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December 23, 2021
Q&A: Catching up with our most recent SMRT Grant winners before the New Year
More than 7,500 varieties of apples grow across almost every region on the planet. With growing threats to global food security, they’re affordable, packed full of vitamins, and an excellent…
December 6, 2021
Announcing our plant and animal SMRT Grant winners: Sequencing a pangenome to feed a growing population
Working to revolutionize apple agrigenomics at one of the world’s top orchards Leading scientists are constantly searching for innovative ways to amplify and apply their research. So, it came as…
November 16, 2021
Introducing first fully-kitted solution for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and microbial whole genome assembly with HiFi sequencing
These developments advance the ability of laboratories to identify and track infectious disease threats SARS-CoV-2 mutates rapidly but a new solution is now available for public health laboratories in the…
November 4, 2021
ASHG 2021: Improving Human Health through Genomics with HiFi Sequencing
The PacBio team recently attended the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2021 Virtual Meeting. The meeting provided a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge science in all…
October 29, 2021
Our Latest SMRT Grant Winner: HiFi Sequencing to Understand Microbial World
At PacBio, we understand the profound importance of microbial research. As the foundation of the biosphere and major determinants of human health, microbes claim a primary, fundamental role in…
October 25, 2021
The Series that Made Our Summer – From Microbes to Metagenomes
The dog days of summer might be behind us, but our four-part Microbial Genomics Webinar Series is sticking around as a focal point of the summer. From the end…
September 29, 2021
Long-read HiFi Sequencing is Helping Researchers Tackle Biggest ALS Challenges
Seven years after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge soaked the world, the pace of discovery in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has increased tremendously, with more than $115 million dollars…
September 23, 2021
ESHG 2021: How HiFi Sequencing is Closing the Gaps in Rare Disease Research
It’s a challenge that has haunted rare disease researchers for years: how to increase solve rates in rare and Mendelian disease. Currently, the genetic cause of more than half of…
September 8, 2021
UW Scientists Resolve Key Segmental Duplication Region with PacBio Sequencing
A new Nature Communications paper shows how scientists continue to make progress elucidating some of the most complex regions of the human genome by deploying long-read PacBio sequencing…
August 23, 2021
SMRT Grant Winners: When Accuracy Matters Scientists Choose HiFi Sequencing
At PacBio, we are passionate about accuracy in sequencing data. Our commitment to ensuring reliable results is why our HiFi reads are better than 99.9% accurate. Combined with the…
August 6, 2021
Young Investigators Share Stellar Science, Career Advice and Bioinformatics Tools at SMRT Leiden 2021
They spoke about omentum, chemosynthesis, chromothripsis, and… Tasmanian devils? This year’s virtual two-day SMRT Leiden Scientific Symposium and Informatics Developers Meeting was certainly educational. With the pandemic and increased difficulty…
August 2, 2021
Data Release: Human Microbiome Samples Demonstrate Advances in HiFi-Enabled Metagenomic Sequencing
As technology developers, one of our greatest joys is seeing how customers take our sequencing tools and deploy them for innovative and compelling new projects. Metagenomics has been one of…
July 30, 2021
Announcing the Winners of Our Clinical Research SMRT Grant – Two Scientists at the Forefront of Discovery
Here at PacBio, we have had the privilege of awarding many SMRT Grants to intrepid scientists who believe that HiFi sequencing data can help them achieve their goals. Recently, we…
July 22, 2021
For Metagenomic Studies, HiFi Reads Deliver Higher-Quality Data
A new paper from scientists at the Max Planck Institute offers a great look at how HiFi sequencing delivers significantly improved results for metagenome studies compared to short-read data. In…
July 14, 2021
Iso-Seq Analysis Provides Insights into Feats of Physiology of Hibernating Bears
Hibernating bears have heart rates of 10-15 beats per minute, yet they do not develop congestive heart failure. Despite accumulating enormous amounts of fat and acquiring insulin resistance, they do…