Thermo Fisher Scientific, Carlsbad, Calif, has released the Ion GeneStudio S5 series, a new line of benchtop next-generation sequencing (NGS) instruments that enable low cost per sample for small and large projects across multiple research applications. The new platform’s flexibility is powered by five Ion S5 chips, including the new Ion 550 chip, to facilitate wide-ranging experiments on a single platform. The system reads lengths of up to 600 base pairs to drive powerful and cost-effective experiments in multiple areas, including cancer research, inherited disease, and microbial and infectious disease applications. It can accommodate two sequencing runs per day with data analysis, each delivering between 2 million and 130 million reads, depending on the needs of an experiment, and a total output between 0.5 Gb and 50 Gb. The interchangeable chip format enables users to cost-effectively process samples in increments, eliminating the need to delay experiments by waiting to batch samples. For more information, visit Thermo Fisher Scientific.
