Within the past 12 months, Illumina launched a new Post-TruSeq world with the introduction of low cost, high performance enzymatic-based workflows, aimed at accelerating research while lowering the cost of sample preparation.

As part of this launch, AGRF benchmarked the new Illumina Stranded mRNA, Illumina Stranded Total RNA with RiboZero Plus and Illumina DNA Prep PCR-Free library preparation kits to assess their performance with the aim of bringing these new generation services to our clients.

AGRF continuously strives to introduce cutting-edge services to the market and this presentation will discuss the significant performance improvements these workflows have introduced.

Dr. Christopher Noune National Next Generation Sequencing Manager, Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF)

Dr. Christopher Noune is the National Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Manager at AGRF, based in Melbourne, Australia. Chris manages all NGS workflows from amplicons to RNA and every other *seq workflow and helps to develop projects and processes in a wide range of applications. Prior to joining AGRF in January 2018, Chris completed his PhD at the Queensland University of Technology, focusing on molecular virology and custom NGS workflow development.