The world-wide capacity to sequence human genomes is something between 50,000 and 100,000 genomes this year, and this is expected to double, triple or maybe quadruple year over year in the foreseeable future….
Does anyone know where the data quoted by Resnick come from, and a reliable source of relevant stats?
Not by far a complete answer to your question, but I want to mention it anyway, as I think it's quite cool: World Map of High-throughput Sequencers. Although I'm sure not all sequencers in the world are on this map, it can give you a rough idea how much potential sequencing capacity there is world-wide. Note also the Statistics page.
Although far from comprehensive, the
tally indicates that at least 2,700
human genomes will have been completed
by the end of this month, and that the
total will rise to more than 30,000 by
the end of 2011.
It may also help to read "A DNA Tower of Babel" in M.I.T.'s Technology Review, published on 23 Sep 2011. That article does refer to the Nature piece mentioned by Mary. It does continue along the lines of current trends and technologies employed.
Added in edit 22 March 2012: According to this tweet from Carl Zimmer: 15 quadrillion base pairs can be sequenced by world's scientists each year. Next year that changes to 60 quadrillion. #JGIUM7, you have another estimate of the worldwide sequencing capacity.
Thanks to all! I accepted Larry's answer because it points to the most recent source, but all three answers are very useful. I joined today and I see that BioStar is a great resource, as useful as Stack Overflow and other Stack sites.
Well, thanks! A second thought would be to scan xconomy's site to see if there is any mention of this capacity. Somewhere, some business or stock analyst must have calculated market size.
Thanks to all! I accepted Larry's answer because it points to the most recent source, but all three answers are very useful. I joined today and I see that BioStar is a great resource, as useful as Stack Overflow and other Stack sites.
That's a good choice. I learned something from Larry too :) . And welcome.
Well, thanks! A second thought would be to scan xconomy's site to see if there is any mention of this capacity. Somewhere, some business or stock analyst must have calculated market size.