Taking place June 21st – July 5th, 2026, in Shenzhen, BGI Group extends a warm welcome to your participation in the course of Applicable Smart Medical Technology Training Program for "Belt and Road" Countries. Organized by BGI College, this 15-day program is designed for mid- to senior-level prof...
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Choices, conviction and curiosity. These are the driving forces that have taken Wyclif Odago from the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya to be a Project Operation Specialist at BGI Bioverse and a PhD candidate in Botany at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. As the fi...
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On March 17, a Dutch biotechnology delegation, organized by the Netherlands Innovation Network China and led by Antoni Mandemaker, Deputy Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Guangzhou, visited the BGI Center, the global headquarters of BGI Group. The delegation engaged in high-lev...
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The deep ocean is often believed to be devoid of light and nutrients; a barren ecological environment. However, the reality is very different. The depths of our oceans are teeming with a dazzling array of biological communities and abundant vitality. In October 2021, a group of scientists, incl...
Recently, BGI Genomics, a subsidiary of BGI Group, achieved "Good" ratings in all assessed categories in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) BRCA-A 2023 BRCA1/2 Sequencing evaluation program at three of its medical testing laboratories located in Denmark, Shenzhen, and Tianjin. This...
(Continued from PART 1) The International Human Genome HapMap Project Launched in 2002, the HapMap project brought together researchers from multiple countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, and Canada. Its primary objective was to construct a comprehensive...
The completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in 2003 marked the dawn of a new era in life sciences. Just two decades on, mankind’s relentless pursuit of self-understanding has achieved yet another remarkable breakthrough in genomic research with the publication in Nature of a more comprehensive ...
In South Africa, a country known for its ethnic diversity and population of approximately 60 million, genomic sequencing has accelerated at a remarkable pace in recent years. And the impact has already been significant. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, genomic sequencing was used to i...
Over the centuries, mankind has experienced both agrarian and industrial revolutions, yet the world still faces hunger. In March, a report released by the World Bank and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed that 45 countries worldwide urgently require food assist...