A Short(ened) Note on Ion Torrent & High G+C

As one might guess from reading this space, I always have an itch to try new sequencing technologies or updates to existing ones.  That's generally a good thing in my position, though more than a few times I experience buyers remorse.  At least this time, I found something a bit interesting

Illumina's Blizzard

As the clear leader in the genome sequencing technology market, Illumina is often in the news.  As befitting the winter season, there's just been a blizzard of Illumina news, mostly announcements from within but also two important external ones (an excellent summary of these can be found at NextGenSeek).