Researchers lower MinIONs into caves, oceans, and soil to sequence eDNA, identifying biodiversity in an ecosystem by sequencing genetic material shed by organisms into the environment.
The portability of the MinION has enabled "Lab-in-a-Suitcase" genomics, fundamentally changing field biology. portable sequencher 414
| Metric | Sequencher 414 | MinION Mk1C | Flongle | |--------|----------------|-------------|---------| | Active pores | 414 | 512 (but typical 200–400) | 126 | | Throughput (72h) | 25 Gb | 15 Gb | 2.5 Gb | | Power (W) | 3.5 (peak) | 12 | 2.5 (USB) | | Weight (g) | 180 | 350 (with screen) | 15 (dongle) | | On-device basecalling | Yes (ASIC) | Yes (CPU/GPU) | No (host required) | | Adaptive sampling | Per-pore RL | Bulk voltage reversal | No | Researchers lower MinIONs into caves, oceans, and soil
Read length N50: 15 kb (can exceed 100 kb with high-molecular-weight DNA). Researchers lower MinIONs into caves