Illumina Genomics Research

Our scientists help drive progress in how we aggregate, analyze, and interpret genomic data for meaningful insights. Illumina research fuels innovative ways to study, diagnose, and treat disease. Explore some of our latest efforts here.

Discoveries & Publications

Recent Discoveries by Illumina Scientists

Overcoming the Diffraction Limit with Super-Resolution Optics to Increase Sequencing Cluster Density

The super-resolution imaging technique structured illumination microscopy can be adapted to increase and optimize the packing density of sequencing clusters.

Genotyping of High Homology HBA1 and HBA2 from Illumina Whole-Genome Sequencing

α-thalassemia is caused by mutations in high homology HBA1 and HBA2 genes (~97%). We present here a new WGS-based DRAGEN HBA caller that can accurately detect deletional and non-deletional variants in the HBA locus.

The Challenge of Somatic Variant Detection Accuracy in Liquid Biopsy Addressed by the DRAGEN Platform with UMIs

Illumina scientists present a method using unique molecular identifiers (UMIs) and the power of the DRAGEN platform to reduce noise and errors to enable accurate somatic variant calling in ctDNA.

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Podcasts

Metagenomics, COVID-19, & Emerging Pathogens

Robert Schlaberg and Lauge Farnaes from IdByDNA discuss use of metagenomics to identify emerging pathogens.

Genomic Tumor Profiling and Precision Oncology

Dr. Rachel Sanborn of the Providence Cancer Institute explains how genomics technologies are empowering precision oncology.

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