A news article in Science magazine nicely captures the improvements in the quality of genome assemblies made possible by long-read sequencing and other methods. “New technologies boost genome quality” was…
A new publication in Clinical Cancer Research from scientists at the Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota, and other institutions presents results from a study to evaluate androgen receptor (AR) isoforms…
Two recent papers underscore the importance of using PacBio full-length RNA sequencing to interrogate transcriptomes for major crops. Together, these publications offer compelling evidence that information considered essential for crop…
Last month, we co-hosted the 2nd annual SMRT Leiden conference with Leiden University Medical Center. SMRT Leiden featured three days of excellent presentations, including one day focused on bioinformatics. If…
A large group of scientists published a new reference genome assembly for maize. It was generated with SMRT Sequencing and other technologies, and represents a major leap forward in accurately…
A new publication in BMC Genomics explores the use of RNA normalization and 5’ cap selection to enhance results from Iso-Seq studies using SMRT Sequencing. Scientists from the University of…
It’s DNA Day, the annual celebration of the discovery of the double helix, the completion of the Human Genome Project, and all things genetic. We like to take the opportunity…
A preprint from scientists at the University of Florida, Centro de Investigaciones Principe Felipe, and other institutes describes a new analysis tool to help boost quality of transcriptome studies. “SQANTI:…
Our team of scientist reviewers has considered hundreds of submissions for the latest SMRT Grant award and narrowed the selection to five finalists. Now it’s your turn! We welcome the…
A new genome assembly has remarkable promise to boost the global food supply. Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and other institutions sequenced quinoa, a nutritious grain…
The second day of AGBT featured a number of great talks and posters, and also our user workshop called “Covering All the Bases with SMRT Sequencing.” We’d like to thank…
We’re thrilled to be at the AGBT conference this week, taking place this year in Hollywood, Fla. On the first full day of the meeting, everyone’s mandatory wristbands look shiny…
If you didn’t get to the Plant and Animal Genome meeting this year, you missed a great workshop featuring SMRT Sequencing users and the fascinating projects they’re working on across…
We were delighted to have so many ASHG attendees join our workshop, titled “Discovering and Targeting Causative Variation Underlying Human Genetic Disease Using SMRT Sequencing.” If you missed it,…
Looks like the sun will be shining on the annual Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) conference next week (despite the recent stormy weather in CA). We’re excited to be a…
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