Beijing Institute of
Genomics (BIG) was officially founded on 28 November 2003 in the dawn of genomic science, being one of the newest institutes of life science in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). By the end of 2013, BIG has 311 staff members, including 22 research professors. In addition, BIG has 219 postgraduate students.
The mission of the institute is to develop advanced
genome sequencing and bioinformatic techniques, explore efficient statistical and computational strategies to take advantage of various
omics data, and address fundamental questions of life science by integrating the above abilities. The institute will also provide key enabling
genomics technology to scientists from other institutions.
Research infrastructure at BIG is organized in four sections:
Genome science & bioinformatics, Computational & evolutionary genomics, Genomic variations & personalised medicine, and Core
omics facility. The core facility has over 20 sequencers including Solid, Solexa, Hiseq, Ion Proton and Pacbio, and a high performance
computing platform consists of computer clusters with a total 5 000 CPU cores and 3 800 terabyte high performance storage system.
Historically, the institute actively participated in the International Human
Genome Project (HGP) and HapMap Project, led the Chinese Superhybrid
Rice Genome Project, the pig, chicken and silkworm
genome projects, and so on. Examples of recent major achievements include population
genomics and clonal
evolution in cancer, sperm and
egg methylome inheritance.
Last Updated on: Nov 25, 2024