Feb 13

VisiGen to offer $1,000 Genome Sequencing Service

Tag: Technology — tknudsen @ 2:04 pm

According to their CEO, Susan Harding, the next-generation sequencing firm VisiGen Biotechnologies plans to offer a service around its “nano-sequencing machine” already at the end of 2009. The technology is expected to enable the sequencing of the human genome for $1,000 at some time in the future, she said at the recent Association for Biomolecular Research Facilities conference.

The company expects read-lengths of around 1,000 bases and a throughput of up to 50 megabases per second. At 100% utilization, this is 180 gigabases per hour and thus even more than what PacBio plans for, as Dr. Forsberg mentioned the other day.

I think this sounds really interesting!
It seems like it is only a matter of time before we have a very serious competitor to the existing technologies. Or?

2 Responses to “VisiGen to offer $1,000 Genome Sequencing Service”

  1. Mailund on the Internet » Blog Archive » And it just keeps getting cheaper… says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    […] dropping on genome re-sequencing, and already today I spot yet another post (on CLC Bio’s “Next Generation Sequencing” blog) on the very topic.  Now VisiGen will start selling genome re-sequencing for $1000 — what I […]

  2. More Interesting Links From The Genetic Genealogist » The Genetic Genealogist says:
    February 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am

    […] planned, the $1000 genome is just months or a few years away. See more at Genetics and Health and Next Generation Sequencing. Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) has made a similar […]

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