[quote=Bradleybrown]Apart from Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) other leading companies in the industry include Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) and Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX). These are big names of the DNA sequencing business however don’t go blindly by the names. I’d suggest do your research and draw your own conclusion about investing.[/quote]
If you want to invest (or do some research on the companies) locally, Life Technologies is a local company located in Carlsbad. They’ve been growing and hiring quite a bit from what I’ve heard.