Antarctic krill may be small shrimp-like crustaceans but they have the largest biomass of any wild animal species on earth, and are an indispensable part of the Southern Ocean ecosystem. With a body length of 6cm and weighing up to two grams, this fundamental prey species punches way abov...
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March 15 Shenzhen - BGI Group recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Innobic (Asia) Company Limited, a life-science arm of Thailand's PTT Public Company Limited, and Bangkok Genomics Innovation Public Company Limited, a joint venture of BGI Group’s subsidiary BGI Genomics, to j...
Southern Resident killer whales have been listed as an endangered species in both the U.S. and Canada and their population long tied to the overall health of the ecosystem. While the overall population of North Pacific killer whales has improved markedly since the enactment of the Marine Mammal Prot...
"I must be true to myself."This is the motto of Dr. Liu Chuanyu, Researcher and Executive Director of the Institute of Cell Omics at BGI-Research, and the guiding principle that has been the foundation of his decade-long journey at BGI.Dr. Liu Chuanyu, Researcher and Executive Director of ...
We may not always think about our skin as an organ, let alone the largest organ we have. Yet, measuring some 22 square feet and weighing around eight pounds, skin is an incredibly important part of the human body and responsible for critical functions including regulating body temperature, shielding...