Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bionet!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!jes From: jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Subject: DNA sequence reading techniques Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 12:44:30 GMT Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Distribution: bionet Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Lines: 21 We're looking to decrease the time and effort involved in sequence gel reading. We've looked at two of the 'high-tech' solutions (image analysis of digitized autorads) and, while the packages are impressive, they really don't seem to solve the problem. Further, cost (20-30K$) makes them very difficult to justify. The next step down is some combination of human and computer, either a hand-held pen digitizer or a voice recognition system. These are within our budget and we are trying to get demos in the lab to try out. In the meantime, if you are using one of these (or want to suggest an alternative I haven't considered!) we would be very interested in your experience and suggestions. >Joe -- Joe Smith University of Pennsylvania jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics (215) 898-8348 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6059