The Proteus Genome Project (PGP), a collaborative project between BGI Research, the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and Aarhus University in Denmark, will unveil the information encoded in the genome of Proteus, an iconic cave salamander. Proteus (Proteus anguinus) Proteus (Proteus anguinus), also known as the olm, is an extraordinary animal, whose genome sequence is of great interest to the scientific community because it holds promises for future discoveries regarding proteus’ extr...

Sharing the vision of making the benefits of genomics available to everyone, BGI Group EVP and MGI President Duncan Yu participated in the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Conference (G-STIC) Nov. 20-22 in Brussels and presented a keynote speech on recent innovations in genomics. BGI Group EVP and MGI President Duncan Yu delivering speech The focus of this year’s conference, attended by technology leaders and policy makers from around the world, was identifying clusters of integr...

Recently, the 2019 China Mobile Global Partner Conference Forum on Government and Enterprise was successfully held in Guangzhou. The theme of this forum is “Creating a 5G Ecology and Bringing a Wonderful Future”. BGI Group Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer Lu Jun and BGI Group Executive Director and MGI CEO Mu Feng were invited to attend the seminar to discuss smart healthcare with the industry. At this forum, BGI Group Executive Director and MGI CEO Mu Feng signed a strategic coope...

Recently, at the 14th International Genomics Conference (icg14) held in Shenzhen, the MGI New Product Launch attracted wide attention from the industry. After the conference, more than a dozen experts and senior experts from academia and industry accepted it. In an interview with MGI, they are highly affirmed by the development of MGI in recent years, and they are full of confidence in the future cooperation with MGI and the industrial application of future genomics.In this article, we have comp...

I. From standalone system to modular version: stackable and expandable Recently MGI launched a new self-developed "benchtop" sequencing lab which consists of the first Portable Genetic Sequencer DNBSEQ E series and the Modular Digital Biolab DNBelab D series. These two products have made great breakthroughs and innovations in improving the user's accessibility and ease of operation. They feature a fully dry design and a size that is compact and portable and easy to operate. Besides standalone s...

In November 2019, the latest research result "Dissecting primate early post-implantation development using long-term in vitro embryo culture" was completed by the Institute of Translational Medicine of Kunming University of Science and Technology and the Shenzhen BGI Research Published online in the internationally renowned academic journal Science. The article uses single-cell sequencing technology to analyze the important molecular and cellular biological events of primate embryos after ...