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PromethION: nanopore sequencer for high-throughput and long read high-fidelity DNA and RNA sequencing allowing fast decoding of (epi)genomes and (epi)transcriptomes
Acronym
PromethION
Code
01B00518
Duration
01 June 2018 → 31 May 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Scientific computing not elsewhere classified
    • Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified
    • Genetics not elsewhere classified
    • Systems biology not elsewhere classified
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Bio-informatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified
    • Molecular and cell biology not elsewhere classified
    • Bio-informatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified
    • Public health care not elsewhere classified
    • Public health services not elsewhere classified
    • Bio-informatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified
  • Engineering and technology
    • Scientific computing not elsewhere classified
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production not elsewhere classified
    • Veterinary medicine not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Massively Parallel Sequencing (Epi)genomics Long read sequencing Functional genomics Proteogenomics RNA modifications
 
Project description
 

The PromethION (Oxford Nanopore) is a standalone benchtop instrument designed for highthroughput, high-sample number nanopore sequencing. This third generation sequencing technology allows unprecedented opportunities such as direct epitranscriptome analysis, sequencing of extremely long reads and real-time data analysis. This groundbreaking technology differs from the
mostly used second generation short-read sequencing and allows challenging and innovative research in Life Sciences.