Thursday, February 3, 2011

New IonTorrent Machine, "314" model


Error Rates near 1%, getting 500,000 reads (150-200bp), machine takes 2 hours to run, $250 for sequencing reagents, $250 for sample prep.
And, it will charge your iphone while you sequence:

Wednesday, February 2, 2011



LifeTech is sponsoring some kind of NGS "triathalon," and it seems they would like everyone on the planet to eventually have their own sequencer, for scientific and commercial reasons. I did bring my running shoes....

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Heading to AGBT....

Let's see what strange new technologies have emerged this year:
http://agbt.org/

My talk is at 9:10 on Thursday, where I shall claim the existence of nearly 100K genes!

Happy Chinese New Year!