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Sequencing – Available Platforms

Typically, 350 million paired-end reads are needed for each scATAC-seq library and 250 million paired-end reads for each scRNA-seq library. Depending on how many libraries are pooled together, the kit size will vary.

Sequencing Platform Cycles (bp) Number of Reads
*paired-end
IIllumina® i100 MiSeq 5M 300, 500 ~10 million
Illumina® i100 MiSeq 25M 100, 300, 600, 1000 ~50 million
Illumina® i100 MiSeq 50M 100, 300, 600 ~100 million
IIllumina® i100 MiSeq 100M 100, 300 ~200 million
Illumina® NovaSeq 6000 SP 100, 200, 300 ~1.6 billion  
Illumina® NovaSeq 6000 S1 100, 200, 300 ~3.2 billion
Illumina® NovaSeq 6000 S2 100, 200, 300 ~8.2 billion
Illumina® NovaSeq 6000 S4 35, 200, 300 ~20 billion
Illumina® NovaSeq X Plus 1.5B 100, 200, 300 ~3 billion
Illumina® NovaSeq X Plus 10B 100, 200, 300 ~20 billion
Illumina® NovaSeq X Plus 25B 300 ~50 billion
Element AVITI™ Cloudbreak Freestyle Low Output 300 ~250 million
Element AVITI™ Cloudbreak Freestyle Mid Output 150, 300, 600 ~500 million *600 cycle kit ~100 million
Element AVITI™ Cloudbreak Freestyle High Output 150, 300, 600 ~1 billion *600 cycle kit ~300 million