PacBio and International Research Consortium CoLoRS Announce Release of First-Ever HiFi Long-Read Variant Database

Consortium Delivers Publicly Available Datasets that Enrich Detection of Rare and Novel Genetic Variants for Advances in Human Disease Research "Joining forces with PacBio has enabled us to leverage their HiFi sequencing capabilities, enhancing the depth and accuracy of the genomic data we can offer to the research community," said Michael Schatz, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University. "This effort complements existing databases such as gnomAD, as long reads enable much greater sensi ...