The data is manually curated, which is more accurate at identifying splice variants, pseudogenes poly (A) features, non-coding and complex gene structures and arrangements than
current automated methods.
Stevan B. Jovanovich, Ph.D., Microchip Biotechnologies Inc., Fremont, Calif. $ 6.1 million (3 years) «Microbead INtegrated DNA Sequencer (MINDS) System» Retaining the advantages of
current DNA sequencing
methods, including well - developed community infrastructure, commercial availability of reagents and existing analysis software, this group will push Sanger - based sequencing toward its performance limit in a completely
automated, bench - top system.