Lab Automation and Bioinformatics

Intelligent automation is continuously developing. Many industries are able to streamline their processes and become more efficient by utilising the power of AI and robotics. Laboratory automation is supported by a system comprised of computer hardware and software, conveyor systems, machinery and robotics and can be beneficial for processes such as recording data, high throughput screening and testing.

Bioinformatics is the use of technology to obtain, store and analyse biological data on a large scale. Through a combination of biology, computer science, maths and physics, complex biological information can be interpreted to give us a deeper understanding of human health.

This page serves as a hub for the latest news and research on lab automation and bioinformatics. Here, you will find information on bioinformatics tools, genomic sequencing, ways of using automated equipment in the lab and many other topics.

What is Intelligent Automation?

Intelligent automation is changing many industries. By leveraging AI and robotics, intelligent automation is streamlining processes and intelligently saving time.

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Latest Lab Automation and Bioinformatics News and Research

Constructing Large-Scale Pangenomes Using a Cost-Effective Hybrid Sequencing Strategy

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, together with collaborators, published their latest findings in Nature on April 1. The study innovatively developed a pangenome-informed genome assembly (PIGA) method.

6 Apr 2026

Researchers Discover Prenatal Genetic Origins of Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which inherited calcium channel mutations disrupt early brain development and predispose children to epilepsy and related cognitive challenges.

6 Apr 2026

MPGK Tool Streamlines Advanced Genetic Data Analysis for Bioinformatics Beginners

With the rapid expansion of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), researchers are increasingly faced with the challenge of translating large-scale genetic data into meaningful biological insights.

6 Apr 2026

Study Highlights Unexpected Role of Stard7 in Colorectal Cancer Development

A new study led by researchers at the University of Liège highlights the unexpected role of Stard7 in the development of intestinal cancers.

3 Apr 2026

Pearling Mechanism Regulates Precise Spacing of Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondria are often described as the cell's power plants, because they generate energy. To help them achieve this, mitochondria carry their own small genome called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).

3 Apr 2026

Defining Tumor Microbiota for Improved Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Recent research shows that tumors in different organs host microbial communities capable of influencing cancer biology, immune responses, and the effectiveness of therapies, highlighting the need to standardize methods for studying intratumoral microbes.

3 Apr 2026

A Single-Celled Organism Uses Geometry To Sense Its World

Stentor coeruleus, a single-celled organism approximately one millimeter long, has a unique ability, according to a startling discovery made in the lab.

3 Apr 2026

Researchers Use Retron Systems to License DNA for Cellular Tasks

Stepping away from its billions-of-years-old role as a genetic "blueprint," DNA is now embarking on a new journey as an active "field agent" within cells. This research by a team led by Professor Jongmin Kim and Ph.D. candidate Geonhu Lee from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) was published in the online edition of the international chemistry journal, Nature Chemistry.

2 Apr 2026

Study Reveals How Biological Machines Write New Genetic Information

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent – an ability to create entirely new and highly sophisticated DNA sequences from scratch.

1 Apr 2026

New Framework Prioritizes Uncertain Genetic Variants in Cancer Profiling

Hiroshima University researchers have developed a practical framework to identify candidate pathogenic variants hidden among the large number of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) detected in comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) of cancers.

1 Apr 2026

Cysteine Pathways Shape T Cell Expansion and Cancer Defense

A research team from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have discovered how the immune system's CD8+ T cells use the nutrient cysteine to control two essential functions that compete for this resource - the immune cell's ability to multiply and its ability to kill cancer cells.

1 Apr 2026

Discovery Challenges the Theory That Proteins Move Mainly by Diffusion

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered a previously unknown system of internal "trade winds" that help cells rapidly move essential proteins to the front of the cell, reshaping how researchers understand cell migration, cancer spread and wound healing.

31 Mar 2026

Study Reveals How Trypanosomes Fine-Tune Protein Production Through Destruction

To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that allows the parasite to fine-tune this "cloak".

31 Mar 2026

Novel Immunotherapy Disrupts the Protective Tumor Microenvironment Ecosystem

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy - CAR T for short - has been a major advance in treating blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma. But the immunotherapy has struggled against solid tumors for two main reasons: tumor cells often don't share one consistent surface target, and many solid tumors are protected by a dense network of scar tissue and immune-suppressive cells that blocks T cells.

31 Mar 2026

New Technology Enables Whole-Body Analysis of Gene Expression

Understanding gene expression within the body has been a boon for 21st century biology and therapeutics, but most discoveries that use these technologies only focus on one organ or one small area of tissue.

30 Mar 2026

Implantable Cell Factory Device Delivers Sustained Biologic Drug Production

Implanting living cells as long-term drug producers could transform treatment for numerous diseases, but it is difficult to house the tiny workers in quantities high enough to ensure dosage needs are met while also keeping the cells alive and thriving.

28 Mar 2026

New Platform Models Cancer Metastasis and Cell Cluster Survival

Metastasis, the spread of cancer from a primary tumor to other parts of the body, is difficult to study in the lab, in part because researchers lack reliable ways to recreate the conditions cancer cells encounter as they travel through the bloodstream.

28 Mar 2026