical science. Play 'Sneeze'
The Wellcome Library helps unravel the story of how one doctor tried to protect Manchester from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic.