Nanopore MinION – $1k solid-state DNA sequencers

Re:Nanopore MinION – $1k solid-state DNA sequencers by atg_gcg_aca_aca on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:00AM (#16263406)

Here's the Sequencing & Moore's Law plot that I'm tired of seeing in every genome sequencing presentation ever. https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/W5YlBgPjX36/crop/1620

Since 2013, Illumina's brought the price of a genome to about $1k with the HiSeq X, which essentially scales up their existing tech. No idea what the next few years hold, but I'm excited to see insurance companies beginning to cover genome sequencing as an affordable diagnostic tool.

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Re:Nanopore MinION – $1k solid-state DNA sequencers by bayesian_horse on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:14AM (#16263704)

The question is also what exactly you get. Illumina's technology gives you very short pieces of DNA. I'd call it confetti sequencing. Pacbio and Nanopore both go for longer sequences. This is important when trying to assemble the pieces to a bigger picture.

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Re:Nanopore MinION – $1k solid-state DNA sequencers by tintor on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:22AM (#16263507)

Is there an updated plot going up to 2017?

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Re:Nanopore MinION – $1k solid-state DNA sequencers by martinpw on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:42AM (#16263586)

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/11/update-on-genome-seque...

Interestingly the cost had not dropped in the past two years.

Also the graph references genome.gov but that site appears to be unavailable at the moment.

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