Benefits
Bulk RNA sequencing at scale
Massively multiplexed RNA-seq offers unparalleled cost and throughput scalability.
Ideal for projects of all sizes
You can trust us. We have ran projects from as low as 6 samples to as many as 100'000.
Fast turnaround times
From samples to data in as little as one month.
What we do
MERCURIUS™
BRB-seq service
The MERCURIUS™ BRB-seq service offers a convenient and streamlined solution for transcriptomics projects of any size. Clients can send us purified RNA samples, which are always quality-checked before launching our BRB-seq pipeline. During the process, we always keep clients informed at defined checkpoint so that we can decide together how to best proceed to the next steps.
Next generation sequencing and data pre-processing (including alignment to the genome of choice) are part of our standard service as well. As a result, we provide our clients raw data, sequencing and alignment reports, and gene count matrices which can be used for downstream gene expression analysis.
How does it work
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Client ships samples to Alithea
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1 week
Incoming QC - Client Checkpoint
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2 days
MERCURIUS™ BRB-seq library preparation
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1 week
Library QC - Client Checkpoint
(Qubit, Fragment analyzer, shallow sequencing) -
1 week
Deep sequencing
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1 week
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Data
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Optional: Alithea performs Differential Gene Expression analysis
Sample datasets
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Human
Number of samples: 96Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (9.5M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:79.9 MBMouse
Number of samples: 96Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (8.9M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:78.6 MBCattle
Number of samples: 54Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (5.7M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:28.4 MBWild boar
Number of samples: 54Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (6.3M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:27.7 MBBat
Number of samples: 23Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (9M reads per sample), contact us.Demo dataset file size:23.3 MB -
Arabidopsis
Number of samples: 96Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (3M reads per sample), contact us.Demo dataset file size:47.9 MBSpinach
Number of samples: 96Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (9M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:83.9 MB -
Drosophila
Number of samples: 96Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (3M reads per sample), contact us.Demo dataset file size:38.2 MB -
Zebrafish
Number of samples: 64Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (4M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:31.9 MBRainbow trout
Number of samples: 16Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (5.3M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:8.76 MBMedaka
Number of samples: 96Reads per sample in demo dataset:10'000 readsTo have access to the deep-sequenced dataset (4.7M reads per sample) contact us.Demo dataset file size:50.6 MB
FAQs
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To guarantee high quality data, we normally request that each sample contains at least 200ng of total RNA in at least 10μl.
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In addition to total RNA amount, it is important that the samples contain RNA of high integrity (RIN > 6) and are devoid of contaminants (Nanodrop A260/A230 between 1.8 and 2.2).
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BRB-seq is 3’-end RNA sequencing method and, as such, requires significantly less sequencing as compared to standard full-length RNA-seq in order to reach accurate gene quantification. We therefore normally recommend to sequence 4 to 5 million reads for each sample, which enables the reliable and unbiased detection of over 18’000 genes.
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As part of our standard service pipeline, we align the generated data to the genome of choice, provide a detailed report on the alignment and gene counting statistics and, finally, provide ready-to-use gene count matrices for downstream analysis.
Optionally, we can include differential gene expression analysis.
See our products
Our BRB-seq and DRUG-seq kits make it possible to process virtually any number of RNA samples in one single tube, which helps reduce technical variation, turnaround times and costs.
Experience sample to sequencing-ready library in one day.
Dr. Nuno Miguel Luis, CNRS Researcher
Dr. Hirokazu Okada, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Marc Robinson-Rechavi, University of Lausanne
Prof. Dr. Martin Klingenspor, TUM Munich
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