Prof. Kenny Beckman, the director of the Biomedical Genomics Center at the University of Minnesota, picked Complete Genomics and Knome as the two of his favorite genomics companies while speaking at the 2011 Minnesota Bioscience Summit, stating ““Unlike most of the sequencing companies, their model is to simply sell you the data,” Beckman said. These outsourced service models are much lower in cost than using DNA sequence instruments yourself.”
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Knome worked with PBS’s “Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” to sequence and interpret the genome of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
Here’s a quote from the episode’s description:
“Interwoven with these stories and others is the journey of the host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he and his father and brother undertake an historic project to have their entire genomes mapped, and thereby to learn everything they possibly can about their own family.”
This was an exciting (and emotional) project for all involved. The section featuring Knome is now available online. To see it, click here.
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