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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Shenzhen, June 27th, 2022: BGI Group continues to lead in life sciences, making breakthroughs from single cell technology to spatiotemporal genomics, 22 years after participating in the Human Genome Project (HGP).BGI was formed to be a part of the HGP, contributing to the sequencing of genes and wor...
Scientists share large volumes of data on organisms that carry and transmit infectious diseases, including mosquitoes, sandflies, ticks, and kissing bugs, described in a series of data papers published by GigaScience Press and supported by the Special Programme for Rese...
What do three distinct animals – the penguin, polar bear and Tibetan antelope – have in common? These three animal species live – and thrive – in extreme environments: the penguin in the frozen temperatures of the South Pole, the polar bear in the icy surroundings of the North Pole, and t...
These little-known, palm-like plants appeared before the age of dinosaurs, survived alongside these large reptiles, and were even eaten by them. Unlike the dinosaurs, however, they still exist today1.Cycad in forestKnown as cycads or “living fossil plants”, they are the oldest surviving seed-bearing...
Bone deformities. Jaundice. Anemia. Chest pain. Fatigue. These are some common symptoms of thalassemia1, an inherited blood disorder caused by an abnormal hemoglobin molecule, which inhibits the body’s ability to produce hemoglobin or red blood cells. Such hemoglobinopathies or hemoglobin ...
6.7 million deaths. US$966 billion in healthcare spending in 2021. An estimated 643 million sufferers by 2030, and 783 million by 20451.Not to mention the tremendous impact to the quality of life of patients.This is the cost of diabetes mellitus, which is rightly regarded as one of the most serious ...