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As Next-Gen Sequencers Push IT Limits, Labs
Respond With a Range of Informatics Answers

[March 21, 2008]

By Bernadette Toner

For smaller research groups, next-generation sequencing technology offers an affordable way to instantly gain the sequencing capacity of a genome center. But labs of this size are finding that they lack the bioinformatics resources necessary to properly support these systems. On the other hand, larger groups with well-established informatics teams are finding that these new technologies are driving broad shifts in the way they allocate their resources.

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