A Vision for Ubiquitous Sequencing

• NCJ Number: 249631
• Journal: Genome Research Volume: 25 Issue: 10 Dated: October 2015 Pages: 1411-1416
• Author(s): Y. Erlich
• Date Published: October 2015
• Length: 6 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2014-DN-BX-K089
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Issue Overview
• Award: Robust STR calling from High-throughput Sequencing Technologies

Annotation

In discussing a vision for ubiquitous DNA sequencing, the first part of this manuscript envisions applications that will benefit from moving the sequencers to the samples in a range of domains; and the second part outlines the critical barriers that need to be addressed in order to reach the goal of ubiquitous sequencing sensors.

Abstract

Genomics has recently celebrated reaching the $1000 genome milestone, making affordable DNA sequencing a reality. With this goal successfully completed, the next goal of the sequencing revolution can be sequencing sensors - miniaturized sequencing devices that are manufactured for real time applications and deployed in large quantities at low costs. (Publisher abstract modified)