BGI Shenzhen is World's Largest Sequencing Facility

May 1, 2011

May 2, 2011 | The world's largest genome sequencing facility is in Shenzhen, China. 128 Illumina HiSeq 2000s are in the Shenzhen BGI facility, a modest building in a gritty neighborhood surrounded by mechanics and scrap yards. But inside a "passion and willingess to take risks" permeates the organization and defines its vision. Newsweek.