英国牛津纳米孔公司的纳米孔测序仪是第三代测序技术当中最便宜的。纳米孔测序的优势在于它不需要对DNA进行标记，也就省去了昂贵的荧光试剂和CCD照相机。
As a desktop instrument for the individual researcher, it can write data to the network or a locally attached disc (directly through a USB or through a network) and work in a small lab.
Each node is a network device and multiple nodes can be aggregated together into larger co-operating units or clusters, communicating with each other in a peer-to-peer fashion over the user's network. The system is designed to interface, or even co-locate, with standard or high-performance IT infrastructure. Workflow overheads, and total costs, including IT, scale linearly with the GridION system.
graphic: a single node (left) may be used as a desktop device, or installed in conjunction with other nodes that communicate with each other through a network (centre, right).
A single node as a desktop
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Nodes may be clustered through a network for larger throughput installation |
Each GridION node operates with a single disposable cartridge |
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miRNA Detection
"Run Until": DNA sequencing informatics on the GridION and MinION systems
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