MGI announced Agriculture Genome Grant to foster collaboration with researchers and breeders and support their efforts in promoting genome sequencing and genotyping research. The Grant awards include sequencer placement, reagents, free sequencing and more. Find out more details on the Grant Page below.
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Watch the interview with Prof. Robert Henry, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, the University of Queensland, on his research on macadamia and beyond to benefit the future of agriculture
BGI announces that its 2019-nCoV Ag Test has recently been included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).
The test kit is designed for detecting SARS CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigen for individuals suspected to have contracted COVID-19.
BGI Australia and Decode Science hosted a Spatial Genomics workshop featuring the BGI STomics technology during the Lorne Genome Conference. BGI's latest innovation in spatial omics BGI STOmics, a proprietary advanced spatially-resolved transcriptomic analysis technology, brings researchers a revolutionary tool to explore spatial biology with unprecedented field-of-view and resolution. The workshop showcases the discoveries that early access customers in Australia have made using this technology with invited speakers Dr. Dane Vassiliadis from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and Dr. Ankur Sharma from Harry Perkins Institute sharing their exciting research using the new technology. View the recording at the link.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 BGI Genomics ANZ Grant. Congratulations to the winners!
Applications closed! We thank all the applicants for their efforts in submitting the applications. Subscribe to our mailing list for future grant opportunities. Contact us at BGI-Australia@genomics.cn for general inquiries.
Drumroll... MGI announces 2021 DNBSEQ™ MPS Research Grant winners: Dr. Christian Nefzger, University of Queensland, Dr. Darren Korbie, University of Queensland, A. Prof. Michael Hildebrand, University of Melbourne, Dr. Hii Kieng Soon, University of Malaya, and Dr. Colm Carraher, Plant&Food Research. Congratulations!
MGI, a world-leading life science technology innovator, announces the opening of MGI Australia Demonstration Laboratory (Demo Lab) to support the users in Asia-Pacific (APAC). The lab is dedicated to offering the researchers and users in unique access to MGI's cutting-edge technology portfolio including DNBSEQ™ platforms*, laboratory automation systems and bioinformatics products, for application development, technology assessment and technical support. MGI Australia will announce a $100,000-worth grant program to APAC scientists in August.
BGI Australia is proud to be the supplier for Pathology Queensland’s testing equipment and kits, contributing to safeguarding the people living in Queensland. BGI’s proprietary COVID-19 Testing Solution installed in the Pathology Queensland Infectious Diseases Lab (IDL) in Herston Health Precinct has officially started operation in April by running samples that are collected from across the river city. The “BGI system”, dubbed by the lab staff, surpassed the 10,000-test milestone in less than a month. The integrated system is expected to handle 4,700 tests daily at the maximum capacity, with a 24-hour turnaround time from swab collection at a clinic or hospital, to reported result.
Dr. Ian Mackay, the IDL’s Senior Molecular Scientist said, “our approach is to establish a diverse portfolio of advanced technologies to best serve Queenslanders. We appreciate how quickly the BGI team respond to our ongoing technical needs and how efficiently the equipment and testing kits were supplied. We are handling approximately 1,100 tests per day as there is no community transmission in the Brisbane region, but the number we process continues to grow and we are well placed to respond should any new clusters occur in Brisbane’s future.”
With a local team of technical specialists and engineers, BGI Australia offers strong support to the customers across Australia. Dr. Bicheng Yang, Director of BGI Australia, said “This project is very special for us as Brisbane is our home city, where most of the team members are based, and we are located in the same building as IDL. This certainly will benefit response time and service to ensure that everything runs smoothly and sustains the highest quality to deliver reliable results for the tests.”
The Pathology Queensland Infectious Diseases Laboratory is a high-throughput molecular laboratory operating in Herston, with surge capacity to assist other Pathology Queensland laboratories across Queensland. Pathology Queensland, part of Queensland Health, provides diagnostic pathology services to all Hospital and Health Services across metro, regional and remote Queensland.
Please read the full media release below.
BGI’s remarkable journey fighting COVID-19, from BGI’s emergency response since the very beginning of the outbreak to BGI’s battle-proven COVID-19 solutions to provide timely detection and intervention support.
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