We ran unrelated libraries in the individual quadrants on one plate. I see few sequences clearly belonging to a library from other quadrants. I just want to make sure if the only explanation is contamination. It is clear to me that it is the most obvious.
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I always wondered if the gasket was able to completely isolate each region of the plate. For well over a year, the 2-lane gasket would move in every centrifugation. We tried all sort of things, including using different BDDs. The problem was only solved after we stopped sealing the ports.
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My quadrant was number 4. Number three has about 1% contamination of my sequences (3K out of 300K). The quadrants 1 and 2 have lower contamination, few hundred sequences.
I do not have the details of the plate arrangement and handling, the run was done by the university core facility. They are generally very carefull and I do not think they would contaminate during library prep.Comment
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