The Advantages and Future of NGS

                     Shawn C. Baker, Ph.D.
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Rapidly growing market

                   130% increase in placed systems in one year
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Previous optimization path:
Precipitous drop in price/base
                       Cost per Million Bases Sequenced
             Dropped nearly 5 orders of magnitude over past 11 years
        $10,000.00
 2001
         $1,000.00



          $100.00



           $10.00



             $1.00



             $0.10                                                     2012

             $0.01
Previous optimization path:
Increase output/run
                                                             HiSeq 2000 - 600Gb




                                                  HiSeq 2000 - 200Gb
                                                   GAIIx - 95Gb
Gb/run




                                   GAIIx - 50Gb
                     GAII - 30Gb
            GA - 5Gb
         Solexa 1G - 1Gb




         2007         2008             2009           2010             2011
Result
Current optimization path:
Decrease instrument cost

                $500k-$800k




             $50k-$125k
Current optimization path:
Decrease runtime
Current optimization path:
Decrease cost per run
Current optimization path:
 Increase ease of use

 Touchscreen operation

 Higher level of automation

 Cartridge-based reagent system

 Connected to cloud-based analysis tools
NGS Strengths
NGS Strengths

 Hypothesis-free
  design
NGS Strengths

 Versatile
NGS Strengths

 Counting
NGS Weaknesses
NGS Weaknesses

 Too much info
NGS Weaknesses

 No absolute quantitation –
  everything is relative
Diverse set of applications

          Whole Genome Sequencing

                                       Small Genome Sequencing
                   Targeted DNA Sequencing


         Exome Sequencing
                                Transcriptome Sequencing
 ChIP Sequencing

                         Metagenome Sequencing
Whole Genome Sequencing

                                                  Basic research

                                                  Cancer genomics

                                                  Unknown genetic
                                                   cause




Credits: Darryl Leja (NHGRI), Ian Dunham (EBI)
Exome Sequencing

                                                  Lower cost

                                                  Easier analysis

                                                  Medical
                                                   genomics




Credits: Darryl Leja (NHGRI), Ian Dunham (EBI)
Targeted DNA Sequencing

                                                  Focused research

                                                  Gene sets

                                                  Much less
                                                   expensive
                                                  Much faster

                                                  Requires upfront
                                                   design
Credits: Darryl Leja (NHGRI), Ian Dunham (EBI)
Small Genome Sequencing

                                                                                     Basic research

                                                                                     Pathogen ID




Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH   Credit: Graham Colm (Wikipedia)
Transcriptome Sequencing

                                                  Functional
                                                   studies

                                                  Drug response




Credits: Darryl Leja (NHGRI), Ian Dunham (EBI)
ChIP Sequencing

                                                  Protein-nucleic
                                                   acid interactions

                                                  Genome
                                                   structure/modific
                                                   ations

                                                  Transcription
                                                   factors

Credits: Darryl Leja (NHGRI), Ian Dunham (EBI)
Metagenome Sequencing

                         Microbe
                          communities

                         Enzyme/gene
                          discovery

                         Human health
So what happens next?


       New Platforms promise:
       • Cheaper
       • Quicker
       • Longer
Sequencing by hybridization
Nanopore sequencing
New applications

 Single cell sequencing

 Rare variant detection

 Haplotyping

 Environmental
  sequencing

 Direct detection of base
  modifications
New applications

 Single cell sequencing

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 Environmental
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 Direct detection of base
    modifications
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