University of Exeter Awarded Contract to Oxford Nanopore Technologies for PromethION Early Access Programme
University of Exeter · Awarded contract
AwardedUniversity of Exeter Awarded Contract to Oxford Nanopore Technologies for PromethION Early Access Programme
Awarded 14 Jan 2016
Awarded14 Jan 2016
Value£45,000.00
SupplierOxford Nanopore Technologies
AgencyUniversity of Exeter
RegionSouth West
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 10y 2mo ago8mo term
Awarded 14 Jan 2016Expired 29 Aug 2016
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The University of Exeter awarded a contract to Oxford Nanopore Technologies for access to the PromethION Early Access Programme (PEAP), a pre-commercial release of a nanopore-based DNA sequencing system.
The system, featuring up to 48 flowcells with 3,000 nanopores each, enables simultaneous analysis of up to 144,000 nanopores and scalable, real-time sequencing of multi-kilobase DNA fragments.
The university will use the system to evaluate its suitability for clinical diagnostic applications and method development.
The contract value is £45,000.
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