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May 8 marks International Thalassaemia Day, a pivotal moment for raising global awareness about a genetic disease that affects millions. This year, the theme is “Together for Thalassaemia: Uniting Communities, Prioritising Patients,” a powerful call to action that places patients at the heart of tha...
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From late April to early May, BGI Group executives, led by Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wang Jian, completed a successful visit to Saudi Arabia, advancing strategic partnerships in healthcare, scientific innovation, and talent development. This visit marks a new chapter in BGI ...
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Are you passionate about life sciences and bioengineering? We invite you to apply for the 2025 DUT-BGI International Summer School - a distinguished program jointly organized by Dalian University of Technology (DUT) and BGI College. Designed for students who are into life sciences from around the wo...
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Green, yellow, and orange—these were the glowing lights of bioluminescent creatures spotted more than 10,000 meters below the ocean’s surface. When the submersible’s lights switched on, they revealed “a profound and mysterious blue,” teeming with drifting plankton. This is the Mariana Trench, the de...
When global agricultural leaders converged at the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Week in Nairobi, Kenya, BGI Group distinguished itself by championing a vision for Africa's agricultural future rooted in scientific innovation and partnership. The event ...
On April 17, a delegation led by H.E. Dr. Eddy Soeparno, Deputy Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR RI), visited the BGI Center, BGI Group’s global headquarters, in Shenzhen, China. The delegation was accompanied by Mr. Wang Min, a member of the Forei...
On April 11, a pioneering study from BGI-Research and Southern University of Science and Technology decoded the mysteries of leaf aging at the single-cell level in Arabidopsis, a model organism. Published in Cell, this groundbreaking research delivers the first high-resolution cellular atlas, offeri...
At the 1st ICG in 2006, two Nobel laureates, key figures in the "International Human Genome Project", and leading experts in the global genomics community posed for a group photo at Westlake, Hangzhou. From left to right, they are: Yang Huanming (BGI, China), Gu Xuefan (Shanghai Jiao Tong ...
A delegation from BGI Group, led by Wang Jian, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, recently attended the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Week event in Nairobi, Kenya, reinforcing the organization's commitment to advancing agricultural res...