A new advanced genomics research facility was inaugurated on 29 September 2021 at the headquarters of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) to further genomic research on, among other things, healthier, more nutritious, and resilient crops for sustainable food systems. As ...
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Part 1 21 Years Ago The 20th century was the peak of human civilization in the 55 million years of its history. The atomic bomb demonstrated the mighty power of the smallest element of our nature and told us how vulnerable the human world could be. The moon-landing pushed our fronti...
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Qingdao, China, April 26, 2021 – BGI, a leading life science organization, is showcasing its COVID-19 anti-pandemic technology including the Huo-Yan Laboratory solutions and high-throughput sample preparation system at the 2021 SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) International Investment and ...
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BGI Group, together with the China Association of the Deaf, the Shenzhen Association of the Deaf, and the Shenzhen Maternity and Child Health Hospital launched ‘Deafness Prevention and Control - Project Shenzhen’ on December 18th. The project will carry out genetic science promotion about heredi...
Chickpea is the world’s third most widely grown legume crop, cultivated in semi-arid environments. It is an important source of protein for human consumption in more than 50 countries. Despite its importance, chickpea was previously defined as a neglected crop because of limited research and bree...
On February 15, President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia honored BGI Group with the Order of the Serbian Flag, First Class, for their assistance in Serbia’s fight against COVID-19. In 2020, BGI Group helped Serbia build two state-of-the-art high-throughput "Huo-Yan (Fire-Eye) Laboratories” for COVID-...
The iconic platypus and echidna (monotremes) display a unique mix of mammalian and reptilian features and form the most distantly related group of living mammals. One of their most well-known features is that they lay eggs to produce offspring while secret milk to feed them. Monotremes als...
On November 10, 2020, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital and BGI Research published a titled “Initial whole-genome sequencing and analysis of the host genetic” in the internationally renowned academic journal “Cell Discovery”. The research results of "contribution to COVID-19 severity and susceptib...
Utrecht and Qingdao, Sep 4th, 2020 - HubrechtOrganoid Technology (HUB) and BGI-Qingdao announced today that they have signeda Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly establish a Next GenerationDiagnostics (NGD) center to improve personalized care, better treatments andcure as well as faster ...