This blog features voices from PacBio — and our partners and colleagues — discussing the latest research, publications, and updates about HiFi sequencing.
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 Metagenomics SMRT Grant for HiFi shotgun metagenomics. This year’s program received hundreds of amazing proposals from researchers around the…
Basecamp Research’s recent selection of PacBio HiFi sequencing to support its Trillion Gene Atlas initiative highlights an important shift in biological AI: the future will not be shaped by…
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Microbiome SMRT Grant for HiFi shotgun metagenomics. This year’s program received hundreds of amazing proposals from researchers around the…
Microorganisms form the foundations of life on Earth. They shaped our planet long before we were here, and continue to shape our environments and our lives. Understanding microbial…
Microbiology forms the bedrock of modern genetics and biotechnology. Whether its basic science, alternative energy development, drug discovery, or human health – our planet’s smallest organisms play a critical role…
With Earth Day almost here, it is important to remember that our planet is made up of countless interconnected parts, from vast oceans to the microscopic world of microbes. Despite…
The Revio system offers faster and more cost-effective long-read sequencing for metagenomics researchers, allowing for more high-quality and complete microbial datasets and access to new frontiers of discovery. The best…
Stay on top of important HiFi metagenomics research If you are interested in seeing how PacBio technology is making an impact in current metagenomics and microbiome research, our new…
Full-length 16S and shotgun metagenome HiFi sequencing with certified PacBio service providers can deliver remarkably affordable microbiome and metagenomic data with explanatory power that is second to none. Gaps, assembly…
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…
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…
Long-read PacBio HiFi sequencing has made transformative contributions to many areas of genomics over the past few years, including de novo assembly, calling of all variant types, full-length phased targeted…
Microbial and metagenomics enthusiasts rejoice: newly optimized bioinformatics pipelines are enabling scientists to detect even more species and assemble more single contig metagenomes using HiFi sequencing than ever before…
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…
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…
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