PacBio joins 1000 Genomes Long Read project to add isoform sequencing

PacBio (PACB) announced it has joined the 1000 Genomes Long Read Sequencing Project, which will involve contributing long-read transcriptome data to one of the world’s most expansive human genomics initiatives. In collaboration with the laboratories of Danny Miller, MD, PhD, Evan Eichler, PhD, at the University of Washington, and Rajiv McCoy, PhD at the McCoy Lab at Johns Hopkins University, PacBio will contribute full-length isoform sequencing using its Kinnex RNA kits and Revio sequencing platform. The collaboration will add Iso-Seq data for approximately 1,000 samples from the 1000 Genomes cohort.