Technology Differentiation

We believe the unique combination of our proprietary DNB™ and cPAL™ technologies is superior in both quality and cost to other commercially available approaches and provides us with significant competitive advantages. The publication in Science in January 2010 demonstrates the cost and quality advantages of our technology.  The consensus error rate was approximately 1 error in 100,000 nucleotides. Our read accuracy was further independently validated by one of our customers as described in Science Express published in March 2010.

Array Density

Our unique grid patterned arrays currently consist of a 700 nanometer grid which can continue to be reduced which will increase the density of the DNA on an array and thereby decrease the reagent cost of sequencing a given amount of DNA by the same factor.

Instrument Speed

Our unique grid patterned arrays enable us to align the grid pattern of the DNA on the array with the grid pattern of the pixels in the detector, allowing us to image our arrays with very short exposure times. By increasing the speed of our instruments by acquiring and deploying new cameras that take images we can transfer data even faster.

Advanced Informatics and Data Management Software

Our solution incorporates powerful informatics, analysis and data management software that enable our customers to manage and gain useful information from the massive data sets generated in complete human genome sequencing. Unlike software solutions offered by instrument manufacturers or third-party providers, we are able to continuously refine our informatics and data management software because of our significant experience in sequencing and analyzing large numbers of complete human genomes for our customers.