An open-source foundation model that reads the genomes of human-associated microbes and converts them into reusable numerical signatures is now publicly available. Described in a recent bioRxiv preprint, Genos-m, developed by BGI-Research and Zhejiang Lab, places individual genes, whole genomes, ...
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On May 27, 2026, a research team led by the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University and the State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies at BGI-Research, in collaboration with Zhejiang University School of Medicine and other institutions, reported in Nature a spatiot...
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Recently, a multi-institutional team led by BGI-Research, together with Dalian University of Technology and other collaborators, published a study in Nature Communications titled: "The Extreme Environment Microbiome Catalog (EEMC): a global resource for microbial diversity and antimicrobial disco...
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On April 16, a multi-institutional research team led by BGI-Research, the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Monash University in Australia, and other collaborators, reports in Science the discovery of an opposing molecu...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has officially released the groundbreaking international standard ISO/TS 20738:2026, titled “Genomics informatics — Requirements of data analysis for direct-to-consumer testing.” This milestone standard was co-led by BGI-Research and the Ch...
Wheat is a staple food for more than one-third of the world’s population, and improving its yield and quality is essential for global food security. On April 1, the State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, initiated by BGI-Research, together with scientists from 34 universitie...
On March 27, 2026, the leading global forensic scientist, and outstanding mentor and friend of BGI, Dr. Henry Lee, passed away peacefully in the United States at the age of 87. In remembrance of Dr. Henry Lee (1938–2026) (Credit: University of New Haven). Dr. Lee’s life was dedicate...
The human gut harbors vast numbers of bacteriophages that help shape microbial communities, yet for most of these phages the bacterial host remains unknown. In the Gut Phage Database (GPD), hosts had been assigned to fewer than 29% of 142,809 cataloged phage genomes, leaving much of the gut virom...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has officially released the first international standard for therapeutic bacteriophage preparation, titled “ISO/TS 20853:2026 Biotechnology — Bioprocessing — General requirements for bacteriophage preparation for therapeutic use.” This grou...