PacBio has announced their anticipated desktop HiFi sequencer, the Vega sequencing platform, something they’ve been talking about since early 2023. The platform, which is slated to ship in Q1 2025, is part of their strategy to broaden their sequencing portfolio (with a high throughput HiFi sequencer and high throughput “Onso-type” short read sequencer also in...
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PacBio 2020 Review and 2021 Predictions
2020 started pretty rough for PacBio with the Illumina acquisition being called off (albeit with a nice $98 cushion). Then the pandemic hit, forcing them to shut down for a while. Finally, mid-summer the CEO and CFO announced their retirements. My guess is they were all in on the merger and didn’t want to be...