BGI’s MGI Tech Launches Two New NGS Platforms

By Bio-IT World Staff

October 31, 2017 | BGI’s subsidiary, MGI Tech, launched two new next generation genetic sequencers, MGISEQ-2000 and MGISEQ-200, at the 12th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-12) in Shenzhen.

MGI Vice-President Hui Jiang said the new sequencers will deliver consistent high quality sequencing data faster and at a lower price. MGISEQ 200/2000 are upgrades to BGISEQ 50/500 with technological improvements.

MGI Tech's overall goal is to make the MGISEQ a versatile and open sequencing platform, said MGI CEO Feng Mu. MGI plans to release sequencing adapters and the test data to encourage users to develop their own applications on the MGISEQ platform.

"This will help us to speed up technology development and production and to provide better tools and services to our customers," Mu said during the product unveiling. "Our goal is to innovate new technologies to help people live a healthy life. That's why 'Omics for All' is the important theme of this year's ICG."

MGISEQ-2000 and MGISEQ-200 will be available for orders beginning from Dec. 25, 2017, and will start shipment from Feb. 14, 2018, initially in China.