# \#dna-sequencing

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## [Genomics, Synthetic Biology, and Sequencing the Ocean with Craig Venter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/genomics-synthetic-biology-and-sequencing-the-ocean-with-craig-venter/4208)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [12 January 2024 14:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/genomics-synthetic-biology-and-sequencing-the-ocean-with-craig-venter/4208 "2024-01-12T14:23:42Z")

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Craig Venter founded Celera Genomics and led the team that produced one of the first draft sequences of the human genome through the technique of shotgun sequencing, showing up the taxpayer-funded Human Geno…

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## [How Illumina Came to Dominate Genome Sequencing (and Intellectual Property Litigation)](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-illumina-came-to-dominate-genome-sequencing-and-intellectual-property-litigation/2686)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [2 February 2023 16:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-illumina-came-to-dominate-genome-sequencing-and-intellectual-property-litigation/2686 "2023-02-02T16:51:34Z")

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Here is more on Illumina. By 2014, their automated DNA sequencing machines had reduced the cost of sequencing a human genome to US$ 1000 and the company’s products accounted for 90% of the DNA sequenced wo…