News

June 2026

Pushing genomics forward

• Pushing genomics forward (IBM) →

22 May 2026

World first: a whole genome loaded onto a quantum computer

The complete hepatitis delta virus genome was encoded and loaded onto quantum hardware, at least an order of magnitude larger than previous attempts. Publication in preparation.

• First complete genome loaded onto a quantum computer (Science) →
• Genome loaded onto a quantum computer in world first (Wellcome Sanger Institute) →
• Oxford researchers contribute to world first in quantum computing and genomics (University of Oxford) →

16 April 2026

Quantum computing vendors supporting quantum genomics

• How IBM Quantum is enabling healthcare and biology research (Financial Times) →
• Quantum computing joins the next frontier in genomics (Quantinuum) →

19 March 2026

Wellcome Leap's Quantum for Bio programme

• Quantum computers take on health care (Nature News) →
• Can quantum computers now solve health care problems? (MIT Technology Review) →

December 2025

IBM Quantum Readiness Report

• 2025 quantum computing readiness report (IBM Institute for Business Value) →

December 2025

World Economic Forum white paper on quantum technologies in health

• Quantum technologies: strategic imperatives for health and healthcare leaders (World Economic Forum) →

2025

Final phase of the Wellcome Leap quantum pangenomics project

• Sergii Strelchuk to lead final phase of Wellcome Leap-funded quantum pangenomics project (University of Oxford) →

2025

Wellcome Sanger Institute using quantum computers

• Sanger Institute collaboration using quantum computing to tackle complex genomic challenges (Wellcome Sanger Institute) →
• Sanger deploys quantum computing to tackle genomic challenges (Business Weekly) →

2024

Quantum Pangenomics collaboration

• Quantum Pangenomics (Wellcome Sanger Institute) →

2024

Quantum for Bio funding for pangenome analysis

• Researchers aim to use quantum computing to assemble and analyse pangenomes (EMBL-EBI) →