w6) Current State and Future of Capillary Electrophoresis and Sanger Sequencing.

Capillary Electrophoresis remains a widely used, often irreplaceable, sequencing technology continuing to experience increasing demands. We believe that the speed, simplicity and high quality of reads for low volume sequencing needs will maintain the viability of this technology for many years to come. Although the main thrust of development in the sequencing space is now in NGS area, there are still steps which can be improved or adjusted as other methods mature. In this session we propose to cover: The effect of long-term storage of DNA under different conditions (temp/buffers) on sequencing, spectral characteristics, integrity and transformation efficiency; A Description of the Apollo system; and the Future of Capillary Electrophoresis and Sanger sequencing. In addition to the featured talks, there will be a question & answer component in which participants are encouraged to bring up any issues relevant to this topic.