Bionano Announces 67% Year-Over-Year Growth in Studies Featuring Optical Genome Mapping at ESHG 2026, Reflecting Expanding Global Adoption

SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNGO) today announced that studies featuring optical genome mapping (OGM) at the 2026 European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) conference grew substantially compared to the conference in 2025, consistent with expanding global adoption of OGM.

Key highlights from studies of OGM presented at ESHG 2026:

• 35 studies featured OGM — a 67% increase over the 21 studies reported at ESHG 2025.
• Authorship spanned 17 countries, up from 12 in 2025, across five global markets: Europe, North America, South America, Asia and the Middle East.
• Rare and constitutional genetic disorders were the largest research theme, representing roughly half of the studies.
• Hematologic malignancies, solid tumors and hereditary cancer, reproductive health and cardiovascular genomics made up the other major application areas.
• Europe contributed the most studies overall, while Brazil was the single largest national contributor.
• Studies featured OGM both on its own and alongside chromosomal microarray, classical karyotyping, and long- and short-read sequencing.

The year-over-year growth in both scientific content and geographic representation reflects accelerating interest in comprehensive structural variant detection across clinical research, and the potential importance of combining OGM with sequencing.

"I am extremely impressed with the ongoing growth in studies featuring optical genome mapping as the leading platform that we expect to be instrumental in ushering in the next generation of cytogenomics and helping to drive a digital pathology revolution together with sequencing," said Alka Chaubey, Ph.D., FACMG, chief medical officer of Bionano. "Presentations at ESHG 2026 demonstrated the ability of OGM to resolve complex genomic rearrangements, identify cryptic structural variants, and provide insights that may not be accessible through traditional cytogenetic and sequencing approaches, which is something the cytogenetics and molecular pathology communities have been seeking for decades."

The following is the list of platform presentations and posters featuring OGM:

The scientific program for the event is available at the ESHG website linked here: https://2026.eshg.org/programme-at-a-glance-local/programme-at-a-glance/

About Bionano Genomics

Bionano is a provider of genome analysis solutions that can enable researchers and clinicians to reveal answers to challenging questions in biology and medicine. The Company's mission is to transform the way the world sees the genome through optical genome mapping (OGM) solutions, diagnostic services and software. The Company offers OGM solutions for applications across basic, translational and clinical research. The Company also offers an industry-leading, platform-agnostic genome analysis software solution, and nucleic acid extraction and purification solutions using proprietary isotachophoresis (ITP) technology. Through its Lineagen, Inc. d/b/a Bionano Laboratories business, the Company also offers OGM-based diagnostic testing services.

For more information, visit www.bionano.com or www.bionanolaboratories.com.

Bionano's products are for research use only and not for use in diagnostic procedures.

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