BGI Australia

Due to BGI's growing presence and influence in the world, BGI Australia was established on the 16th of August 2016 to support its growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Its office is located at the prestigious QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Herston, Brisbane. Being the world's largest genomic organisation with leading sequencing platform and superb bioinformatics analysis capability, BGI Australia is devoted to facilitating cutting-edge research and applications in the areas of healthcare, agriculture and environment.BGI Australia's strategic focus includes:

- Collaborate with organizations, to advance research and discoveries in genomics, Medical health, Agriculture and Biodiversity in Australia and Pacific regions;

- Establish centralized platform to provide technology transfer, training, services and industry incubation to the community;

- Provide sequencing systems, analysis tools and services to healthcare providers to promote public well-being in areas of reproductive health, cancer, rare diseases, infectious diseases etc..