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I've just discovered a very promising new blog in the genomics sphere (well, technically it's a newly relaunched blog) run by a group at the University of Birmingham. Two posts by Nick Loman are of immediate interest to readers here. Firstly, I highly recommend Nick's thorough dissection of…
This story doesn't seem to have got much press - understandably, since the media is getting sick of "first" genomes, and there's very little useful information available in the press releases - but a collaborative effort between Saudi Biosciences, the Beijing Genomics Institute and bioinformatics…
The already frantic DNA sequencing market just got a little bit more crowded, with the dramatic entrance of a new competitor called Complete Genomics. The newcomer brings new technology to the table, as well as big promises: namely the commercial provision of whole-genome sequencing for a bargain $…
A couple of weeks ago, I came across this discussion thread "Will you stop using 454?" It's a pretty good thread--not much to disagree with there, although, from my perspective, it missed a key point (I'll get to that). But my answer is simple: I already have. My work focuses primarily on…