Nanopore data is a lot easier to analyze than short read sequencing data. You just don’t get the same alignment/assembly issues: these things sequence incredibly long reads.

(also a biochemist, MSc)

> this stuff is hard, you will fail a lot, and you will fail a lot more if you don't have an extremely clean environment to do this in

The Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology is one of the most robust to use. You need to buy some kit - but defo doable. Nothing compared pouring your own gel and doing radioactively labelled Sanger reactions :-)

Though you could just go to an sequencing company that services labs ( that just does sequencing outsourcing - rather than a personal genome company ).

Totally agree on the dangers around interpretation.