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I mean, I suppose that depends on how you're defining "overhead" cost? To sequence a human genome, you _need_ to purchase a ~$700 reagent kit from Illumina to
by aroch 7y ago
I mean, I suppose that depends on how you're defining "overhead" cost? To sequence a human genome, you _need_ to purchase a ~$700 reagent kit from Illumina to plop into your HiSeq and a ~$300 library prep kit -- are these overhead? I wouldn't call them overhead, and this fixed-cost hasn't really changed for 5+ years.
Those two costs are what makeup the $1000/human genome stat, we don't factor in the human and consumables components
- RocketSyntax 7y agoHow much does it cost you to source that data? What kind of programs are in place to maintain compliance? Who runs the sequencers and performs QC? I'd like to see how those kind of costs stack up against the $0.6K-WGS. Yes, I understand the difference between marginal COGS and opex.