Gene Sequencing on Silicon: the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine
Published: 3 December 2013
The development of microelectronic sensor arrays for biological applications, pioneered at the University of Glasgow, is central to a unique gene sequencing system developed by Ion Torrent.
The development of microelectronic sensor arrays for biological applications, pioneered at the University of Glasgow, is central to a unique gene sequencing system developed by Ion Torrent.
The Ion Torrent personal genome machine is a bench-top system that, compared to optically mediated technologies, is cheaper and easier to use. Ion Torrent was founded in 2007 and bought by Life Technologies in 2010 for $725M; they, in turn, were bought by Thermo Fisher for $13Bn, citing Ion Torrent as a motivation.
Ion Torrent now has 62% of the bench-top sequencing market, estimated to be worth $1.3Bn in 2012.
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First published: 3 December 2013