BGI Group

Chinese life science group that operates multiple research labs and entities in the field of genomics, healthcare, precision medicine, and more
Organization scientific_organization Q115806532
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BGI Group

Summary

BGI Group is a scientific organization[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of scientific_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BGI Group is located in Shenzhen[3].
  • BGI Group is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • BGI Group's image is recorded as BGI HQ.jpg[5].
  • BGI Group's instance of is recorded as scientific organization[6].
  • BGI Group's founder is recorded as Wang Jian[7].
  • BGI Group's logo image is recorded as Bgi group logo.png[8].
  • BGI Group's logo image is recorded as BGI Group Logo.png[9].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as BGI Genomics[10].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as MGI[11].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as GigaScience Press[12].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as BGI Europe (Denmark)[13].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as BGI-Japan[14].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Complete Genomics[15].
  • BGI Group's child organization or unit is recorded as BGI Research[16].
  • +1999-09-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BGI Group[17].
  • BGI Group's official website is recorded as https://en.genomics.cn/[18].
  • BGI Group's X is recorded as TheBgiGroup[19].
  • BGI Group's GRID ID is recorded as grid.21155.32[20].
  • BGI Group's Ringgold ID is recorded as 213636[21].
  • BGI Group's LinkedIn company or organization ID is recorded as bgigroup[22].
  • BGI Group's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 492209[23].
  • BGI Group's ROR ID is recorded as 045pn2j94[24].
  • BGI Group's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12478'}[25].
  • BGI Group's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/7c7c58e8-bade-4c1c-9b23-3dc4ed1b3aa7[26].
  • BGI Group's Scilit organization ID is recorded as 1221[27].

Body

Founding

BGI Group's founder is recorded as Wang Jian[7]. +1999-09-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[17].

Operations

Subsidiaries include BGI Genomics[10], a business[28], in People's Republic of China[29], founded in 1999[30], headquartered in Shenzhen[31]; MGI[11], an organization[32], in People's Republic of China[33], founded in 2016[34]; GigaScience Press[12], a publishing house[35], in Hong Kong[36]; BGI Europe (Denmark)[13], a business[37], in Denmark[38], founded in 2010[39], headquartered in Copenhagen[40]; BGI-Japan[14], a nonprofit organization[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1999[43]; and Complete Genomics[15], a business[44], in United States[45], founded in 2006[46], headquartered in San Jose[47].

Why It Matters

BGI Group ranks in the top 10% of scientific_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . en.genomics.cn. en.genomics.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . en.genomics.cn. en.genomics.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . en.genomics.cn. en.genomics.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GRID Release 2016-12-06. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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