I worked in this space for over a decade. It's so weird to me to see the workhorse sequencing hardware like the ABI 37x/37xx series, 454, and Illumina machines now as literal museum pieces.
Agreed. Seeing million dollar sequencers on ebay for a few thousand bucks makes me want to reach for my wallet, but the I realize there are no reagents for it anyway.
Nice writeup, but missing 2 newer sequencers:
Roche's Sequencing By Expansion platform UltimaGenomics' platform
We need PC revolution for biology. Put a box on every table we can tinker with.
I worked in this space for over a decade. It's so weird to me to see the workhorse sequencing hardware like the ABI 37x/37xx series, 454, and Illumina machines now as literal museum pieces.
Agreed. Seeing million dollar sequencers on ebay for a few thousand bucks makes me want to reach for my wallet, but the I realize there are no reagents for it anyway.
So it's not just a strong magnifying glass and tiny tweezers?
The nanopore technique described towards the end is not that far from your description.