Digital Diagnostics Startup and BGI Group Collaborate to Offer Coronavirus Testing in Europe

03-Feb-2020 - Ares Genetics GmbH, a Curetis Group company, and the Chinese genomics company BGI Group announced that the companies will collaborate in making molecular testing for the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV available in Europe. 2019-nCoV is a new coronavirus variant that has not been previously identified ...

QIAGEN partners with sequencing provider

06-May-2015 - QIAGEN N.V. announced that it has expanded its relationship with BG to provide QIAGEN’s Ingenuity® Variant Analysis™ in integrated bioinformatics for all customers of BGI’s sequencing services.Under the reseller agreement, BGI customers will receive sequencing data generated from their samples ...

Oyster genome uncover the stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

21-Sep-2012 - An international research team, led by Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI, has completed the sequencing, assembly and analysis of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) genome — the first mollusk genome to be sequenced — that will help to fill a void in our understanding ...

Chinese scientists successfully crack the genome of diploid cotton

30-Aug-2012 - The international research team led by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and BGI have completed the genome sequence and analysis of a diploid cotton - Gossypium raimondii. The cotton genome provides an invaluable resource for the study and genetic improvement of cotton quality and output, ...

The first ant methylomes uncover the relationship between DNA methylation and caste differentiation

23-Aug-2012 - An international team led by New York University School of Medicine and BGI has completed the first genome-wide and single-nucleotide resolution DNA methylomes of two ant species: Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator. It provides new insights into the relationship between epigenetic ...

BGI researchers uncover extensive RNA editing in a human transcriptome

BGI researchers uncover extensive RNA editing in a human transcriptome

14-Feb-2012 - In a new study published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from BGI reported the evidence of extensive RNA editing in a human cell line by analysis of RNA-seq data, demonstrating the need for new robust methods to identify important post-transcriptional editing events.RNA editing is a normal ...

Genomic sequence and comparison of 2 macaques reveal new insights into biomedical research

19-Oct-2011 - The South China Center for Innovative Pharmaceuticals, Sun Yat-Sen University, and BGI, the world's largest genomic organization, announced that they were among the research organizations from China, US and UK comprising an international research group that completed the genome sequence and ...

Exonhit and BGI Announce Successful Completion of a Promising Next-Generation Sequencing Project

Combining complementary platforms facilitates rapid and comprehensive discovery and development of biologically relevant markers

29-Jul-2011 - Exonhit and BGI announced the successful completion of a project dedicated to expanding Exonhit’s Genome-Wide SpliceArrayTM to an additional strategic preclinical animal model species.To answer the need for a comprehensive understanding of gene deregulation and the expanding interest in ...

Largest ever epigenetics project launched

08-Sep-2010 - One of the most ambitious large-scale projects in Human Genetics has been launched: Epitwin will capture the subtle epigenetic signatures that mark the differences between 5,000 twins on a scale and depth never before attempted, providing key therapeutic targets for the development of drug ...

Bayer CropScience first to sequence the entire genome of rapeseed/canola

14-Oct-2009 - Bayer CropScience announced that it has sequenced the entire genome of rapeseed/canola (Brassica napus) and its constituent genomes present in Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea. This provides Bayer with a unique level of insight into the previously unknown genetic code of canola. ...