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Ma Zhe, the Head of the West Asian Region at BGIIn BGI's 24-year journey, there have been many cases of public health emergencies where the organization has been called to help in times of need. In the recent COVID-19 pandemic, BGI's "Huo-Yan" lab played a significant role glo...
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Zhang Guocheng, Deputy General Manager of BGI GenomicsIn the realm of life sciences and genetics, individuals often find themselves on unique journeys that intersect with significant advancements shaping the fields of science and medicine. Zhang Guocheng embarked on a career that too...
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The China National GeneBank (CNGB) Sequence Archive (CNSA), which is a system for data preservation, sharing, and application, has recently been recommended by Cell Press as a data-type-specific repository for genomics and functional genomics data. This places CNSA alongside oth...
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(Continued from PART 3) Question 3: Looking ahead, what is the direction of life science development? Dr. Xu Xun: We believe that in the next 20 years, genomics will still be a central part of life science. Genomics is a must for us to understand birth, aging, sickness and death and ultima...
(Continued from PART 2) Dr. Xu Xun: Single-cell sequencing has certain limitations as it requires tissue dissociation, and when cells dissociated, they lose spatial location information. As a result, when we see a group of specific type of cells, there is no way to explain what they do and...
(Continued from PART 1) Question 2: What progress and breakthroughs has life science research made today? Dr. Xu Xun: Single-cell sequencing and spatiotemporal omics technologies are two major research directions in today's global life sciences. Single-cell sequencing is a core br...
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the assembly of the "working draft" of the human genome, and the 23rd anniversary of BGI's participation in the Human Genome Project (HGP) and our sequencing of 1% of the human genome. Innovations from that research continue t...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are disorders of the heart and blood vessels, and the leading cause of death globally, representing about one-third of worldwide deaths. Nearly 18 million people died from CVDs in 2019, among which 85% were due to heart attack and stroke1. To manage high mortality...
On September 2, the world’s first spatiotemporal cellular atlas of brain regeneration was published in the top international journal Science. In just six months (Mar 22 to Sep 2, 2022), BGI's scientific studies using Stereo-seq and single-cell technologies have been published four times in ...