High Sensitivity BRB-seq service

To guarantee high quality data, we normally request that each sample contains at least 2ng/μl of total RNA in at least 15μl.

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).

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.

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.