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Re:Game of Genomes by aab0 on Monday July 11, 2016 @03:10PM (#12073505)
I wonder about the novelty. He doesn't give very specific dates (was 'mid-January' this January, last January, or the January before that?) but does say

"The process, including my registration at an Illumina-sponsored seminar, cost $3,100."

Hasn't Illumina been at $1k/genome now for at least a year?

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Re:Game of Genomes by mcarlise on Monday July 11, 2016 @03:23PM (#12073612)
Illumina claims they can do $1k/genome using their latest HiSeq X Ten technology. But a miSeq or nextSeq cost more and produce less throughput. The author states ~70GB of data for $3.1k That could be two lanes of a MiSeq or a 1/4 lane of HiSeq (sharing with other samples); prices can vary by sequencing center.
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