Huada Gene is a scientific and technological frontier organization focusing on life sciences. The scientific research method, which focuses on learning, research and application, involves scientific and technological research at the molecular genetic level such as human beings, medicine, agriculture, animal husbandry and the protection of endangered animals.
Its business mainly includes: (1) building a network system integrating biotechnology and information technology; (2) Sequencing involves various fields of biology, including DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing, metagenome sequencing, methylation sequencing, exon capture sequencing, ChIP-Seq sequencing, MeDIP sequencing and so on. (3) Taking the realization of super-large-scale bioinformatics computing as the central task, we will continuously improve our service capabilities in high-performance computing and cloud computing, and provide innovative solutions for massive data processing. Huada Gene never plays cards according to the routine.
This seemingly crazy move is actually an elaborate layout for BGI to establish its technological advantages. BGI's service scale and sequencing team are the largest in the world, but it needs to buy a lot of equipment and consumables on the sequencing technology platform. The acquisition of CG has realized the complementarity of capital and technology, and also made technological advantages a counterattack weapon to break the original international gene market pattern.
Usually, the process of industrialization of science and technology is very long, but in the field of biotechnology, especially after 2 1 century, life science has changed from the original classical experimental science and workshop-style experimental science to the big science of factory-style big data. This big science uses data analysis and processing, which greatly shortens the process from scientific discovery to industrialization, and makes it possible for an institution to integrate Industry-University-Research at the same time. 1990 is composed of the United States, Britain, Japan, Germany, France and China.
The "International Human Genome Project" initiated by scientists took 10 years and cost $3 billion to complete the sequencing of a human genome. In 2007, BGI completed the "first genetic map of China" in half a year, less than 30 million RMB. Time-saving and efficient gene sequencing benefits from the new model of gene research initiated by BGI under the background of big data, and BGI has built a comprehensive platform with global competitiveness.
Driven by the powerful "platform system" and around the principle of life center, a comprehensive technical platform for sequencing, mass spectrometry, biological computing and national gene bank was established.