Our extensive range of laboratory equipment and computing and data storage is available for use by the wider research community. If you have any questions about our technology or equipment please give us a call on +618 8222 3966.
High Performance Computing and data storage
We employ two entirely separate High Performance Computing environments for research and diagnostic purposes.
Research
This system is used for analysis of research data, as well as for R&D for both our research and diagnostic operations. Hosting, networking and security is provided by the University of Adelaide
- 6 Intel and AMD nodes with 236 cores and a total of 2432GB RAM, 140 TB storage
- NECTAR cloud computing
- NCI cloud computing
Diagnostics
This system is used for processing of SA Pathology diagnostic samples and running NATA-approved computational genomics workflows. Hosting, networking and security is provided by SA Pathology:
- Dell PowerEdge R740 server
- 40 cores / 80 threads CPU
- 384 GB memory
- 13 TB scratch
- 96 TB storage array
Lab equipment
|
Type |
Manufacturer |
Model |
Technical Specifications |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NGS |
Illumina |
2 NextSeq 500 |
Benchtop sequencer, can sequence up to 120 Gb per run with 2x150bp reads in ~3 days |
|
NGS |
Illumina |
NextSeq 550 |
Larger benchtop sequencer and microarray scanner, can sequence up to 120 Gb per run with 2x150bp reads in ~3 days |
|
NGS |
Illumina |
MiSeq |
Fully integrated benchtop sequencer, can sequence up to 15Gb per run with 2 x 300bp reads |
|
NGS |
Oxford Nanopore |
MinION Mk1C |
Single Molecule Real Time Nanopore sequencing system capable of generating reads up to 2Mb in length |
|
NGS |
Pacific Biosciences |
Sequel |
Single Molecule Real Time sequencing system capable of generating reads up to 20Kb in length |
|
Microarrays |
Illumina |
HiScan |
Scanner for Illumina BeadChips, include Genotyping, Linkage Analysis, Cytogenetic Analysis, Methylation and Gene Expression |
|
Microarrays |
Affymetrix |
GeneChip Scanner & Fluidics Stations |
For processing SNP genotyping, cytogenetic and expression arrays |
|
Single Cell |
10X Genomics |
Chromium |
Makes RNA and multi-ome libraries from thousands of single cells. |
|
Sanger Sequencing |
Applied Biosystems |
3730 & 3730XL |
48 and 96 capillary electrophoresis systems for fragment analysis |
|
MALDI-TOF |
Agena (Sequenom) |
MassARRAY & Nanodispenser |
Highly sensitive SNP detection, can process 384 samples on a single chip |
|
qPCR |
Fluidigm |
BioMarkHD |
High-throughput qPCR for gene expression and genotyping, 2304 or 9216 reactions per chip |
|
Sample QC |
Agilent |
Bioanalyzer |
Digital electrophoresis system for RNA, DNA and NGS library quality control |
|
Sample QC |
Perkin Elmer |
LabChipHT |
High-throughput digital electrophoresis system for RNA, DNA and NGS library quality control |
|
Sample QC |
Agilent |
FemtoPulse |
Pulsed-field capillary electrophoresis system for genomic DNA analysis (up to 165kb), sensitive RNA analysis. |
|
Sample QC |
Invitrogen |
Qubit Flex |
Picogreen based assays for determining concentration of dsDNA, ssDNA and RNA |
|
Library Prep |
Fluidigm |
Access Array |
High throughput PCR for generating amplicons to sequence via NGS |
|
Library Prep |
Covaris |
ME220 |
DNA and chromatin shearing |
|
Library Prep |
Sage |
Pippin Prep |
Automated gel-based size selection from 100bp – 1.5Kb |
|
Library Prep |
Sage |
Blue Pippin Prep |
Automated gel-based size selection with Pulse-field from 100bp – 50Kb |
|
Library Prep |
Perkin Elmer |
Sciclone NGS Workstation |
High-throughput liquid handler for automation of library preps, bead clean-ups and sequence capture |
|
Library Prep |
Opentrons |
OT-2 |
Liquid handler for sample formatting and bead clean-ups |
