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February 19, 2016
AGBT Day 3: Human Genomes and Their Microbial Friends
We’ve been in the genomics world long enough to remember when it was a big deal to see a great single-gene assembly or microbial genome assembly reported in an AGBT…
February 18, 2016
AGBT Days 1 & 2: Metagenomic Dark Matter and the GenomeAsia 100K
This year’s AGBT presentations took our minds off how much we missed the Marco Island beach. Wednesday’s opening plenary talks ranged from the ocean virome to Ebola and beyond. David…
February 12, 2016
AGBT Workshop: Live Stream Video
Here’s the video of our AGBT 2016 workshop. We’d like to thank our speakers for a great event. Enjoy!
February 8, 2016
Discover the Art of SMRT Sequencing:
AGBT Kicks Off This Week
We’re packing our bags for Orlando and the 17th annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference! While we’ll miss the usual Marco Island setting, this year’s talks and…
February 3, 2016
Genome Galaxy Initiative:
Tick Hunter Cory Gall Seeks to Trace the Cause of Acute Febrile Illness
We recently introduced our Genome Galaxy Initiative in partnership with Experiment, through which we’re helping scientists fund genomic research for the benefit of science and society. One of the first…
February 2, 2016
Scientists Investigate Minor Influenza Strains in Pandemic, Revealing New Clues in Flu Transmission
On the heels of her remarkable paper tracing influenza evolution in a single host last spring, New York University’s Elodie Ghedin has come out with a new publication in Nature…
January 27, 2016
A Genome Galaxy Not So Far Away
Blog readers know that we are committed to supporting open-access research, from working with the informatics developer community to develop improved tools to releasing SMRT Sequencing data so scientists can…
January 21, 2016
From Genetic Diagnosis to a Career in Genomics Research: An Interview with Jim Lupski
For Jim Lupski, his long-standing interest in the field of genomics is both personal and professional. His personal interest dates from his teenage years, when he was diagnosed with a…
January 19, 2016
Case study: Comprehensive view of maize genome offers regulatory insight
When Doreen Ware and her team’s latest genome project is complete, the plant science community will have a critical new tool that once seemed virtually impossible: a robust reference assembly…
January 6, 2016
Scientists Develop More Accurate Variant-Calling Procedure for Important Drug Metabolism Enzyme Using SMRT Sequencing
In an article entitled “Long-read single-molecule real-time (SMRT) full gene sequencing of cytochrome P450-2D6 (CYP2D6)” in Human Mutation, authors Wangiong Qiao, Yao Yang, Stuart Scott and other colleagues at the…
January 5, 2016
Exploring Large Genomes at the Largest Ag Genomics Meeting in the World: PAG 2016
We’re looking forward to the International Plant and Animal Genome conference, taking place January 9-13 in San Diego. PAG features leading plant and animal scientists from around the world, and…
December 2, 2015
PMWC 2016: Advancing Genomics for Improved Patient Care
We’re already looking forward to next month’s Personalized Medicine World Conference. Long before “precision medicine” was an industry catchphrase, PMWC was bringing together stakeholders from genomics companies and academic research,…
November 16, 2015
Scientists Use the Iso-Seq Method to Study Genes Linked to Prostate Cancer
A team of scientists from Australia, Canada, and the US published fascinating new work that may help explain gene expression patterns seen in prostate cancer. In the course of the…
November 11, 2015
Scientists Publish High-Quality, Near-Complete Genome of Resurrection Grass Oropetium
We’re excited about a new Nature paper from the winners of our 2014 “Most Interesting Genome in the World” SMRT Grant program. “Single-molecule sequencing of the desiccation tolerant grass Oropetium…
November 9, 2015
Steven Marsh from Anthony Nolan Discusses the Past and Future of Donor Matching
Mendelspod host Theral Timpson recently interviewed Professor Steven Marsh, Director of Bioinformatics at the Anthony Nolan Research Institute, a UK-based organization dedicated to improving the outcomes of bone marrow transplantation…