PAG 2026
San Diego, CA
January 9-14, 2026
Town & Country Resort and Conference Center
Booth #219
Join us at PAG 2026
When your species calls for confidence, not compromise, there’s HiFi for that
At PAG 2026, see how researchers are using PacBio HiFi sequencing to push the boundaries of agricultural and environmental genomics. From improving crops and conserving biodiversity to advancing animal breeding and microbial research, scientists are achieving more accurate, complete, and consistent results than ever before. With high-throughput and automation friendly workflows, PacBio makes it possible to scale these discoveries efficiently across large and complex studies.
Visit us at booth #219 to meet PacBio experts, see live demonstrations of our Vega sequencing system, and learn how HiFi sequencing can empower your discoveries from concept to real world impact.
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Confident, uncompromising multiomic discoveries for all species – There’s HiFi for that!
Monday January 12 | 12:50pm to 3:00pm
Town and Country Ballroom C
HiFi technology continues to set the standard for accuracy and completeness in long-read sequencing. With the new SPRQ-Nx chemistry, PacBio is enabling faster, broader, and more comprehensive discovery than ever before.
This workshop brings together scientists who are using HiFi to reveal chromatin features, uncover genetic and epigenetic diversity, resolve complex genomes at population scale, generate more complete annotations with updated public tools, characterize transcript diversity with exceptional precision, and explore population level variation with confidence. Join us to see how SPRQ-Nx and the expanding HiFi ecosystem allow researchers to illuminate biology from genomes to entire populations. If you have a question, there is HiFi for that.
Kendall Lee
Postdoctoral researcher,
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Veil Genomics
Advancing polyploid genomics: HiFi-enabled pangenomics and low-pass mapping in blueberry
1:15 pm to 1:30pm
Sheina Sim
Research Biologist,
USDA-ARS
Oh the places you will go: one fly’s journey to a holistic genome
1:30 pm to 1:45 pm
Brooke Peterson-Burch
Senior data scientist,
Corteva Agriscience
Looking up: a new recipe for improved model accuracy in crop gene model predictions
1:45 pm to 2:00 pm
Christine Queitsch
Professor of Genome Sciences,
University of Washington
Beyond peaks: maize fiber-seq discovers novel biology
2:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Jeremy Schmutz
Faculty Investigator,
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
PacBio: The universal cornucopia for genomics
2:15 pm to 2:40 pm
Applications of PacBio HiFi Long-Read Sequencing for High-Resolution Microbiome Analysis in Plant, Animal, and Environmental Systems
Workshop details:
Session: Long Read Sequencing in Plant Microbiome Research
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Time: 6:20 PM
Location: Pacific H-I room
Monday, January 12 | 10:00am to 4:30pm in the Golden State Ballroom/Exhibit Hall
Strand-Specific 5hmC Methylated Base Detection Using PacBio HiFi Sequencing
Poster No: P051
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Dan Portik, PacBio
Optimizing PacBio Sequencing:
Balancing Cost, Workflow Simplicity, and Input Needs Across HiFi, Ampli-Fi, and Long Plex PCR+ Library Prep Methods
Poster No: P345
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Jeremy Wilkinson, PacBio
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