Excited to share our Review on human PGC development covering the latest in vivo observations & in vitro developments, esp. in the last 5 years. Have a read! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... From: @astar-gis.bsky.social @ki.se Warwick University, @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social

Singapore RNA Seminar Series 🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Yoosik Kim, Associate Professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on 9 Sep 2025, 10:00AM (SGT, GMT+8). Subscribe to our future RNA events: a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #Genomics #RNA

Join us at the next National Precision Medicine Alliance (NPMA) - by Prof Cheng Ching Yu, Assoc Prof Su Xinyi, Assoc Prof Nagaendran Kandiah, Dr Anders Jacobsen Skanderup on 26 August, 4PM at Multi-Purpose Hall 1, #01-01, Innovis Tower. Register👉 a-star-engagementportal.glueup.com/event/nation...

📢GENOME: THE GIS SPEAKER SERIES Join us at our next seminar by Prof. Willem van Schaik, Chair of Microbiology and Infection, Head of Research of the School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, University of Birmingham, on 14 August, 1:30PM (SGT) at GIS, Level 2 Seminar Room #GISSPEAKERSERIES

🎯Come Tackle the Big Questions in Genomics with @astar-gis.bsky.social and some of the leading voices from APAC, US and beyond, at our Genome Innovation & Precision Medicine Conference this September! 🔗Sign up now 👉🏻 www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #GIS25 #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine #Innovation

Singapore RNA Seminar Series🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Kate Chiappinelli on 19 Aug 2025, 9AM (SGT, GMT+8). Host: Associate Professor Polly Chen, NUS Link: zoom.us/j/9416340856... Webinar ID: 941 6340 8561 Passcode: 466019 Subscribe to our future RNA events: a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve...

@astar-gis.bsky.social teams up with 10x Genomics to revolutionize drug discovery for #TISHUMAP! Using AI & spatial biology, this project will analyze thousands of tissue samples to fast-track drug target discovery in cancer & inflammatory diseases. A major step toward precision medicine! #Genomics

👨‍🔬S'pore researchers received a $25M grant for Clarion, to target lung cancer in Asians—from risk prediction and early detection to personalized treatment. Led by National Cancer Centre Singapore, A*STAR & National University Cancer Institute, it builds on over a decade of multidisciplinary research.

Congratulations to @yue-wan.bsky.social who has been elected as #EMBO Associate member, in recognition of her research excellence and outstanding achievements in the field of RNA! She is the only researcher from Singapore amongst 69 global life scientists honored this year. #WomeninSTEM #RNAResearch

📢 GENOME: THE GIS SPEAKER SERIES🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Junyue Cao, Assistant Professor, The Rockefeller University, hosted by Dr Yue Wan 📅 Date: 14 July 2025 ⏲️ Time: 2:00 PM (SGT, GMT +8) 📍 Venue: GIS, Level 2 Seminar Room 👉 www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #GISSPEAKERSERIES

Studying low-biomass environments in microbiome research? The struggle is real when it comes to contamination! Even the tiniest sprinkle of external microbes can throw off your results, making traditional methods a no-go. Details in link below: @niranjantw.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Updates to the schedule! Please note this seminar has been rescheduled as follows: Date: Friday 11 Jul 2025 Time: 9.30am – 10.15am Zoom link: zoom.us/j/9967962035... Meeting ID: 996 7962 0353 Passcode: 888004 See you then! 👋

🔬 @astar-gis.bsky.social Researchers - @skandlab.bsky.social unveils Fragle, a novel AI-driven method that significantly enhances the speed, accessibility, and affordability of cancer tracking — by analyzing DNA fragment sizes from a blood test. 📄Read more 👉 www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/home/pre...

Singapore RNA Seminar Series 🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Eric Miska on 7 July 2025, 2:00PM (SGT, GMT+8). Host: Dr Yue Wan Link: zoom.us/j/9840996078... Webinar ID: 984 0996 0781 Passcode: 277278 Subscribe to our future RNA events: www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #RNA #Genomics

Congratulations to our researchers Shyam Prabhakar and @jayshin.bsky.social for successfully hosting the @humancellatlas.org meeting in Singapore this week! 🎉 The team also shared their latest AIDA study which revealed groundbreaking insights into immune differences among Asian populations🧬🌏

🧬 Scientists from 5 Asian nations have built the first Asian Immune Diversity Atlas (AIDA), mapping 1.2M+ immune cells to better understand disease risk in Asians. A major leap for precision medicine! 🔗 Read more: www.asianscientist.com/2025/05/heal... #Genomics #AIDA #HCA

📢 GENOME: THE GIS SPEAKER SERIES🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Madhura Mukhopadhyay, Senior Editor, Nature Methods Host: Shyam PRABHAKAR 📅 Date: 5 June 2025 ⏲️ Time: 10:00 AM (SGT, GMT +8) 📍 Venue: GIS, Level 2 Seminar Room 👉 www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #GISSPEAKERSERIES

Find out how our researchers—Associate Director @niranjantw.bsky.social, GIS Innovation Fellow Chayaporn Suphavilai and Dr Karrie Ko—discovered a new variation of 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴 (𝘊.𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴)—𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗜—a drug-resistant yeast that kept infectious disease experts on high alert worldwide. Full story below👇:

🚨LAST CALL - Don’t miss the 2025 Human Cell Atlas General Meeting! Be part of the release of the first HCA draft, explore AI + spatial genomics, and shape the future of single-cell science with renowned researchers! 📅 9–11 June |📍Academia, Singapore 🔗 Register now: events.humancellatlas.org/2025GM

🎓PhD Opportunity: AI x Genomics at @astar-gis.bsky.social 🧬🤖 Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of science with cutting-edge technology and the opportunity to work on groundbreaking projects: 🔬 AI-driven RNA Therapeutics 🧠 Cancer Genomics with LLMs & GNNs Contact @msikic.bsky.social!

