An international consortium of universities and institutes has developed a standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's hand-held MinIoN DNA sequencer. Unlike other devices on the market, the MinIoN works by reading each individual base of DNA as it is threaded through a pore, allowing it to read much greater lengths of DNA, and at a high precision. The device can be used in conjunction with an existing sequencing machine or standalone device, such as the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform.
An international consortium of universities and institutes has developed a standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's hand-held MinIoN DNA sequencer. Unlike other devices on the market, the MinIoN works by reading each individual base of DNA as it is threaded through a pore, allowing it to read much greater lengths of DNA, and at a high precision. Five laboratories in the UK, the US, Canada and The Netherlands have devised a protocol that demonstrates the consistency, accuracy and reproducibility of the data across the different laboratories.