System
Only the most advanced, state-of-the-art technologies have been carefully selected by Macrogen to facilitate large studies, whilst taking care to provide smaller-scale investigations. Partnered with NGS-tech leaders from Illumina, Pacific Biosciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 10X Genomics, Bionano Genomics and many others, Macrogen primarily focuses on providing total genomic solutions tailored to client’s specific needs.

Illumina |
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| Platform | Novaseq6000
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Hiseq X ten
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Hiseq4000 | Hiseq2500 | Nextseq500
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Miseq | |
| Recommended Application | |||||||
| Whole Genome Resequencing (human, plant & animal) |
V | V | V | V | |||
| Whole-Genome De novo Sequencing | V | V | V | V | V | ||
| Exome Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| Targeted Gene Sequencing (amplicon, gene panel, customized target) |
V | V | V | V | |||
| totalRNA Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| mRNA Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| smallRNA Sequencing | V | ||||||
| Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| 16S Metagenomic Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| ChIP Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| MBD Sequencing | V | V | V | ||||
| Methylation (WGBS) Sequencing | V | V | V | V | |||
| Specifications | Rapid Mode | HT (high-throughput) Mode |
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| Reads Length | 150bpPE 100bpPE |
150bpPE | 150bpPE 100bpPE |
250bpPE 150bpPE 100bpPE 100bpSR 50bpSR |
125bpPE 100bpPE 100bpSR 50bpSR |
150bpPE | 300bpPE 250bpPE 150bpPE |
| Run Scale | 3,000M reads* | 700M reads* | 500M~600M reads* | 250M reads* | 400M~500M reads* | 400M reads* | 20-40M reads* |
| Quality Score | >75% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >85% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
>75% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >85% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
>75% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >85% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
>80% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >90% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
>80% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >90% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
>70% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >80% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
>70% bases higher than 30 (illumina)
Avg. >80% bases higher than Q30 (Macrogen) |
| TAT | 4-6 Weeks | 2-4 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks | 2-4 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks |
** Per run SMRT cell
V Recommended
V Highly recommended
Pacbio |
Thermo Fisher Scientific |
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| Platform | RSII
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Sequel
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Ion PGM![]() |
Ion Proton![]() |
| Recommended Application | ||||
| Whole Genome Resequencing (human, plant & animal) |
V | V | ||
| Exome Sequencing | V | V | V | V |
| Targeted Gene Sequencing (amplicon, gene panel, customized target) |
V | V | V | V |
| totalRNA Sequencing | V | V | ||
| mRNA Sequencing | V | V | ||
| smallRNA Sequencing | ||||
| Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing | ||||
| 16S Metagenomic Sequencing | V | V | ||
| ChIP Sequencing | V | V | ||
| MBD Sequencing | V | V | ||
| Methylation (WGBS) Sequencing | V | V | ||
| Specifications | ||||
| Reads Length | 10-20Kb SMRTbell | 10-20Kb SMRTbell | 316, 318 Chip 200bp 400bp |
PI Chip 200bp |
| Run Scale | 50-80K reads** | 150K-250K** | 316, 318 Chip 200bp 400bp |
PI Chip 200bp |
| Run Scale | 50-80K reads** | 150K-250K** | 2-3M reads | 60-80M reads |
| Quality Score | >99.999% (QV50) consensus accuracy with data free of systematic errors (Pacbio) | >99.999% (QV50) consensus accuracy with data free of systematic errors (Pacbio) | ||
| TAT | 4-6 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks | 4-6 Weeks |
* Based on a lane
** Per run SMRT cell
V Recommended
V Highly recommended














