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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100 trillion (a “1” followed by fourteen “0” s) - if you think this is a large number that only belongs to astronomy or space science, think again. This is the estimated number of microbial cells in our body, and most of those microbes are found in the intestine, or gut.The intestinal tract is a par...
Shenzhen, February 22 - BGI Group recently donated a gene sequencer, DNBSEQ-G400, to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). This will further improve the institute’s sequencing capability and benefit the people of South Africa and beyond. Professor Liesl Zühlke, Vice President-Extr...
February 15, 2023, marks the 22nd anniversary of the publishing of the initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome, a milestone event for mankind and for BGI. On February 15, 2001, Nature published in a 62-page cover article a draft of the human genome with more than 90% ...
The moon is beautiful. You stand in the chill February wind but don’t feel the cold. The flowers you handpicked bloom in your slightly sweating hands, and your heart is pounding with the sight of your loved one appearing far away. On February 14, every year, romancing m...
Cancer has a long and challenging history within the human family, with the first instances dating back thousands of years. Although we’ve made progress over the centuries in understanding and treating this disease, it remains a leading cause of death worldwide. Deepening our cancer research is ther...
BGI Group Chairman and Co-Founder Wang Jian recently visited Thailand where he met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and other officials and business partners. The two sides discussed expanding BGI Group’s research and development cooperation in genomics with the Thai Government as well as ...