Software tool can detect hidden errors in complex tissue analyses

A new software tool, ovrlpy, improves quality control in spatial transcriptomics, a key technology in biomedical research. Developed by the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) in international ...
TheHour

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

RNA was long considered DNA’s boring biochemical relative. Researchers thought it merely takes the genetic information stored in DNA and delivers it to other parts of the cell, where it is then used ...

Bionano Announces Bionano Symposium 2026: Global Experts Showcase Advances and Innovation in Optical Genome Mapping

Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced Bionano Symposium 2026, the premier global event for the optical genome mapping (OGM) community. This virtual symposium provides a unique platform ...
BMJ Global Health

Strengthening supply chains for pathogen genomic surveillance in Asia

Introduction While pathogen genomics using next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been recommended by the WHO as an essential ...

Bionano Announces Publication from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Describing use of OGM to Detect Genomic Alterations Introduced by Gene Editing Technologies

OGM was selected as a genome-wide, unbiased method to detect large genomic rearrangements and structural variants (SVs) with sensitivity to variant allele fractions (VAFs) as low as 5% to analyze ...