After a library is properly prepared, (remember it can be from many sources - randomly sheared genomic DNA, cDNA from…
Looking at sequencing from one perspective, library preparation is straightforward. Sequencing a genome (whether bacterial on the order of 5…
As I mentioned in my prior post, Sanger capillary sequencing is not going away anytime soon. Yet next-generation sequencing has…
Even though the history of next-generation sequencing is short (the 454 GS20 came out in 2005, the Solexa 1G in…
Life in the next-generation world moves quickly. And I'm talking not about next-generation sequencing, but something termed 'next-generation PCR' by…
We're on the verge of a new era in education. This week, the Smithsonian Museum announced a new genomics exhibit…
An enterprising salesperson from Complete Genomics used this newfangled social media thing called LinkedIn to make her mark on the…
This past week a statistic was released that indicated that over 50% of all cellphone usage in the US were…
In the 10 years (or so) since I last did tactical marketing for QIAGEN, the world has changed a lot,…
We're living through a time this year of market transition. The Illumina HiSeq continues to have a strong market position…