The International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome is seeking sequencing providers for the second phase of the project, which will primarily use next-generation sequencing technologies.
Last year, the consortium, which involves researchers, funding agencies, and industry representatives from Canada, Chile, and Norway, awarded a $6 million contract to Beckman Coulter Genomics for the first phase of the project. The firm is sequencing the salmon genome at four-fold coverage using paired-end, plasmid, fosmid, and BAC Sanger sequencing (IS 12/15/2009), and this phase is expected to be completed by January 2011.
ICSASG is now looking for genome sequencing centers or public-private partnerships interested in providing sequencing for the second phase, which will result in a "high-definition, well-annotated" genome. This phase will use "primarily" next-generation sequencing technologies.
Interested parties should contact ICSASG and will be invited to a workshop in Toronto in September "to present an approach to accomplishing the goal." After that, ICSASG will publish a formal request for proposals.