SynBERC:COG/Report
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Notes from retreat
Jason R. Kelly 09:27, 18 September 2007 (EDT): These are just my notes, please feel free to add.
- Should consider distributed vs. centralized approach
- QIAcube could be backbone for distributed approach
- folks would like to see the comparison between projected synthesis costs and assembly going forward 5 years.
- synthesis companies haven't been receptive to making combinatorial libraries of pre-existing components
- in proposing path forward should consider options ranging like NSF grants, VCs, partnering with synth companies, partnering with equip manufacturers (qiacube), etc.
- There was suggestion that if we had a guaranteed order size, we could possible convince synth companies to add a pipeline for assembly. so could work to get a larger group together.
- Good to continue working on both process optimization issues (e.g. work going on at Registry) as well as alternative assembly approaches that are still "in the lab".
