Instruments

FIMM Sequencing laboratory has a wide range of laboratory instruments used in sample quality control, sample processing, library preparation and sequencing.
NGS Sequencing

Illumina MiSeq system, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA

Illumina NextSeq500 system, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA

Illumina NovaSeq6000 system, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA

-For service requests for NovaSeq6000, contact the NGS coordinators

Illumina NovaSeq X plus system, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA

Aviti24 system, Element Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA 

-AVITI24 IN INSTALLATION DURING SUMMER 2025, SERVICES AVAILABLE IN AUTUMN 2025

Long read sequencing

ONT MinION, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, UK

ONT PromethION 2 Solo, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, UK

Targeted protein and RNA assays

Olink Signature Q100, Olink Proteomics AB, Uppsala, Sweden

NanoString nCounter FLEX, NanoString technologies, Seattle, WA, USA

Sanger sequencing

Applied Biosystems ABI3730XL DNA Analyzer, Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, MA, USA

DNA/RNA quantitation and quality control

Qubit Flex Fluorometer, Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, MA, USA

VICTOR Nivo Multimode Microplate Reader, PerkinElmer Waltham, MA, USA

Agilent Fragment Analyzer, Agilent Santa Clara, CA, USA

Agilent TapeStation, Agilent Santa Clara, CA, USA

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system, Agilent Santa Clara, CA, USA

QuantStudio5, Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, MA, USA

Sample processing

BluePippin DNA Size Selection for Next-Gen Sequencing, with Pulsed-Field, Sage Science Beverly, MA, USA

Savant DNA-120 Speedvac for concentrating samples, Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, MA, USA

mosquito® LV nanolitre liquid handler, SPT Labtech, Melbourn, Hertfordshire UK

Hamilton Microlab STARlet automated liquid handler, Hamilton, Reno, NV, USA

Hamilton Microlab NGS Star automated liquid handler, Hamilton, Reno, NV, USA

Sciclone G3 NGSx iQ, PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA