Comments on: The fade of big genomics http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2009/06/12/the-fading-of-big-genomics/ politics, tech, humor, and science since 2002 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gribskov http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2009/06/12/the-fading-of-big-genomics/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Gribskov Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:55:47 +0000 http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/?p=1833#comment-811 The reason is quality. A large center can (and in my experience does) perform much more quality analysis and produces more sequence more cheaply. The real question is, why would you want each and every lab to have to do this if you can get it done cheaply and better for a reasonable fee (note the qualifications: cheaper, better). why not make your own labeled nucleotides or purify your own restriction enzymes? Cheaper, better, not too. The reason is quality. A large center can (and in my experience does) perform much more quality analysis and produces more sequence more cheaply. The real question is, why would you want each and every lab to have to do this if you can get it done cheaply and better for a reasonable fee (note the qualifications: cheaper, better).

why not make your own labeled nucleotides or purify your own restriction enzymes? Cheaper, better, not too.

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