Pacific Biosciences of California enables large scale microbial genomics with Vega SPRQ-Nx system

Pacific Biosciences of California enables large scale microbial genomics with Vega SPRQ-Nx system
PacBio unveils Vega SPRQ-Nx scale

Pacific Biosciences of California announced that its Vega SPRQ-Nx platform can process up to 384 microbial de novo assembly samples, 96 shotgun metagenomic profiling communities, or 1,536 Kinnex 16S rRNA communities in a single run.

The company emphasizes the scalability of its technology for microbial research and is providing a detailed playbook for potential users.

Pacific Biosciences of California recently launched its HiFi WGS workflow, enabling genome-wide variant calls in under 30 hours, according to a previous release. The company has also outlined the next phase for long-read sequencing in newborn screening in comments by CEO Mark Van Oene, as reported in an earlier article. These developments highlight the firm's ongoing focus on expanding genomic research applications.

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