The Consortium has just purchased and installed a Roche/454 FLX next-generation high-throughput sequencing machine in December 2007, and will be running user samples in mid-January 2008. Our target pricing point for Consortium members is $9000 per plate (may change without notice). Limited joint funding for collection of preliminary data is also possible.

Faster still and faster, by Erika Check. A new generation of sequencing machines is broadening horizons for users. Various groups have recently performed epigenetic studies — looking at modifications to the genome that control its expression — that would have been utterly impractical using old technologies...

454/Roche's Paula Kelsey spoke Tuesday, June 5th in RC1 10106 at 10:00 am on next-generation sequencing.