Pyrosequencing in picotiter plates, custom arrays for enrichment/decomplexing. (Roche)

Service-based whole human genome sequencing with probe ligation chemistry.

True Single Molecule Sequencing, originally by Helicos, tech acquired by Direct Genomics

Bridged amplification & clustering followed by sequencing by synthesis. (Genome Analyzer / HiSeq / MiSeq)

Integrated electronic detection of protons released upon base incorporation. (Life Technologies)

Single molecule sequencing via a protein nanopore, presently on the MinION.

Single-molecule real-time observation of DNA polymerase using zero-mode waveguide (ZMW) optical confinement nanostructures

"Open Source" instrument and sequencing by ligation chemistry (Danaher Motion-Dover)

Automated dye terminator ("Sanger") chemistries

Sequencing by Oligo Ligation/Detection (Life Technologies)

Sequencing technologies without a commercially released platform (Oxford Nanopore, Halcyon Molecular, etc.)

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Variant discovery in previously sequenced genomes/regions

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Ever wonder what's growing in that hot spring or glacier?

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Application of sequencing to RNA analysis (RNA-Seq, whole transcriptome, SAGE, expression analysis, novel organism mining, splice variants)

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