Biotechnology Production Statistics
(May, 2011)

Major Services Start Year Grand Totals
DNA Synthesis 1983 287,092  oligonucleotides
Peptide Synthesis 1985 17,611 peptides
DNA Sequence Analysis 1988 2,009,632 templates
(933 million bases)
Protein Sequence Analysis 1993 1,675 protein samples
Affymetrix Analysis 2000 35,438 GeneChips
Molecular Interaction Analysis 2000 1,991 AUC / MALS samples,
43,239 Biacore SPR injections
Custom Microarray Analysis 2001 10,058 custom microarrays
Custom Genotyping Analysis 2002 123,667 assays
Proteomics Analysis 2002 12,661 protein IDs, 1,583 intact mass, 350 2D-gel analyses,
524 special projects
Genome Sequencing 2008 782 billion bases
(536 Gb eukaryote, 169 Gb prokaryote, 77 Gb viral)