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Combined with this, they facilitate knowledge, tools, methodologies and enabling platforms to nucleate and transform existing fields of research across the breadth of the Discovery Research remit.</p> <p>Underpinning this is our commitment to ensuring Wellcome's funding is inclusive, diverse, equitably accessed and that researchers and teams can thrive and be their best.<br>  <br> The current portfolio includes partnerships with institutes such as the <a href="https://www.sanger.ac.uk/" target="_self">Wellcome Sanger Institute</a> and the <a href="https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2022-07-11_ps1billion-invested-in-the-future-of-uk-discovery-science" target="_self">Francis Crick Institute</a>, Wellcome鈥檚 support for centres, investments in longitudinal population studies (including the <a href="https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/" target="_self">UK Biobank</a>), data and physical infrastructures (for example the <a href="https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/About.html" target="_self">Diamond Light Source</a> synchrotron facility), and partnership in the <a href="https://www.humancellatlas.org/" target="_self">Human Cell Atlas</a>.<br>  <br> Christiane obtained a PhD from the University of Manchester in molecular parasitology. 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