• Bionano will host a pre-conference scientific session that will include a live product demonstration of the Stratys system for high throughput optical genome mapping (OGM) and findings from early access customers

• The pre-conference event will also include a 2024 corporate overview from Bionano's chief executive officer, Dr. Erik Holmlin, presentations from Dr. Brynn Levy at Columbia University Medical Center, Dr. Ulrich Broeckel at Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Susan Crocker at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Dr. Liz McCready at Hamilton Health Science Center, and Dr. Zeid Hamadeh at Vancouver General Hospital covering the utility of OGM and VIA software and the adoption, implementation, and advanced research capabilities of the Stratys system, and will conclude with a fireside chat with panelists hosted by Bionano's chief medical officer, Dr. Alka Chaubey

• In a sponsored session, Dr. Chaubey will cover findings from large multi-site clinical studies using OGM as well as features of the Stratys system. Dr. Tara Spence from Vancouver General Hospital will present insights into her laboratory's adoption of Stratys and its potential impact on hematological malignancy analysis

• A scientific platform presentation will feature Drs. Hamadeh and Spence discussing OGM's utility for the genotyping of hematological neoplasms

• Dr. Holmlin will participate with Dr. Nancy Mendelsohn, president of the ACMG Foundation, in the foundation's educational and clinical laboratory genetics and genomics (LGG) awards ceremony by presenting the fellowship awards sponsored by Bionano

• Eleven scientific posters featuring results from OGM applications in cancer, postnatal applications and genetic disorders will be presented at the conference

SAN DIEGO, March  07, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced its participation in the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting 2024 with a broad range of content covering optical genome mapping's (OGM) utility for research areas including cancer, rare genetic disease and constitutional disorders. ACMG's Annual Meeting brings together industry, medical, and academic professionals to discuss advances in clinical genetics research. The ACMG conference will be held March 12-16, 2024, in Toronto, Canada.

All scientific posters will be presented in Exhibit Halls DE. Poster presentations and scientific workshop sessions on OGM include:

Erik Holmlin, PhD, president and chief executive officer of Bionano, added, "We are proud to debut our new high throughput system for OGM, Stratys, at ACMG this year, and to host sessions featuring customers from our Stratys early access program presenting data from work conducted on the system. Researchers and scientists continue to push forward cutting-edge research in the human genetics space and we believe the capabilities of the Stratys system will unlock even more exciting research advancements. We look forward to these customers sharing their findings with the ACMG community."

About Bionano

Bionano is a provider of genome analysis solutions that can enable researchers and clinicians to reveal answers to challenging questions in biology and medicine. Bionano's mission is to transform the way the world sees the genome through OGM solutions, diagnostic services and software. Bionano offers OGM solutions for applications across basic, translational and clinical research. Through its Lineagen, Inc. d/b/a Bionano Laboratories business, Bionano also provides diagnostic testing for patients with clinical presentations consistent with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. Bionano also offers an industry-leading, platform-agnostic software solution, which integrates next-generation sequencing and microarray data designed to provide analysis, visualization, interpretation and reporting of copy number variants, single-nucleotide variants and absence of heterozygosity across the genome in one consolidated view. Bionano additionally offers nucleic acid extraction and purification solutions using proprietary isotachophoresis technology.