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July 1, 2022
The HiFi difference: enabling the era of reference pan-genomes
PacBio HiFi sequencing has been utilized to generate reference-quality genomes in many studies, most notably in finally completing a human genome. Following this work, the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium…
June 23, 2022
The HiFi difference – More precise genomes for precision medicine
More precise data provided by PacBio HiFi sequencing can have a marked impact on the resolving power in genetic association studies and decrease the required cohort sizes. As a recent…
June 7, 2022
Shotgun metagenomics with HiFi reads: now more affordable
Unlocking the secrets of complex communities and microbiomes represents one of the most exciting frontiers in microbiology, with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of human health, food…
June 1, 2022
The HiFi difference — Not all gigabases are created equal
PacBio HiFi sequencing for the de novo genome assembly of microbial, fungal, plant, animal and human genomes has been described in hundreds of publications, and its best-in-class performance has been…
May 23, 2022
Get more for less — Single-gene testing with HiFi sequencing
Is it possible to save time and resources while also increasing the quality of data you receive? For many, this might seem impossible. But recently, some researchers have found that…
May 19, 2022
HiFi metagenomics: more samples, more species, more MAGs
We recently brought together Jeremy Wilkinson, Ph.D. (@jewilki), Microbiome and Metagenomics Market Lead at PacBio, Xiaowen Feng, Ph.D. (@0xfxfxf), Postdoctoral Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, and…
May 17, 2022
HiFi sequencing for AAV gene therapy: from discovery and design to production
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) is one of the most actively investigated gene therapy vehicles. At its most basic form, an rAAV vector has been stripped of all its components with…
May 12, 2022
The HiFi difference – Getting the right answer
The combined accuracy and length of PacBio HiFi reads is utilized by an ever-increasing number of researchers, with numerous new publications and preprints appearing every week. Several months ago, Illumina…
May 3, 2022
Agrigenomics for pest and disease research
When you’re dealing with insects, fungi and microbes with short life cycles and rapid reproduction, you often encounter highly variable genetics within single populations. The complexities of genetics within…
April 26, 2022
The HiFi difference – haplotype phasing in genome assembly
Most higher organisms are diploid, meaning that each cell carries in its nucleus two copies of the individual’s genome, one from its mother and one from its father. Accurately separating…
April 22, 2022
Earth Day 2022: Investing in genomics to invest in our planet
As we celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, PacBio reflects on how the power of genomics can be harnessed in the spirit of this year’s theme: “invest in our…
April 19, 2022
Agrigenomics for genome engineering
Advancements in genome engineering and other programmable molecular techniques are showing great promise in agriculture, with the potential to address food security and industrial sustainability. To be able to…
April 15, 2022
Agrigenomics for crop and livestock breeding
Whether it’s enhancing marker development, facilitating the production of more nutritious food, protecting livestock health, or increasing crop yield, the biological insights gained from comprehensive HiFi sequencing are immeasurable…
April 7, 2022
The HiFi difference – sequencing telomeres
The scientific community is still abuzz from last week’s announcement of the amazing achievement of the first complete sequence of a human genome by the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium. Assembling genomes…
March 31, 2022
A new era of genomics: how a truly complete reference will impact human genetic research
What would be possible if every human genetics researcher had a complete reference genome? Today, researchers use a good – but incomplete – reference genome released in 2013. As…