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Mitch Bekritsky

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Bioinformatics team lead @Illumina, dad, ATLien. All views are my own.

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Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Illumina constellation technology gets a preprint after ASHG. Detecting complex genomic variants in samples that could not be assessed with traditional long reads. #Sedlazeck www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Constellation illuminates rare disease genetics
Despite significant advances in genomic sequencing, the resolution of many rare disease cases is still hindered by variant detection limitations. Short reads struggle in homologous regions, and long r...
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Working with @sedlazeck.bsky.social and his group on exploring the utility of Constellation has been amazing. So happy to see this preprint out!
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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Constellation illuminates rare disease genetics www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Working on Constellation mapped reads technology has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as a scientist so far. So excited to see this animation describing how it works. #illumina #constellation youtu.be/Ro5zX6sObyk?...
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Illumina Mapped Read Technology
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James Fasham @jamesfasham.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Phasing ✅ Parent of Origin ✅ SV resolution ✅ from *short* read WGS with @illumina Constellation technology Haven't heard about this yet? - see P23.008B at #ESHG2025 @ExeterGenomes @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Check out this blog post on Constellation mapped read technology! Exciting times at Illumina :-)
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
If you'd like to learn more about Illumina's exciting innovation roadmap (including Constellation mapped reads), have a look at this recording from ASHG featuring Steven Barnard and Niall J Lennon! (Fill in a form to access the webinar) www.illumina.com/events/webin...
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Illumina Innovation Roadmap
Hear from Steve Barnard about the latest Illumina innovations. Niall Lennon, PhD from the Broad Institute of MIT joins Steve to provide insights into new Illumina technology.
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Genome Informatics team is hiring! We are a smart, fun, and creative team that is working on the cutting edge of bioinformatics, including Constellation read mapping, an exciting new technology from Illumina enabling long range information from short reads. Also, Vitor is an awesome manager :-)
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Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of pe...
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Mitch Bekritsky @mitch-bekritsky.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I am incredibly proud of the work being done by the bioinformatics and assay team to enable Constellation mapped read technology. I feel very fortunate to work with such bright and talented people :-)
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Illumina Provides Updates on Multiomics Product Pipeline at ASHG
The company offered more details on its "constellation" mapped read technology, Illumina Protein Prep assay, 5-base genome, PIPseq V single-cell assay, and paired 500-base MiSeq reads.
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