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The University of Bayreuth has now installed an Illumina MiSeq™ i100, a compact, high-throughput sequencing device (next-generation sequencing, NGS) of the latest generation for fast and cost-efficient DNA analysis in life sciences.

The device opens up novel analytical possibilities, particularly in environmental and biodiversity research, as well as in the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1357 Microplastics. Thanks to the latest technology, the device delivers longer and more accurate DNA reads of up to 500 base pairs. This means that longer gene fragments from microbes, fungi, protists, animals, and plants can now be analyzed completely and with higher precision. “We are very pleased that we were able to procure the MiSeq-i100 device for the Keylab Genome Analysis & Bioinformatics with infrastructure funds from CRC 1357 Microplastics, making it available to all established and young researchers at the University of Bayreuth,” says Christian Laforsch, spokesperson for CRC 1357 Microplastics. The integration of the device into our established Keylab structure also further promotes the development of focal points and structures at the University of Bayreuth." Alfons Weig, head of the Keylab, is already looking forward to many exciting new applications for the device in the university's biological and environmental sciences. 

Link to Keylab Genome Analysis & Bioinformatics