Latest DNA Sequencing Device at the University of Bayreuth

The device opens up entirely new possibilities, especially in environmental and biodiversity research and within CRC 1357 Microplastics. Thanks to the latest technology, it produces longer and more accurate DNA sequences of up to 500 base pairs. This makes it possible to analyse longer gene fragments from microbes, fungi, protists, as well as animals and plants in a complete and highly precise manner. “We are very pleased that we were able to procure the MiSeq-i100 device for the Keylab Genomics & Bioinformatics using infrastructure funding from CRC 1357 Microplastics, and that it is now available to all established and early-career researchers across the entire University of Bayreuth,” says Prof. Dr. Christian Laforsch, spokesperson of CRC 1357 Microplastics. He continues: “Integrating the device into our well-established Keylab structure further strengthens the thematic and structural development at the University of Bayreuth.”

“Devices with such a broad range of applications within a Keylab offer a unique opportunity to operate them for the benefit of many researchers from various disciplines in the life sciences. Their acquisition would be too complex and costly for a single laboratory, yet at the same time insufficient to justify a major equipment proposal to the DFG,” says PD Dr. Alfons Weig, Head of the Keylab Genomics & Bioinformatics at the University of Bayreuth.

Operating the new device within the existing central laboratory for Genomics & Bioinformatics not only ensures the professional use of the NGS device, but also supports both prior project planning and the subsequent bioinformatic analysis of the data generated at the University of Bayreuth.