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Can I give you my genome? Or will I be able to reproduce your methods from this site?

I think there is an important distinction between sequencing a genome and then using ML methods to extract meaning from it. Sequencing (has traditionally) been hard but is now more of a tractable problem [1, 2].

To answer your question, if you have your genome and a dataset of known genomes marked with functions according to regions, then you could probably perform an interesting analysis..

[1] https://nanoporetech.com/ [2] https://www.illumina.com/

This is a course on a fairly novel field of research, not a method to do anything remotely consumer-facing.

I disagree! It's a fantastic domain for startups! Nanopore is readily available. I have sequenced stuff in my kitchen, and I'm a computer scientist.

I haven't looked into their new minion much yet, but how cheap are really talking about?

DNA sequencing is mature and, if anything, almost getting to be late in the game for new startup entries. Determining gene function through ML methods is a whole different thing, and that's what I, and the OP, was talking about. Are we all responding to the same article here?

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