Community Impact
Chulalongkorn University and BGI are collaborating on the CHANGS Initiative (Comprehensive Health Analysis for Aging Study), a groundbreaking research project focused on healthy aging in Thailand. By integrating single-cell genomics, spatial transcriptomics, bioinformatics, and AI-driven healthcare,...
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The 20th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-20) Wuhan will be held from March 22 to 23, 2025, in Wuhan, China!ICG-20 Wuhan will focus on discovering, protecting, studying, and utilizing biodiversity resources with AI and omics technologies. This year’s conference continues to uphold its “Omic...
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Biodiversity
Soil crusts, often called the “skin of the desert,” cover more than 40% of Earth’s land surface and play essential roles in preventing erosion, improving moisture retention, and stabilizing vulnerable terrain. These crusts are made up of diverse organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and a group of “...
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On February 10, scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and BGI-Research have uncovered the intricate immune mechanisms underlying Fulminant Myocarditis (FM). Utilizing BGI’s Stereo-seq multi-omics technology alongside single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq), the study provid...
From late January to early February, Wang Jian, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BGI Group, visited four Asian countries - Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Nepal - to foster international cooperation in disease prevention, scientific research, and talent development. During his...
On February 5, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Finance, Pichai Chunhavajira, along with Secretary-General to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Prommin Lertsuridej, led a high-level delegation to visit the Multi-Omics Joint Center - a collaborative endeavor between the Chinese Academy...
On February 3, a research team from BGI-Research published a new method in Cell Systems. The paper introduces SpaTrack, a new computational tool for constructing spatiotemporal cell differentiation trajectories. SpaTrack combines single-cell spatial transcriptomics with optimal transport theory, off...
On January 31, 2025, Wang Jian, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BGI Group, was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) in Bangkok, Thailand. His speech, titled “Omics for All,” focused on the democratization of genomic technologies to en...
BGI-Research, in cooperation with Lamprey Research Center of Liaoning Normal University and other institutions, utilized BGI’s single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) technologies and sequencing platform to construct the most completed single-cell transcr...