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Here's my write-up of buying one for fun: https://abarry.org/dna-sequencing-in-our-extra-bedroom/ https://abarry.org/dna-sequencing-in-our-extra-bedroom/

by z991 6y ago

ipsum2 6y ago
Nice write up! How much did it cost to get a Oxford Nanopore?
- carlsborg 6y ago
  $1k prices are on the website.
carlsborg 6y ago
From your post the thing uploads the sequenced data and their service generates the report. Is the raw data available? Also: truly remarkable phd thesis!
- z991 6y ago
  Yes the raw data is all there. The analysis just generates more interesting pictures!
KirillPanov 6y ago
> never arrived. Finally, I emailed them and found out I needed to join their “community.” > Then Alice starts asking questions. I was not prepared for questions > Then Alice started asking questions about my research Wow, that is kinda creepy. You're seeking to pay them money for a product they sell, and they want to ask all these intrusive questions about what you do? Is there a reason for this? I mean imagine if DigiKey did this, what a nightmare that would be for electronics design. Are they worried about you using it as part of a lab producing bioweapons? But frankly anybody with a shot at pulling that off would already know enough to lie very convincingly. I can't imagine this interview would be a hurdle to those folks. The only other place I've come across this behavior is when seeking to buy wafers from semiconductor foundries. In that situation the foundries see themselves not as vendors to the chip designers, but rather as investors in the chip designers -- investing not money but rather production capacity, and earning not dividends but rather wafer purchases.
- z991 6y ago
  It wasn't creepy. It seemed like they were worried about folks who thought it was more like 23andMe "spit in a tube" than an actual lab instrument.
  - KirillPanov 6y ago
    Oh, okay, but then why this: > I repeat something about bacterial colonies from my card but she isn’t buying it. I manage to get out that I understand this isn’t a spit-in-the-tube-and-done thing and that’s all I’ve got. She keeps pushing I mean you told her pretty clearly that you didn't think it was like 23andMe. Why would she keep pushing?
- dingoegret 6y ago
  That is really creepy. I really hate when you want to maintain privacy or discretion and vendors/people start asking questions like the FBI. Christ people, get a grip and respect privacy.

Here's my write-up of buying one for fun: https://abarry.org/dna-sequencing-in-our-extra-bedroom/ https://abarry.org/dna-sequencing-in-our-extra-bedroom/

by z991 6y ago

Here's my write-up of buying one for fun: https://abarry.org/dna-sequencing-in-our-extra-bedroom/ https://abarry.org/dna-sequencing-in-our-extra-bedroom/

ipsum2 6y ago

Nice write up! How much did it cost to get a Oxford Nanopore?

carlsborg 6y ago
$1k prices are on the website.

carlsborg 6y ago

From your post the thing uploads the sequenced data and their service generates the report. Is the raw data available? Also: truly remarkable phd thesis!

z991 6y ago
Yes the raw data is all there. The analysis just generates more interesting pictures!

KirillPanov 6y ago

> never arrived. Finally, I emailed them and found out I needed to join their “community.” > Then Alice starts asking questions. I was not prepared for questions > Then Alice started asking questions about my research Wow, that is kinda creepy. You're seeking to pay them money for a product they sell, and they want to ask all these intrusive questions about what you do? Is there a reason for this? I mean imagine if DigiKey did this, what a nightmare that would be for electronics design. Are they worried about you using it as part of a lab producing bioweapons? But frankly anybody with a shot at pulling that off would already know enough to lie very convincingly. I can't imagine this interview would be a hurdle to those folks. The only other place I've come across this behavior is when seeking to buy wafers from semiconductor foundries. In that situation the foundries see themselves not as vendors to the chip designers, but rather as investors in the chip designers -- investing not money but rather production capacity, and earning not dividends but rather wafer purchases.

z991 6y ago
It wasn't creepy. It seemed like they were worried about folks who thought it was more like 23andMe "spit in a tube" than an actual lab instrument.
- KirillPanov 6y ago
  Oh, okay, but then why this: > I repeat something about bacterial colonies from my card but she isn’t buying it. I manage to get out that I understand this isn’t a spit-in-the-tube-and-done thing and that’s all I’ve got. She keeps pushing I mean you told her pretty clearly that you didn't think it was like 23andMe. Why would she keep pushing?
dingoegret 6y ago
That is really creepy. I really hate when you want to maintain privacy or discretion and vendors/people start asking questions like the FBI. Christ people, get a grip and respect privacy.