In case you missed it:
The average sequencing consumables cost for these
three genomes was under $4,400 (table S5). The raw base and
variant call accuracy achieved compares favorably with other
reported human genome sequences (2–12).
The Complete Genomics folks have sequenced a human genome at 45x coverage for $1726 in consumables.
I work as an Assistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (although this site and its content are my own).
In 2007 I became the fourth subject in Harvard geneticist George Church's Personal Genome Project. As the PGP moves forward, I am chronicling the dawn of personal genomics, that is, people obtaining their genomic information for whatever reason(s) and figuring out what to do with it. I am interested in the relevant technologies and especially the attendant privacy and other ethical/legal/social issues.
This blog may also discuss some of my non-genome interests or, to paraphrase Dwight Yoakam, "Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music, etc etc."
The header image comes from the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's multimedia performance piece, "Ferocious Beauty: Genome."
November 24th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
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