The Sequencing and Genomic Technologies (SGT) core facility has added two new sequencers to the lab: the PacBio Revio long-read sequencer and the Illumina NovaSeq X Plus short-read sequencer.
The Revio provides long-read sequencing that is highly accurate, scalable, and affordable. For $1,000, plus the cost of labor, the Revio can provide contiguous reads of an entire human genome.
The Illumina NovaSeq X Plus short-read sequencer does more for half the cost, providing faster and higher capacity runs than its predecessor, the NovaSeq 6000. Instead of the previous standard of completing 48 human genomes in 48 hours (30x coverage), the X Plus can run 128 genomes in the same time.
In addition to the two new sequencers, SGT is also now providing basic bioinformatic analysis and support for short read sequencing. They are currently building capabilities to be able to provide bioinformatic analysis and support for long-read sequencing as well.
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