Archive - ASeq Newsletter

Pacific Biosciences Internal Pics

There are a couple of interesting (but expensive) eBay auctions ongoing for a PacBio Sequel optical system and fludics block.

4 hrs ago

Untap Health are building a qPCR wastewater monitoring platform.

Mar 12

Genomeweb has and interesting article pondering the demise of T2 Biosystems. But the story of molecular test to replace blood culture failing to gain…

Mar 11

Oxford Accounts

Oxford released their 2024 accounts on the 4th, this was mostly in line with what was said at JPM. There were a few interesting bits and pieces worth…

Mar 7

Russian Maybe Nanopore? + Real MiSeq Clone! (and PacBio)

Over on the Discord we’ve been discussing the potential customer reaction to Illumina being blocked from selling instruments in China.

Mar 6

Roche And Oxford Implications

I’ve been pondering the implications of Roche’s nanopore announcements on Oxford Nanopore.

Mar 5

Company Background

Mar 5

China Bans Illumina

China appears to have banned the import of Illumina sequencers into China. I’m unclear if this just applies to sequencing instruments or reagents as…

Mar 4

Illumina's Roche Reaction

Illumina have a lot going on right now.

Mar 1

February 2025

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