Blog November 2017

Integrity is a trait we often look for in friends and admire in acquaintances. Should our standards for DNA samples be any different? The answer is, no. Perhaps this comparison is a bit of a stretch, but stick with us, we’re ...MORE

Now updated with more wheat! Bionano’s optical genome mapping technology is an essential part of genomic research and now, the proof is in the papers. Bionano’s ability to image extremely high-molecular-weight DNA has been ...MORE

Bionano’s genome mapping technology makes it easy for researchers to identify the thousands of large structural variants that can be present in a single genome. But assessing the biological and clinical significance of these ...MORE

Life only exists because of the ability of cells to replicate, and death can come early when a cell’s replication spins out of control. Yet exactly where eukaryotic cells start when their large genomes need to be copied is ...MORE

Bionano had an incredible 2017 and has an even better 2018 coming up! That was clear at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, held in Orlando, Florida. Our workshop featured presentations by Dr. Jim ...MORE

Bionano’s ASHG workshop was our best attended yet, and had speakers giving updates on Bionano tech, and presenting on cancer genomes. But Dr. Hayk Barseghyan from Dr. Eric Vilain’s team at Children’s National ...MORE

Dr. Vanessa Hayes from the Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia, traveled across the globe to attend our ASHG workshop in Orlando, and update us on her work on prostate cancer and cancer cell lines. She told us how she’s ...MORE