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Their journey began with the PacBio RS, their first commercial release, which employed their Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) sequencing technology. This marked the beginning...

Element Biosciences made its sequencing market debut this year when it released AVITI, its first sequencer. The AVITI System uses avidity sequencing, a novel sequencing chemistry that delivers higher quality data, decreases cycle times, and requires lower reagent concentrations. This new instrument reportedly features lower operating and start-up costs while maintaining quality sequencing.

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AVITI is a short-read benchtop sequencer that also offers an innovative...

Complete Genomics (an MGI company) released the DNBSEQ-G400 into the U.S. market this summer. DNBSEQ-G400 is a benchtop sequencer that uses MGI’S DNA Nanoball sequencing technology (DNBSEQ) that boasts low index hopping, low amplification bias, and low PCR amplification error accumulation. In addition, the instrument is capable of using an improved antibody-based chemistry, CoolMPS sequencing reagent, that reduces errors and improves the sequencing quality.

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Onso was the second sequencer Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) revealed during this year’s American Society of Human Genetics meeting (read about the first sequencer here). This benchtop sequencer uses sequencing by binding (SBB), a method unlike any other instrument on the market. SBB incorporates native nucleotides, has reduced molecular scarring, and reportedly results in significantly higher accuracy base calls than traditional short-read sequencers. The following sections highlight the important...

Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) revealed two new sequencers during this year’s American Society of Human Genetics meeting. The first instrument, Revio, which will be covered in this article, is a significant upgrade from their previous Sequel II device. It has lower costs, shorter run times, more SMRT Cells and zero-mode waveguides (ZMW), and significantly higher output compared to PacBio’s other sequencers.

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As a part of PacBio’s long-read sequencing systems,...