MSSAC is equipped with industry-leading instrumentation to ensure high-quality, reproducible results

CategoryInstrumentKey capabilityLocation
SequencingElement Biosciences AVITIUp to 1 billion reads/flow cell; 2 flow cells, independently run, with 2 independent lanes each. Achieves Q40–Q50 quality scores at lower cost than comparable platforms.Enders 748
Quality ControlAgilent TapeStationFragment size analysis and library QCEnders 748
 qPCRLibrary quantificationEnders 748
 Qubit FluorometerAccurate nucleic acid quantificationEnders 748
 NanoDropRapid purity and concentration checksEnders 748
BioinformaticsAerobio Cloud PlatformCustom automated streaming analysis platform for microbial genomics; supports all sequencing approaches offered by MSSAC.Cloud-based

 

Sample preparation is performed in Enders 770; all sequencing and QC takes place in Enders 748.