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The World’s Smallest Known Synthetic Organism

In 2010 John Craig Venter and his colleagues reported a creation of the first bacterial cell containing a completely synthesized genome. It was a 1.08-mega-base pair Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 genome and it became the very first citizen of synthetic biology. Read more

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The Untold Story of the Mother of DNA Helix

The discovery of the structure of DNA is known as one of the greatest discoveries in human history. It changed our perspective on human life forever, nevertheless one part of this magnificent story was left untold. Read more

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Breaking the Rules of Natural Selection with Gene Drives

There is a new era rising in molecular biology and it began with CRISPR technology (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats), which is a genetic modification tool based on bacterial immune system. Gene drives is another interesting mechanism to use for altering genes but in contrast with CRISPR/Cas system it can only function in sexually reproducing species, leaving viruses and bacteria out of the picture. Read more

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Most Impressive Large-scale Sequencing Projects

From the Human Genome Project and ENCODE, to projects that involve sequencing of millions of human genomes and were announced by the US Obama Administration and Companies such as Craig Venter’s Human Longevity Inc., 23andMe and the Chinese BGI.

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INTERVIEW: Open Your Mind to the Unlimited Future Possibilities


Short Coffee Break Conversation about the Future of Sequencing

Meet Fang Chen, BGI – Beijing Genomics Institute, the world’s largest genomics organization. Read more

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Excited about Long Reads?

Recently there’s been a lot of excitement building up within the molecular biology community about sequencing long reads, and by “long reads” I mean reads of several kb in length…

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