A 30x whole genome sequence from Dante Laboratories for €169 (£150 or $199)

Dante Laboratories have announced a special one-off promotion for Black Friday week. They are offering a next generation sequencing whole genome sequence (WGS) test at 30x coverage for just €169 (£150 or $199). The offer will end at midnight US Pacific time on Monday 26th November. Customers will also receive their raw data and a customised report without extra cost.

30x is the standard medical-grade coverage and this is the lowest price I've ever seen for 30x WGS.

The cost of the test includes the provision of a VCF file which can be downloaded from your account. There will be an option to download the BAM file from the cloud free of charge. Alternatively the FASTQ and BAM files can be sent on a 500 gigabyte hard disk for an additional fee of €59.00 ($69).

For further details visit the Dante Labs websites in the EU and the US:

https://www.dantelabs.com (EU website)

https://us.dantelabs.com (US website)

The offer is also available through the Amazon market place in the US only.

There is a link to download a sample customised report on this page on the Dante Labs website.

See also the FAQs relating to this special offer.

Dante Labs introduced whole genome sequencing to the European market for €850 in May 2017. The price subsequently dropped to €449 (£400 or $499). There was a special offer in the US on Amazon Prime Day when the WGS test was on sale for $349.

What you can do with your whole genome data?

If you have your whole genome sequenced what can you do with the data? There are currently no companies that offer a relative-matching service using WGS. If you want to use a WGS test to search for relative matches you will need to extract the relevant SNPs to create a kit suitable for upload to GEDmatch. Thomas Krahn from YSEQ has provided some free code on Github to extract a 23andMe (v3) style file from a whole genome sequence BAM file (raw data file). Make sure you check out GEDmatch's revised terms of service first.

If you are interesting in discovering new SNPs from your WGS Y-chromosome data there are various tools that allow you to work with BAM files. YFull is already able to process BAM files from Dante Labs. Full Genomes Corporation offers a whole genome sequencing interpretation service for $75 and an advanced analysis for $250. The R1b Data Warehouse submission process has already been reconfigured to accept VCF files from Dante Labs and they can process WGS BAMs submitted to http://haplogroup-r.org/submit.html, However, at the moment no one appears to be working with these files.

You can also upload your whole genome sequence to the literature retrieval service Promethease to get a range of health and trait reports.

Dante Labs WGS data can also be uploaded to Sequencing.com where you can share your data for research and purchase reports from their app store.

There are also many other sites where you can share or upload your raw data. See the list of raw DNA data  tools in the ISOGG Wiki.

Other whole genome sequencing providers

Direct-to-the-consumer whole genome sequencing is available from Thomas Krahn's company YSEQ at 15x, 30x and 50x. The 15x test currently costs $740. There is an additional fee of $600 for a 30x test and a $100 fee for Sanger sequencing confirmation if required. The YSEQ test includes genealogically relevant reports for the Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA. YSEQ ships worldwide.

Full Genomes Corporation also provides a range of direct-to-the-consumer whole genome sequencing services as well as Y-chromosome sequencing options but sadly they stopped selling to European Union countries in May as a result of the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Nebula Genomics announced this week that they were offering low coverage 0.4x whole genome sequencing for $99. They are testing a model using cryptography and blockchain technology which will allow consumers to sell their health data to researchers and choose which research they would like to participate in. If you want a medical grade 30x sequence you would have to hope that a company or research organisation would be sufficiently interested in your data to pay for the sequencing.

There are various American companies that sell whole genome sequencing such as Veritas Genetics and Sure Genomics but they don't sell their tests outside the US and you also need to order through a doctor.

There were rumours circulating on Twitter last week that Illumina would be announcing a $100 genome in the next few months. We might therefore see other companies trying to jump on the WGS bandwagon in the next few months or additional offers in the run-up to Christmas. However, I understand that Dante are using BGI sequencing technology and not Illumina. It will be interesting to see how the market plays out.

See also this discussion A 30x full-genome sequence for $199 (€169 £150) on the Wikitree G2G forum.

Further reading
Dante Labs and the $1000 genome by Rebekah Canada

Acknowledgements
Thanks to Thomas Krahn for the information about the BGI sequencing technology used by Dante Labs. Thanks to James Kane for the information about the R1b Data Warehouse and Sequencing.com.

Dante Labs offers whole genome sequencing to European market for €850

A new biotech start-up by the name of Dante Labs is joining a growing number of companies who are offering whole genome sequencing at ever more competitive prices. Dante is a global company based in the US but with an office in Italy. They are catering specifically for the European market and are offering a high-coverage (30x) whole genome sequencing test with interpretation for €850 (about £718 or US $929 at current exchange rates). Customers can have access to their raw data on request.

It is not clear what is provided with the Dante Laboratories interpretation service. There are no sample reports available on the website and no details are provided of the scientific personnel who will be doing the analysis.

Many of the companies selling whole genome sequencing tests (eg, Veritas Genetics and Sure Genomics) only sell their test in the US and require the customer to order through a doctor whereas the test from Dante is available direct to the consumer. There are two companies – Full Genomes Corporation and YSEQ – which sell whole genome testing worldwide for the genetic genealogy market. Both companies specialise in the interpretation of Y-chromosome results and do not provide medical reports.

For details of other companies offering whole genome sequencing see the list of DNA testing companies in the ISOGG Wiki.

Below is the press release I received from Dante Labs.

Dante Labs offers EUR 850 Whole Genome Sequencing 

THE INTERNATIONAL BIOTECH COMPANY OFFERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING AND INTERPRETATION AT ONLY EUR 850, MARKING A HISTORIC STEP IN THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF GENETICS. 

New York, NY April 18, 2017 – Dante Labs today announced that they are offering 

Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and interpretation at only EUR 850 (ca. $900). While American individuals were able to access whole genome sequencing at $1,000, this innovation marks the first time Europeans can access whole genome sequencing below EUR 1,000. 

The sequencing includes bioinformatics analysis and interpretation, which are crucial to leverage genetic information and apply it into decisions about disease monitoring, prevention, nutrition, exercise, health monitoring and more. 

The Whole Genome Sequencing is run at 30X, which makes the achievement even more impressive. 

Dante Labs has chosen a selected list of partners to develop DNA sequencing services “accessible to everyone”. “By leveraging only the world’s best genetic technologies, we ensure that our customers have access to the best in the world of genetics,” says Dante Labs co-founder Andrea Riposati. “Genetics has seen tremendous developments in the last decade. Just think that the first whole genome sequencing cost north of $2.4 billion. For too long, only few people could benefit from the impact of genetic research. It’s healthcare, so I say it is important everyone benefits from it. The key to empower everyone with high-quality, advanced genetics it is to decrease the price. By integrating in the value chain, removing unnecessary intermediaries, developing synergies with strategic partners and leveraging economies of scale, we are able to offer the whole genome sequencing at only EUR 850.” 

Dante Labs offers a suite of direct-to-consumer DNA tests, including BRCA1 and BRAC2 sequencing, Whole Exome Sequencing and Common Hereditary Cancer. 

About Dante Labs
Founded in 2016, Dante Labs is a global pioneer in developing direct-to-consumer genetic services. The company mission is to empower people with knowledge and insights about their own genetic information so that they can live healthy, long and happy lives. Dante Labs has offices in the US and Europe.