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In the world of genetics, it is crucial to understand where genes are active within tissues. This need has given rise to a technology known as spatially resolved transcriptomics (SRT), which merges gene expression data with precise cell locations within tissues. However, a persistent challenge in ...
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In September, over 30 government officials and technicians from the agricultural sector in nine countries, including Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana, gathered at the BGI Center in Shenzhen for a week-long training session named the “2024 Seminar for Perennial Rice Production for African Countries.”Grou...
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Since its founding in 1999, BGI has been committed to using its scientific knowledge, research, solutions and technology for the good of humankind, captured in its mission of ‘Omics for All’. This has kept the company in the frontline of disease identification and response from SARS to COVID-19, and...
Learn detailsOn September 26, in a groundbreaking study published in Science, comprehensive single-cell spatial transcriptomic atlases of the cerebellar cortex across multiple species has been unveiled, offering new insights into the complexity and evolutionary adaptations of this critical brain region. Thi...
On September 19, Kunsulu Zakarya, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Science and Innovation, and Akmaral Alnazarova, Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, led a delegation to visit the BGI Group headquarters. The delegation included representatives from Kazakhstan ...
Africa is the world’s second largest continent after Asia and stretches 5,000 miles from its most northerly point above the equator to its most southerly point below the equator. Its 54 countries cover a land area of 11.7 million square miles and this size brings an enormous diversity in terms ...
In a remarkable scientific venture, researchers from BGI-Research, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Shenzhen Luohu District People's Hospital collaborated to explore the world of microbes within surgically created neovagina. Their groundbreaking study, published in Nature Communication...
BGI Group is aware that Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc (ONT) has filed an ex parte application in the U.S. seeking to gather evidence regarding alleged breach of contractual obligations.BGI is surprised by ONT's allegations, which we repudiate. As a global leader in cutting-edge...
We are deeply disappointed that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to advance the BIOSECURE Act. The bill is a false flag targeting companies under the premise of national security, but in reality it will strengthen the monopoly in the genomics market held by one dominant U.S. player that h...