Sequencing in 2026:

repeats → resolvable
methylation → built in
SVs → at scale
AI → shaping discovery

The work is more interesting than ever. Explore four-year problems solved in days and results never expected.

Season one is almost over. Stream #BeyondTheBench while you still can: bit.ly/4oLrOXu

🧬 Rare ataxias reveal big lessons in human genetics.

In Episode 3, Dr. Birgitt Scheule explains how studying small communities uncovers genetic mechanisms, population patterns, and subtle variants that impact neurological function.

Watch now: bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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Beyond the Bench: How Listening to Patients Strengthens Research As scientists, we focus on data and significance, but what happens when we meet the people behind the pathology? In this guest article, PhD student Claudia Schrauwen shares how volunteering in a rehab...

What happens when a scientist steps outside the lab & meets the people behind the pathology? 🔬

Guest writer Claudia Schrauwen reflects on how volunteering in a rehab centre transformed her perspective on research 👩‍🔬

Read the article: ow.ly/g8Wj50YsOsI

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Beyond the Bench: Exploring the terrain of repeat expansion diseases with HiFi sequencing - PacBio Dr. Schuele, Associate Professor of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine, leads a lab focused on gene discovery and novel stem cell technologies to better understand neurodegenerative d...

Repeat expansions cause 50+ neurological disorders but are difficult to measure.

Dr. Schuele from Stanford University uses HiFi sequencing to directly profile complex repeats and advance research in Parkinson’s disease and SCA10.

Read about her work: bit.ly/4bz4Y1z

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What happens when a condition shifts from rare to widespread?

In Episode 3 of Beyond the Bench, Dr. Birgitt Scheule explains what it means to shift from studying isolated cases to addressing disease at population scale.

Watch now: bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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🔬A few amino acid changes can shape whether a lens stays clear for decades or begins to cloud.

In Episode 2, Dr. Andor Kiss explains how his team traces differences tied to stability, adaptation, and cataracts and shares three key findings.

Watch now: bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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Miami Biology professor featured in DNA sequencing video series Andor Kiss appears in PacBio's Beyond the Bench series discussing DNA sequencing technology

New from Miami University: Dr. @andorjkiss.bsky.social and his lab’s work featured in BEYOND THE BENCH.

Students are generating long-read sequencing data in-house and learning how sequencing strategy shapes discovery.

Read the story: bit.ly/4aFSgMS

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Key takeaway from Dr. Santosha Vardhana in Beyond the Bench:

When T cells run low on energy, they make priority decisions that shift into self preservation mode. That bioenergetic limit shapes immune exhaustion.

Watch the full episode: bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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Beyond the Bench: Advancing cancer transcriptomics with HiFi long-read RNA sequencing - PacBio This series offers a chance to step beyond the data and hear directly about the habits and motivations that drive their research

Not all immune cells behave like the textbooks say.

New blog: Dr. Santosha Vardhana shows how HiFi long-read RNA is exposing hidden transcript isoforms + real immune diversity in cancer datasets.

If you build hypotheses off single-cell data, this one’s worth a read: bit.ly/4rypwN3

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Why do people fall in love with biology? 

For Dr. Santosha Vardhana, it’s awe at how much the human body gets right. That sense of wonder still shapes how he thinks about cancer, the immune system, and discovery. 

Watch his story in BEYOND THE BENCH → bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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Beyond the bench videos - PacBio BEYOND THE BENCH visits brilliant minds to talk about the moments that changed how they see science, and themselves.

@pacbio.bsky.social
launched a new series called
#BeyondTheBench; they interviewed me and the work we're doing in the Center For Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics (CBFG) with their new #VEGA Benchtop Long-Read Sequencer #MiamiOH #HiFi #Methyl-Seq #KINNEX #Science

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🎬✨Now streaming: BEYOND THE BENCH

This season features:
• Santosha Vardhana on immune cell exhaustion and RNA splicing
• Andor Kiss on bringing HiFi into teaching
• Birgitt Schüele on repeat expansions across populations

Press play → bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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Beyond the Bench: A series celebrating the people behind scientific progress - PacBio Beyond the Bench is a PacBio original video series is focused on the people behind the science in their daily routines.

You voted and the verdict is in. Everyone unwinds differently off the clock.

For the researchers in Beyond the Bench, the results varied. A crossword at dawn. A hand built turntable. Miles on a mountain trail.

Meet them in our latest blog: bit.ly/4pH7jfB

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Holiday watchlist shaping up? ❄️🎄🎁

Save a spot for BEYOND THE BENCH, a #PacBio series that follows science through the people behind the discoveries. There is always more to genomics than meets the eye.

Sign up for the January premiere: bit.ly/4oLrOXu

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🚀 Beyond the Bench Talks — with Springer Nature!
Join us for a deep dive into book publishing & innovation with experts from Springer Nature.📚✨
🗓 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 13:00–15:00 CET
🔗 Register via the QR code in the poster!
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