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AI Can Analyse the Genome. Can We Reproduce What It Did?
A new deep-learning method for calling cancer variants from long-read sequencing shows how powerful AI-assisted genomics is becoming — and why the provenance chain now has to cover…
30 Aug 202615 min read
News
UK Salmonella Cases Near 500: Why a Genomic Fingerprint Isn’t the Same as a Traceable Source
UK Salmonella Enteritidis cases linked to imported eggs have grown from 207 to nearly 500 in weeks, spanning several European countries — and the source still isn't confirmed.…
29 Aug 20267 min read
Food Safety
What the Salmonella Governance Gap Would Need From Infrastructure
One Health Security's analysis of a live UK Salmonella outbreak describes a data infrastructure problem as much as a policy one. A conceptual look at what a shared,…
27 Aug 20268 min read
News
How The BioChain Is Built: Oxford, Ghent, and What Comes Next
Why The BioChain is built across more than one city: Oxford as head office, Ghent as our European software hub, and a third base focused on scientific partnership…
13 Aug 20265 min read
News
A New Chapter in Ghent: Opening Our European R&D Office
The BioChain has opened a European R&D office at Tech Lane Science Park in Ghent — backed by VLAIO and newly connected to the Leuven Innovation Region through…
12 Aug 20263 min read
Science
The £££ Problem in Genomic Surveillance: What Happens When Sequencing Becomes Cheap Enough to Deploy Everywhere?
A new £12.47-per-sample sequencing method from the Wellcome Sanger Institute shows genomic surveillance can get radically cheaper. What happens to the infrastructure around it once it does?
12 Jul 202616 min read
Science
700,000 Genomes Are Not Enough: The Data Infrastructure Behind Genomic Surveillance
Denmark analysed 738,944 SARS-CoV-2 genomes and found 303 persistent infections — but only because the sequences stayed linked to health records, timing and each other. What that says…
20 Jun 202614 min read
Science
From 5,500-Year-Old Plague to 700,000 Viral Genomes: What Does It Take to Reconstruct an Outbreak?
A Q&A with Ashley Morgan on two June 2026 studies — 5,500-year-old plague in Siberian hunter-gatherers and 700,000 Danish COVID genomes — and what both reveal about turning…
19 Jun 202612 min read
News
The BioChain Founds the Applied Livestock Consortium
The BioChain founded Applied Livestock, an integrated consortium bringing together animal health, AI and infrastructure specialists — including Arpexas, Mujika and Perseptum — with The BioChain providing the…
14 Apr 20263 min read
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