Affiliation: | 1. Genome Sequencing Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 320 Charles St, Cambridge, MA, 02141, USA 2. Network Control Engineering, Akamai Technologies Inc, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA 3. Engineering, Google Inc, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA 4. Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA 5. Genomic Technologies, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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Abstract: | We present an automated, high throughput library construction process for 454 technology. Sample handling errors and cross-contamination are minimized via end-to-end barcoding of plasticware, along with molecular DNA barcoding of constructs. Automation-friendly magnetic bead-based size selection and cleanup steps have been devised, eliminating major bottlenecks and significant sources of error. Using this methodology, one technician can create 96 sequence-ready 454 libraries in 2 days, a dramatic improvement over the standard method. |