High Throughput Next Generation Sequencing
High Throughput Next Generation Sequencing
High Throughput Next Generation Sequencing
by Jad Awad
* The information in this presentation was obtained from a lecture on High Throughput NGS in an Advanced
Molecular Genetics course in King’s College London
Some Illumina machines can be used to do what is called RNA-seq which is short for RNA
sequencing.
This allows us to sequence the transcriptome of the cells. It involves first the isolation of RNA
using the techniques we discussed, then purify m-RNA from mixture by running on oligo-dT-
cellulose column chromatography. Then synthesize cDNA from mRNA and do then repeat the
same procedure as before.
There is also a technique called single cell RNA sequencing or scRNA-seq. This allows us to
determine the expression profiles of single cells that are isolated under a microscope. The cell is
then lysed. The mRNA is isolated, amplified using PCR and then sequenced using Illumina
machines.