GEN Magazine Spotlight
May 2022 Vol. 42, No. 5
Spatial biology is among the smaller segments of the broader life sciences market. One estimate issued in August by Research And Markets, has the market growing from 2021-2028 at a 10% compound annual growth rate $484.22 million, which would put its value this year at just under $250 million.
The field made its way into the mainstream of genomic science when, under the term spatially resolved transcriptomics, it was unanimously recognized in January by editors of Nature as Method of the Year 2020.
This GEN Spotlight “A Spatial Approach”, sponsored by Akoya, brings informative coverage of spatial by exploring biology through a new lens.
![Fluorescent image of a developing human hippocampus. [Oier Pastor-Alonso/UCSF]](https://www.genengnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Fridayimage-218x150.jpeg "3D Multiomics Adds Depth to Study of Human Brain Development")
![A graphical representation of pancreatic islet cells attached to strings bobbing up and down like a marionette. [Gloria Fuentes]](https://www.genengnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/low-res-2-218x150.jpeg "Diabetes Risk Higher in People with Mutated Stress Response Genes")
![This chip-based "tractor-beam," which uses an intensely focused beam of light to capture and manipulate biological particles without damaging the cells, could help biologists study the mechanisms of diseases. [Sampson Wilcox, RLE]](https://www.genengnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Low-Res_MIT_Tractor-Beam-01-PRESS-218x150.jpg "New Integrated Optical Tweezer Enables Trapping of Beads and Cells")
![Vacaville site. [Lonza]](https://www.genengnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Vacaville-Site-Edt-218x150.jpg "Lonza Completes Acquisition of Vacaville, CA Site from Roche")
