NGS FAQs

Yes, our services are tailored for your project. Please send an email to genomics@sourcebioscience.com or call 0115 973 9012 to get in touch with us. One of our Sales Specialists will discuss your project with you and provide a quote.

We currently utilise the NextSeq, MiSeq and NovaSeq platforms.

Yes, we can accept prepared libraries for sequencing. Please send an email to genomics@sourcebioscience.com or call 0115 973 9012 to get in touch with us. One of our Sales Specialists will discuss your project with you and provide a quote.

Our sample requirements vary with library prep type, we will discuss these with you when we provide a quote.

Please send your samples on dry ice to:

Lifescience Lab
Source BioScience
1 Orchard Place
Nottingham Business Park
Nottingham
NG8 6PX
United Kingdom

Yes, we perform an incoming QC on all NGS samples. We use the Bioanalyzer for RNA samples and the qubit for DNA samples.

We store your samples free of charge for three months. If you require longer storage or would like your samples returned, please get in touch with your Sales Specialist, send an email to genomics@sourcebioscience.com or call 0115 973 9012.

We store prepared libraries for three months, free of charge. If you require longer storage or would like the libraries sent to you, please get in touch with your Sales Specialist, send an email to genomics@sourcebioscience.com or call 0115 973 9012.

The turnaround time will depend on the specifics of your project such as, number of samples and advanced analysis. Please send an email to genomics@sourcebioscience.com or call 0115 973 9012 to get in touch with us. One of our Sales Specialists will discuss your project with you and provide a quote and further information.

Yes, we are a service provider, and as such, we do not claim any intellectual property.

The raw data we deliver will be fastq files. If you select our bioinformatic service, additional files such as bam files, vcf files and more (depending on the analysis), will be delivered.

Yes, we run fastQC on all of the data and provide the fastQC results as part of your data.

We store your data for 12 weeks after data generation, free of charge. If you require longer storage, please get in touch with your Sales Specialist.