What do you look for in a sequencer?

jbannonARK · 02-18-2015, 12:24 PM

Hey all,

My name is James. I work for a small investment start up and I have some questions about sequencers.

I know that Illumina currently dominates the sequencing market in terms of volume of instruments sold, and with the HiSeq X release they have, for the time being, established a lead in human sequencing.

For those of you actually doing research, I have a few questions:

- What do you look for in a DNA sequencer, when making a purchasing decision? Throughput? Sample prep? Anything else specific

- If you use an Illumina machine, what do you like about it, what do you dislike? What would make you switch to a different machine?

My hope here is to get an "on the ground" sense of what drives the adoption of new sequencing technologies.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Best,
James

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02-18-2015, 12:24 PM	#1
jbannonARK Junior Member Location: NYC Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 5	What do you look for in a sequencer? Hey all, My name is James. I work for a small investment start up and I have some questions about sequencers. I know that Illumina currently dominates the sequencing market in terms of volume of instruments sold, and with the HiSeq X release they have, for the time being, established a lead in human sequencing. For those of you actually doing research, I have a few questions: - What do you look for in a DNA sequencer, when making a purchasing decision? Throughput? Sample prep? Anything else specific - If you use an Illumina machine, what do you like about it, what do you dislike? What would make you switch to a different machine? My hope here is to get an "on the ground" sense of what drives the adoption of new sequencing technologies. Thanks in advance for the help. Best, James