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Processing frozen archival human DNA samples for large-scale SQK-LSK114 Oxford Nanopore long-read DNA sequencing SOP v1

June 2024 Authors: Alicia Wenghöfer, Kimberly Paquette, Laksh Malik, Breeana Baker, Cedric Kouam, Kimberley J Billingsley Abstract: “As part of the GP2 monogenic network we will generate long-read sequencing data to better understand the genetic architecture of Parkinson’s disease. To … more »

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Identifying the best PCR enzyme for library amplification in NGS

April 2024 Authors: Michael A. Quail, Craig Corton, James Uphill, Jacqueline Keane and Yong Gu Abstract: “PCR amplification is a necessary step in many next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation methods. Whilst many PCR enzymes are developed to amplify single targets … more »

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“Range+T “ for Tight Sizing of HMW Libraries

Range+T Size Selection Note: Range + T is available for all PippinHT instruments. However, only BluePippins with serial numbers 2700 and above will run the method. Sage’s DNA size selection technology has been used to help improve PacBio sequencing, particularly … more »

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Optimising ddRAD sequencing for population genomic studies with ddgRADer

October 2022 Authors: Aparna Lajmi, Felix Glinka, Eyal Privman Info: In this preprint, the authors describe an online webtool that they have developed for designing ddRAD-seq experiments. This webtool assists in the recommendation of restriction enzyme pairs and size-selection criteria. … more »

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Heat selection enables highly scalable methylome profiling in cell-free DNA for noninvasive monitoring of cancer patients

September 2022 Authors: Elsie Cheruba, Ramya Viswanathan, Pui-Mun Wong, Howard John Womersley, Shuting Han, Brenda Tay, Yiting Lau, Anna Gan, Polly S. Y. Poon, Anders Skanderup, Sarah B. Ng, Aik Yong Chok, Dawn Qingqing Chong, Iain Beehuat Tan, Lih Feng … more »

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An experimental strategy for preparing circular ssDNA virus genomes for next-generation sequencing

Feb 2022 Authors: Catherine D. Aimone, Steen Hoyer, Anna E. Dye, David O. Deppong, Siobain Duffy, Ignazio Carbone, Linda Hanley-Bowdoin Info: The authors provide a protocol for analyzing single stranded DNA (ssDNA) from begomoviruses, which cause significant damage to many … more »

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High-quality Arabidopsis thaliana Genome Assembly with Nanopore and HiFi Long Reads

September 2021 Authors: Bo Wang, Xiaofei Yang, Yanyan Jia, Yu Xu, Peng Jia, Ningxin Dang, Songbo Wang, Tun Xu, Xixi Zhao, Shenghan Gao, Quanbin Dong, Kai Ye Info: The authors report on a high quality genome assembly of the model … more »

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Comparison of long-read sequencing technologies in interrogating bacteria and fly genomes

June 2021 Authors: Eric S Tvedte, Mark Gasser, Benjamin C Sparklin, Jane Michalski, Carl E Hjelmen, J Spencer Johnston, Xuechu Zhao, Robin Bromley, Luke J Tallon, Lisa Sadzewicz, David A Rasko, Julie C Dunning Hotopp Info: This side-by-side comparison of … more »

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Nanopore adaptive sampling: a tool for enrichment of low abundance species in metagenomic samples

May 2021 Authors: Samuel Martin, Darren Heavens, Yuxuan Lan, Samuel Horsfield, Matthew D Clark, Richard M Leggett Info: Oxford Nanopore adaptive sampling is a real-time sequencing method with which analysis software identifies several hundred sequence bases as they pass through … more »

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Chromosomal rearrangements but no change of genes and transposable elements repertoires in an invasive forest-pathogenic fungus

Authors: Arthur Demené , Benoît Laurent , Sandrine Cros-Arteil , Christophe Boury , Cyril Dutech Info: The authors present a high-quality de novo genome assembly of Cryphonectria parasitica, and invasive fungus that causes chestnut blight, using Oxford Nanopore and Illumina … more »

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