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GridION Mk1

Integrated-compute benchtop nanopore sequencer for five flow cells

Oxford NanoporeGridION1 x 2.5 Gbps Ethernet (RJ45); 4 x USB 3.0 Type-A; HDMI 2.0; DisplayPort
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Features

  • Up to five MinION or Flongle flow cells at once
  • Integrated NVIDIA GV100 GPU and 64 GB RAM
  • 7 TB internal SSD
  • Real-time adaptive sampling and basecalling
  • DNA and RNA sequencing

Compatible Flow Cells

MinION/GridION Flow Cell R10.4.1
FLO-MIN114standard
MinION/GridION Flow Cell - RNA
FLO-MIN004RArna
Flongle Flow Cell
FLO-FLG114flongle

Compatible Kits

Ligation Sequencing Kit V14
SQK-LSK114ligationDNA
Ligation Sequencing Kit XL V14
SQK-LSK114-XLligationDNA
Ultra-Long DNA Sequencing Kit V14
SQK-ULK114ligationDNA
Multiplex Ligation Sequencing Kit XL V14
SQK-MLK114.96-XLligationDNA
Rapid Sequencing Kit V14
SQK-RAD114rapidDNA
Rapid Barcoding Kit 24 V14
SQK-RBK114.24barcodingDNA
Rapid Barcoding Kit 96 V14
SQK-RBK114.96barcodingDNA
Rapid PCR Barcoding Kit 24 V14
SQK-RPB114.24pcrDNA
Native Barcoding Kit 24 V14
SQK-NBD114.24barcodingDNA
Native Barcoding Kit 96 V14
SQK-NBD114.96barcodingDNA
16S Barcoding Kit 24 V14
SQK-16S114.24ampliconDNA
cDNA-PCR Sequencing Kit V14
SQK-PCS114cdnaRNA
cDNA-PCR Barcoding Kit V14
SQK-PCB114.24cdnaRNA
Direct RNA Sequencing Kit
SQK-RNA004direct-rnaRNA

Compatible Software

MinKNOW
control

Device control, data acquisition, and basecalling software

Dorado
basecalling

High-performance basecalling server

GridION Platform

Oxford Nanopore

GridION is a benchtop nanopore sequencing platform with integrated compute that can run and analyse up to five MinION or Flongle flow cells simultaneously.

Specifications

Read LengthShort to ultra-long (>4 Mb)
OutputUp to 150 Gb
Accuracy>99% (Q20+)
SizeBenchtop

Strengths

  • Integrated compute
  • Five-flow-cell scaling
  • Real-time analysis
  • Same consumable ecosystem

Considerations

  • Lower throughput than PromethION
  • Desktop footprint
  • Higher capital cost

Best For

Multi-project long-read labsService labsPilot productionReal-time long-read analysis
$$1–3 days turnaround

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