MGI, a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science, is delighted to support The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), launched in 2021, in sequencing of the project's first plant species based on MGI's DNBSEQ-G400* versatile benchtop sequencer and single-tube long fragment read (stLFR) technology.
An affiliated project of the Earth BioGenome Project and partnering project of the 10,000 Plants Genomes Project , AfricaBP is a coordinated effort to build capacity and infrastructure to generate, analyze and deploy genomics data for the improvement and sustainable use of biodiversity and agriculture across Africa.
"We are proud to see MGI's core technologies empowering the team at the South African Medical Research Council in sequencing the very first plant species for AfricaBP," said Dr. Yong Hou, General Manager of MGI Europe and Africa.
"Plant genomics is an increasingly important area of science that has expanded in recent years along with the development of advanced technologies and methods, and it has been playing a crucial role in plant biodiversity," said Professor Craig Kinnear, Director of the SAMRC Genomics Platform.
MGI's long-term partnership with SAMRC can be dated back to 2019, during which the latter established the African Genomics Center in Cape Town, the first high-throughput genome sequencing center in Africa, with help and support from MGI.
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