Topic: Pacific Biosciences Inc.

New Tricks for Genome Sequencing

MIT Technology Review - 664 days ago
Stephen Turner, founder and chief technology officer for Pacific Biosciences, discussed his company's sequencing machine, slated to begin shipping to the first recipients in the next few weeks. Turner also described two new applications for Pacific Biosciences sequencing machines: The Pacific Biosciences ...

Money Still Flowing to Sequencing Startups

MIT Technology Review - 897 days ago
Complete Genomics, a Silicon Valley-based startup that promises supercheap sequencing, announced Monday that it had raised $45 million in its latest round of venture funding. Both companies have made big claims about their novel sequencing technologies, with Complete Genomics promising a $5,000 ...

DNA in Real Time

MIT Technology Review - 1225 days ago
In a nondescript office park in the northeast side of Menlo Park, CA, the next genomics revolution may be taking place. There, 12 prototypes of a new sequencing machine developed by startup Pacific Biosciences are churning out reams of DNA sequence as ...