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…
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…
During the Wednesday afternoon sessions of last week’s ASHG conference, several speakers provided helpful insights about their use of SMRT Sequencing for a range of applications. Highlights included the following:…
The PacBio workshop at ASHG 2015 featured talks from two leaders in human genomics, Rick Wilson of Washington University and Richard Gibbs from Baylor University. Mike Hunkapiller, CEO of Pacific…
Last month we hosted a SMRT® Informatics Developers Conference, bringing together 150 developers with a passion for improving tools and resources. Our team came back brimming with enthusiasm for tools…
A new PLoS One publication from scientists at the Joint Genome Institute, University of Minnesota, and other organizations demonstrates that fungal genomes may contain far more transcript diversity than previously…
UPDATE: Our R&D team has added a new dataset for the MCF-7 human breast cancer transcriptome, originally released in 2013. The new results were produced using 28 SMRT® Cells with…
If you’d like to hear about the latest applications of SMRT® Sequencing from users, we have several events coming up. Our worldwide user group meetings and workshops feature PacBio users…
If you missed our recent webinar on isoform sequencing with the PacBio® platform, we’ve made the full recording available for on-demand access. “Iso-Seq™ Method: Sample Prep and Experimental Design for…
Scientists from Uppsala University report in a recent paper that using the Iso-Seq™ method with SMRT® Sequencing allowed them to detect and monitor mutations in the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene for…
A recent research partnership with KeyGene, a Dutch plant genomics and crop improvement company, has resulted in an integrated whole-genome assembly and transcriptome of Gossypium hirsutum, or tetraploid cotton. This…
If full-length transcript information would be useful for your research, please join us for two upcoming webinars. Our scientists will offer tips for how to optimize the Iso-Seq™ method with…
Emerging from a myriad of interesting genome nominations, from the American cranberry to South American prawns and African Guava, Oropetium thomaeum submitted by Todd Mockler at the Donald Danforth Plant…
By Jonas Korlach, Chief Scientific Officer All of us at Pacific Biosciences are very proud of the momentum SMRT® Sequencing achieved in 2014, especially due to the more than 500…
The 23rd annual International Plant and Animal Genome meeting is right around the corner – it’s taking place January 10-14 in sunny San Diego. The meeting has become an important…
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