Illumina’s Acquisition of PacBio: Accelerating the Pace of Genomic Discovery
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English - November 06, 2018 16:12 - 7 minutes - 2.42 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTechnology biotech biotechnology bioprocessing cell and gene therapy drug discovery gene editing genomics molecular biology cancer research next gen sequencing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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GEN Sounds of Science November 5, 2018Illumina just purchased Pacific BioSciences (PacBio) for $1.2 billion. Shawn Baker formerly worked for Illumina as both a scientist and manager. He currently serves as the chief science officer for AllSeq and as a genomics startup advisor and consultant at SanDiegOmics.com. GEN asked Shawn about the significance of Illumina buying PacBio to the sequencing market and to obtain his take on what’s driving the Illumina deal?
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