Equipment for weekend sequencing for the Department of Medical Genetics at UNN HF Tromsø.

The Medical Genetics Department at the University Hospital of North Norway (UNN) shall procure a sequentialator from PacBio to read long fragments of DNA and RNA sequencing (long-read sequencing, LRS). The instruments shall be used for diagnostics and shall replace and supplement the current diagnostics based on short-read sequencing (SRS). This is because LRS detects some types of genetic variation better than SRS, e.g. major structural deviations and methylation status. Method transfer shall therefore be carried...