Case Study: Deakin University accelerates genomic research and collaboration with Illumina sequencing systems

Deakin University accelerates genomic discovery with Illumina, sequencing a mutation in 3 hours

Deakin University faced the challenge of high costs and long delays from outsourcing genomic sequencing for its researchers. Their goal was to create a centralized genomics hub to serve the university and the wider community, including agriculture and conservation scientists. To address this, they partnered with Illumina and established the Deakin Genomics Centre, equipping it with a suite of Illumina sequencing systems including the MiniSeq, MiSeq, and the high-throughput NovaSeq 6000.

The solution from Illumina enabled the center to handle versatile, large-scale projects cost-effectively. The results were a significant expansion in research capabilities, leading to numerous collaborations on species from Wollemi pines to aquaculture shrimp. The measurable impact includes faster turnaround times, the ability to perform population sequencing for conservation, and establishing Deakin as a global genomics hub for training and research, fundamentally advancing selective breeding and biodiversity studies.

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