Genos and Beyond: From Scalable AI Infrastructure to Multi-Omics Data Analysis
This talk introduces Genos, a large open-source human-centric genomic foundation model that learns directly from high-quality human genomes representing global ancestries and scales to single-nucleotide precision across ultra-long contexts. Dr Yang will explore how Genos reflects a broader shift from simply “reading” genomes toward decoding the dynamic logic of life through integrated omics and AI. The session will also highlight practical bioinformatics capabilities supporting scalable data processing and workflow orchestration across short-read, long-read, and spatial omics datasets, alongside intelligent laboratory infrastructure, highlighting emerging opportunities for the bioinformatics community in the era of AI-powered life science.
Bio
Dr. Bicheng Yang holds a PhD in Biosciences from the University of Birmingham, with a research background in Plant Molecular Biology. Since joining BGI Group in 2009, she has taken on a range of senior leadership roles across international collaboration, communications, marketing, and regional operations. As Director of MGI Australia, Bicheng leads a dedicated and technically skilled local team committed to supporting researchers across Australia and New Zealand. Under her leadership, the team plays a vital role in delivering MGI’s advanced omics technologies and providing end-to-end technical support to empower scientific community in the region.
