Building a library of digital life through collaboration
As the largest genome sequencing center in the world, BGI and BGI Americas aim to build a library of digital life, which includes 1,000 plant and animal reference genomes, 10,000 microorganism genomes and the discovery of prevalent and rare mutations in monogenic and complex diseases. With our powerful next-generation sequencing platforms and $100M in initial funding, we are seeking international collaborators who would be interested in providing animal, plant, microorganism or clinical specimens; financial support; or their expertise and participation in functional investigations beyond sequencing. To initiate collaboration with us or to learn more about this project, please visit the official Library of Digital Life website.
Past Projects
| Category | Project |
| Human Genetics | Yanhuang Project |
| The Human Pan-genome Project | |
| The Human Metagenome Project | |
| The Ancient Human Genome Project | |
| The Exome Project for High Altitude | |
| Plant & Animal Whole Genome Sequencing | The Cucumber Genome Project |
| The International Giant Panda Genome Project | |
| Silkworm Re-sequencing Project | |
| Transcriptomes | Rice Transcriptome Project |
| Epigenetics | A method for studying methylome map in silkworm |