Dr. Shawn Baker has been involved in the field of genomics for over 20 years and has a broad range of skills and experience – advisor, business consultant, R&D, product development, and market management. His main focus is on genomics technologies – next generation sequencing, DNA synthesis, DNA editing – and their impact on diagnostics and healthcare. He covers technologies, platforms, and companies across the globe, with an emphasis on the US and China. In addition to helping Illumina grow from a small, 15-person startup to the dominant genomics leader, he co-founded AllSeq, the first online sequencing marketplace.

• San Diego Union-Tribune (8/2021) FTC trial kicks off, with fate of Illumina’s acquisition of Grail hanging in the balance
• Clinical OMICs (7/2021) The Long and the Short of It: PacBio Strikes $800M Deal to Acquire Omniome
• Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (7/2021) PacBio Adds Short Read Capabilities with up-to-$800M Omniome Acquisition
• PR Newswire (2/2021) L.A based tech company Sci Find announces upcoming launch of AI-Powered search engine and database for Life Sciences
• Festival of Genomics & Biodata (1/2021) Discussion: The Merits and Shortfalls of Different Technologies (Vimeo)
• Genetic Engineering News (9/2020) Nanopore Sequencing Looks to the Long Haul
• Genetic Engineering News (3/2020)  Genomic Medicine Identifies Reconcilable Differences 
• The Verge (2/2020) Layoffs at genetic testing companies reflect the changing market 
• San Diego Business Journal (10/2019)  Illumina’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Pacific Biosciences Tentatively Rejected
• Clinical Omics (9/2019) Going Deeper into Long Reads: Oxford Nanopore Licenses CRISPR-Cas9 IP from Caribou
• Reorg M&A (9/2019)  PACB/ILMN: FTC Unlikely to Delay Merger Decision to Account for CMA Inquiry (paywall)
• Biocompare (8/2019)  Cutting the Cost of Sequencing
• Genetic Engineering News (8/2019) DNA Sequencing Accuracy Comes a Long Way
• San Diego Business Journal (6/2019) UK Agency Says Illumina-Pacific Biosciences Deal Raises Concerns
• San Diego Business Journal (5/2019)  Illumina Dominates DNA Sequencing, But Potential Competition is Afoot
• Genetic Engineering New (3/2019) Sequencing Platforms Make a Splash on Marco Island at AGBT Meeting
• MLex Market Insight (1/2019) Illumina-PacBio antitrust review to focus on technological promise, falling prices, substitutability (paywall)
• CTFN M&A Reporting (1/2019) Customers Comment on PacBio/Illumina (paywall)
• The Capital Forum (1/2019) Illumina/Pacific Biosciences: Existing, Future Competition Questions Create Gene Sequencing Tie-up Antitrust Risk (paywall)
• Genetic Engineering News (1/2019) All Aboard the Genome Express
• Mendelspod (11/2018) Keith Robison and Shawn Baker on Illumina Buyout of PacBio
• Biocompare (5/2018) The Long and the Short of Sequencing
• Genetic Engineering News (2/2017) Next-Generation Sequencing Challenges