The core labs are usually not very competitive for various reasons (the most
obvious being that Karl Marx and university tenure sound great on paper, but
it takes some motivation based on private greed to make things more
efficient). My humble opinion is that the core labs should charge what their
researchers are willing to pay, not the lowest price on the market. Our local
market prices are (e.g. the company Bio S&T Inc. in Montreal) US$19.73 per run
(500 bp readout, additional US$0.04 for each base over 500). Instead of
trying to compete with the outside world, you can ask your client what he
considers a reasonable price to pay for the convenience to have your local
sequencing service. Our DNA synthesis experience shows that there are always
many researchers that would pay more (up to 4 times more!) for their in-house
service.
Best regards,
victor otto, www.alphadna.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phyllis Spatrick <pspatric@sunspot.ummed.edu>
> To: Recipients of ABRF List <abrf@aecom.yu.edu>
> Date: 26 mars, 1999 15:03
> Subject: DNA Seq Charges
>
> >Hello All
> >I find that now that I have returned from Durham, I need some information
> >from a few of you. I would like to know what other core labs charge for
> >sequencing
> >services (both academic and industry) and what that service
> >entails(editing? redoing? consultation?choice of chemistry? thermocycling
> >settings?)
> > This will help us in determining
> >what to charge our customers for a 377 sequence so that they will come
> >to us rather than
> >outsourcing. We currently offer 373 sequencing.
> >Any of your comments or suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
> >Thanks for your help,
> >
> >
> >Phyllis Spatrick
> >
> >
> >Phyllis Spatrick
> >University of Massachusetts - Worcester Campus
> >Phyllis.Spatrick@ummed.edu