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A Visual Guide to DNA Sequencing

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ben1040today at 4:04 PM

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.

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jonn_smithtoday at 6:11 PM

Nice writeup, but missing 2 newer sequencers:

Roche's Sequencing By Expansion platform and UltimaGenomics' platform

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urzatoday at 6:01 PM

We need PC revolution for biology. Put a box on every table we can tinker with.

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voidUpdatetoday at 3:35 PM

So it's not just a strong magnifying glass and tiny tweezers?

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