MGS Illumina Sequencing Service

The MGS is to start commercial operation of its Illumina Genome Analysis service in May 2008. The Illumina sequencing instrumentation uses Illumina's massively parallel sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) technology, generating billions of bases of high-quality DNA sequence per run.

The MGS Illumina Genome Analyzer can perform a wide range of genome-scale applications at the lowest cost per base. The MGS supports the following Illumina Genome Analyzer applications:

• Whole Genome Sequencing and Re-sequencing
• Digital Gene Expression - Tag Profiling
• Small RNA Discovery and Analysis
• ChIP-Sequencing

Customers MUST refer to our List of Procedures when inquiring about the services we provide, and submitting samples to our service facility.

The MGS provides a complete service, with sample or library preparation, cluster generation, genomic analysis, and pipeline analysis for all of the above applications. Bioinformatics support is optional.

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Process Overview

Sample Preparation (1-7 samples) (Carried out by the MGS facility) Genomic Sample Preparation Protocol - 1-3 days Gene Expression Preparation Protocol - 4-6 days Small RNA Analysis Preparation Protocol - 7-14 days ChIP-Sequencing Preparation Protocol - 1-3 days

Cluster Generation (Run on cluster station by the MGS facility) 1-2 days

Sequencing-by-synthesis (Run on Illumina 1G Genetic Analyzer by the MGS facility) 2-3.5 days

Pipeline Analysis (Generation of FASTA & FASTQ files) 1.5 weeks