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Sustainability of NHS at core of Wales Health Science Conference

The sustainability of the NHS was the focus of the recent Wales Health Science Conference 2025. The conference, which was held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno over 15 and 16 May, was hosted by Healthcare Science Cymru and the Welsh Scientific Advisory Committee (WSAC). The two-day event brought together healthcare leaders, education institutions, policymakers, and…Continue Reading Sustainability of NHS at core of Wales Health Science Conference

Deuce: an audio drama with Illumine Theatre

Deuce – By Illumine Theatre, Genomics Partnership Wales and Wales Gene Park When junior tennis star Alys Harris collapses serving for the championship at Wimbledon, she finds herself out-of-her-body in a hospital room, visited by her late father. Can Daf help Alys make sense of her collapse? And can the former player persuade his daughter…Continue Reading Deuce: an audio drama with Illumine Theatre

Audio Drama ‘Tremolo’ Wins BBC Award!

Wales Gene Park is delighted to announce that ‘Tremolo’ actor Gareth Elis (pictured below) won the Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance at the recent BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023! ‘Tremolo’ by Lisa Parry, a collaboration between Wales Gene Park, Illumine Theatre and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, supported by the Genetics Society, is a thought-provoking, bilingual podcast…Continue Reading Audio Drama ‘Tremolo’ Wins BBC Award!

Oxford Nanopore Technologies comes to Wales Gene Park!

We are pleased to announce that our wet lab successfully prepared and sequenced the lambda control genome on the PromethION P2 Solo, making long read sequencing with Oxford Nanopore Technologies a reality at Wales Gene Park. Our flow cell check showed the presence of 6848 pores and started running with a 93.3% pore occupancy. Here…Continue Reading Oxford Nanopore Technologies comes to Wales Gene Park!