Field guide to next-generation DNA sequencers

2013 NGS Field Guide: Overview

These pages update the tables presented in Glenn’s (2011) “Field Guide to Next Generation DNA Sequencers” for 2013 values. Previous years’ tables have been archived: 2011, and2012.

Please note that the contents of this guide are the opinion of Travis Glenn, and do not necessarily represent those of any other organisation or person with which he is associated. Neither the other authors of this blog nor John Wiley and Sons are responsible for the accuracy of any of the information supplied by Travis.

• Table 1a-c.  ”Grades” for common applications on various NGS instruments.  Other information from the original table 1 is relatively static.
• Table 2a.  Run time, Millions of reads/run, Bases/read, and Yield/run for all common commercial NGS platforms.
• Table 2b. Reagent costs/run, reagent costs/Mb, and minimum commercially available units for all common commercial NGS platforms.
• Table 3a. List purchase price for for all common commercial NGS platforms, ancillary equipment, and service contracts.
• Table 3b. Computational resources required for all common commercial NGS platforms.
• Table 3c. Errors and error rates for common commercial NGS platforms.
• Table 4.  Advantages and Disadvantages for all common commercial NGS platforms.