Takara Bio at ASHG 2026

Oct 20–24, 2026 Montréal, Canada ~7.5k attendees Website

Takara Bio brings 2 presentations to ASHG 2026 in Montréal, and exhibits at Booth 422. Its program centres on spatial profiling and single-cell analysis of gene regulation in cancer. Takara Bio presents Takara Seeker for whole-transcriptome profiling in human melanoma and Shasta scCUT&Tag for studying the breast cancer tumor microenvironment.

OrganizationASHG 2026 Attendance
Takara Bio
San Jose, California
1 Director of Assay Applications, Spatial Genomics · 1 Senior Director, NGS R&D
takarabio.com|LinkedIn
Subsidiary~271 people
Takara Bio USA sells reagents, instruments, and services to life-science researchers. Its tools support gene discovery, regulation, and function.
Takara Bio agreed to discuss transferring its GMP cell-processing CDMO business, a possible shift away from manufacturing services.
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Takara Bio agreed to discuss transferring its GMP cell-processing CDMO business, a possible shift away from manufacturing services.
2026-07 · source
Licensed Seeker and Trekker spatial-biology patents from 10x Genomics, letting it sell those products worldwide without restriction.
2026-06 · source
Waskyra, a gene therapy using Takara's licensed RetroNectin reagent, won U.S. and EU marketing authorization.
2026-02 · source
Source: company newsroom
Parent FY26 sales ¥40.3B, down 10.5%; FY27 forecast ¥44B
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Figures are for parent Takara Bio Inc, not the U.S. unit alone; sales fell but recovery is forecast. · 2026-05-13
““net sales decreased to ¥40,318 million (down 10.5% year-on-year)”; “forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 are net sales of ¥44,000 million””
Source: results release
Booth
Exhibiting at Booth 422
Wed, Oct 219:45am–4:30pmThu, Oct 229:45am–1:30pmFri, Oct 239:45am–4:30pm
Poster
Fri Oct 23
2:30 pm
Part of Omics Technologies Poster Friday Session
Instrument-free whole-transcriptome spatial profiling of human melanoma: Benchmarking Takara Seeker against Visium HD 3′ in fresh frozen tissue
Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8156F
Collaborators: Broad Institute
Spatial transcriptomicsCancerMethodologyMulti-omics
Poster
Fri Oct 23
2:30 pm

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