🎉GIS turns 25! Join us in celebrating 25 years of innovation at #GIS25: Genome Innovation and Precision Medicine Conference, happening 11–12 September at Matrix, Biopolis, Singapore! 📅 Save the date and register now! Limited seats left! 👉 a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine

Singapore RNA Seminar Series 🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Sergiu P. Pașca on 10 June 2025, 2:00PM (SGT, GMT+8). Host: Dr Yue Wan Link: zoom.us/w/9698098176... Webinar ID: 969 8098 1762 Passcode: 643820 Subscribe to our future RNA events: www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #RNA #Genomics

📢GENOME: THE GIS SPEAKER SERIES🧬 Join us at our next seminar by Prof Paul Ross, Director, APC Microbiome Ireland, & Professor of Microbiology, University College Cork Host: @niranjantw.bsky.social 📅Date: 22 May 2025 ⏲️Time: 11:00 AM (SGT) 📍Venue: GIS, Level 2 Seminar Room #GISSPEAKERSERIES #genomics

Congrats to our team- @msikic.bsky.social, @lvrcek.bsky.social, Martin Schmitz, on GNNome, a groundbreaking AI tool for de novo genome assembly using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). Check out the paper👉🏻 genome.cshlp.org/content/35/4... #GNNome #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Research #Innovation

Join us at our GIS Seminar by Dr Marcin Magnus, Harvard University on OpenRNAFold: an end-to-end approach for RNA 3D structure prediction. Date: 29 April, 2PM Venue: GIS, Level 2 Host: Ivona MARTINOVIC @msikic.bsky.social @lvrcek.bsky.social

Join us at our seminars next week at GIS, Level 2! Dr. Kishwar Shafin, Senior Research Scientist, Google Research Host: @lvrcek.bsky.social Date: 29 April, 10AM Dr. Valentine Svensson, Principal Computational Biology Scientist, Tahoe Therapeutics Host: Shyam PRABHAKAR Date: 30 April, 1PM

Microbial Neighbours Keep Golden Years Shining!👵👴🌟 @astar-gis.bsky.social researchers reveal how microbes enhance health and longevity in the elderly. Discover the impact of these tiny organisms on aging gracefully. Read more: www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #HealthyAging #Genomics #GutMicrobiome

Scientists at A*STAR GIS have unveiled SG-NEx, one of the world's largest long-read RNA sequencing datasets! 🌍🔬 With 750M long RNA reads, it enhances detection of complex RNA features, aiding disease research and precision medicine. Available via AWS Open Data Registry. #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine

Join us at the next National Precision Medicine Alliance (#NPMA) on 20 May, 4 PM at Multi-Purpose Hall 1, #01-01, Innovis Tower., Fusionopolis. Register at a-star-engagementportal.glueup.com/event/nation...

🎉 Join us in celebrating our 25th anniversary at the #GIS25: Genome Innovation and Precision Medicine Conference! 🎉 📅 Dates: 11-12 September 2025 📍 Location: Matrix, Biopolis, Singapore 🔗 Details & Registration: www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #GIS25 #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine #Innovation

Are you passionate about advancing scientific research?🧬🔬 🧪 We are #hiring Principal Investigators who are ready to make a difference in the world of genomic research in AI, Computational biology to develop novel high throughput technologies for unveiling new insights into the biology of DNA or RNA!

Researchers at @astar-gis.bsky.social discovered unique genetic variations in the CYP2D6 enzyme among Singapore's multi-ethnic population, a crucial enzyme involved in the metabolism of many commonly prescribed drugs. These genetic variations affect how individuals process medications. Read more at👇

Singapore RNA Seminar Series Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Shuo Han on Thursday 24 April 2025, 9.30am (SGT, GMT+8) Link: zoom.us/j/9560990064... Webinar ID: 956 0990 0647 Passcode: 365938 Subscribe to our future RNA events: www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve... #RNA #Genomics

Researchers from @astar-gis.bsky.social, together with collaborators from South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and India, have assembled the world’s first Asian Immune Diversity Atlas (AIDA)—a multi-national survey of human blood at single-cell resolution. Read more here: www.a-star.edu.sg/gis/news-eve...

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Suphavilai Chayaporn has been awarded the GIS Innovation Fellow FY24! 🏆 Check out her project which aims to develop clinical-grade metagenomic diagnostic systems for effective infectious disease detection and management in healthcare settings: tinyurl.com/GIS-ASTRID

GENOME: THE GIS SPEAKER SERIES Join us at our online seminar by Dr. Arjun Raj, Richard K. Lubin Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Genetics University of Pennsylvania on 15 April, 9.30am (SGT, GMT +8). Host: Shyam PRABHAKAR Webinar ID: 925 1281 1559 Participant ID: 285010 Passcode: 487568

Congratulations to @jonathangoeke.bsky.social, and our @astar-gis.bsky.social team on your SG-NEx project, providing a comprehensive resource that enables the development and benchmarking of computational methods for profiling complex transcriptional events at isoform-level resolution.

Dr Heng Li presented his renowned work on the challenges and promises of long-read sequencing at GIS. His presentation on de novo assembly and variant calling created much excitement and discussion onsite and online. View the recording here👉 shorturl.at/EkDOC Photo credit: @jonathangoeke.bsky.social

GENOME: THE GIS SPEAKER SERIES Join us at our next seminar by Dr. Heng Li, Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Wed 12 March, 9.30am (SGT, GMT +8). Host: @msikic.bsky.social Webinar ID: 985 9424 0029 Participant ID: 371683 Passcode: 993251 #GISSPEAKERSERIES #genomics