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June 3, 2021
Reaching a genomics milestone — the first complete human genome
It’s a moment three decades in the making: the first complete human genome assembly is here! Reading this you will no doubt feel some sense of déjà vu. After all,…
May 19, 2021
Scientists Use PacBio Sequencing to Discover Likely Pathogenic Structural Variants Linked to ALS
May is ALS Awareness Month, and we’re hoping to help raise awareness by shining a spotlight on two deserving publications from scientists at the University of Washington and at the…
May 10, 2021
Sequencing 101: DNA extraction — tips, kits, and protocols
If you are like most of us at PacBio, you likely learned how to extract DNA in a high school or college biology class, or maybe even in your…
May 4, 2021
Pandemic Preparedness: PacBio and Labcorp Team Up On a Global Pan-Pathogen Surveillance Network
If only we could track COVID-19 like we track the weather, with satellites and weather stations placed around the globe monitoring and sounding the alarm about potential storms, floods, droughts…
April 26, 2021
New HiFi Sequencing Workflow and Software Update Streamlines Whole Genome Sequencing
Today we’re pleased to announce the launch of a new HiFi Sequencing workflow along with a software update for the Sequel II and Sequel IIe Systems that will increase the number of…
April 22, 2021
Conservation is For Life, Not Just For Earth Day
By Jonas Korlach, Chief Scientific Officer Grapy dusks over tangerine fields. Potato-patch fog over beds of coral. Mountains, glaciers, forests, deserts, fertile farmland and seas with both Arctic…
April 21, 2021
SMRT Sequencing Detects Clinically Significant Repeat Changes In Triplet Expansion Disorders
When size matters and you need to be able to detect both single nucleotide changes as well as large repeated sequences, SMRT Sequencing on the Sequel II System is the…
April 8, 2021
PacBio Sequencing Uncovers Large Deletions in RSV Vaccine Candidate Under Selective Pressure
Vaccine safety is of the utmost importance. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract illness in infants and young children. Much like the…
April 6, 2021
SMRT Grant Winners – Collaboration Reaches New Heights in Global Science Challenge
Today we’re pleased to announce the three winners of our latest SMRT Grant which called for teams of researchers and collaborative projects that could be addressed using the power of…
March 4, 2021
Transcriptome Provides A Closer Look Into Giant Redwood Genome
It’s been a year since we took a little field trip to Stanford to collect samples from the giant California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) with the goal of assembling its ginormous…
March 3, 2021
For pandemic surveillance, Labcorp scientists sequence thousands of SARS-CoV-2 samples with HiFi reads
As new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerge—including variants that appear to make the virus more contagious or potentially more likely to effect the efficacy of the new vaccines—it’s clear…
February 26, 2021
Using the Power of Genomics to Find Answers for Rare Disease Patients and Families
Sunday is Rare Disease Day – a time to honor the patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals who are part of the rare disease community. At PacBio, we are passionate…
February 12, 2021
LeafGo: A Workflow That Enables High-Quality Seven-Day Plant Genome Assembly
UPDATE — September 3, 2021: This paper is now published in Genome Biology. ORIGINAL POST What does the ideal genome assembly look like? High-quality, free of errors, with no…
February 3, 2021
Genomes vs. genNNNes: the difference between contigs and scaffolds in genome assemblies
Updated on February 24, 2023. Originally published September, 2016. In recent interactions with the scientific community, we’ve seen a growing number of questions around scaffolding genome assemblies. We thought…
January 28, 2021
New Macaque Genome Provides a Big Boost for Biomedical Research
They may not be as well known as our chimpanzee or gorilla cousins, but macaques have played many key roles in scientific progress over the last half century. From launching…