Genome sequencing platforms compared for bacterial de novo assemblies
Wow, I haven’t blogged for ages. Partly this is the usual excuse of not having time, and partly a lack of inspiration. Sorry. Perhaps just before Xmas is the wrong time to get my mojo back, but I guess that’s the way life is. So what’s been happening? Well, on the sequencing front we’ve recently [...]
Gazelles, elephants, blue whales and dodos: next-generation sequencing at the zoo
The big news today is that Life Tech, of SOLiD fame intend to acquire Ion Torrent, subject to certain technical milestones being reached. The best blog coverage is at Omics Omics and Genetic Future. This means Illumina, Life Tech and Roche, our sequencing Big Three have all now got into bed with “next-next-generation” technology platforms. [...]
Illumina still dominate sequencing market: ABI and 454 Jockey for 2nd Place
Yesterday, we launched a new version of the high-throughput sequencing map. I promised when it launched that when sufficient updates were received we would release instrument statistics. We have now received 214 updates from the community – thank you so much! So, without further ado, check out the statistics tables! Some bottom-line numbers: there are [...]
Sequencing in the U.K.
James Hadfield has created a very nice community curated map of all known next-generation sequencing facilities. Although perhaps not 100% accurate it gives a good feel for the relative adoption of 454, Solexa and ABI in the UK. I’ve summarised the table as of today (plus adding in Birmingham’s new 454 machine). Excluding the Sanger [...]