Transcriptomics

HMELAB

Prokaryotic RNA Sequencing

Service Specification and Delivery
Library Sequencing strategy Data recommended Quality Control
rRNA depleted directional library Illumina PE150 1-2 Gb Q30≥85%
Sample Requirement
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 50 ≥ 1 OD260/280=1.8-2.0
OD260/230=1.0-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
RIN≥6.5

Eukaryotic mRNA Sequencing

Service Specifications
Library Sequencing strategy Data recommended Quality Control
Poly A enriched Illumina PE150
DNBSEQ-T7
6-10 Gb Q30≥85%
Minimum Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
Standard Library ≥ 10 ≥ 0.2 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
For plants: RIN≥4.0
For animals: RIN≥4.5; 5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Directional Library ≥ 10 ≥ 0.2 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
For plants: RIN≥4.0
For animals: RIN≥4.5; 5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 300 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 450 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1 g
Insects: 6 g
Crustacea: 300 mg
1 tube 106 cells

Non-Reference Based mRNA Sequencing

Service Specifications
Library Sequencing strategy Data recommended Quality Control
Poly A enriched Illumina PE150
DNBSEQ-T7
6-10 Gb Q30≥85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 10 ≥ 0.2 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
For plants: RIN≥4.0
For animals: RIN≥4.5; 5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 300 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 450 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1 g
Insects: 6 g
Crustacea: 300 mg
1 tube 106 cells

Full-Length mRNA Sequencing - Nanopore

Service Specifications
Library Sequencing strategy Data recommended Quality Control
Poly A enriched Nanopore PromethION 48 6/12 Gb Average quality score: Q10
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 100 ≥ 1.0 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
For plants: RIN≥7.0
For animals: RIN≥7.5; 5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 300 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 450 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1 g
Insects: 6 g
Crustacea: 300 mg
1 tube 106 cells

Full-Length mRNA Sequencing - PacBio

Service Specifications
Library Sequencing strategy Data recommended Quality Control
Poly A enriched mRNA CCS library PacBio Sequel II
PacBio Revio
20/40 Gb
5/10 M CCS
Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 100 ≥ 1.0 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
For plants: RIN≥7.5;
For animals: RIN≥8.0;
5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 300 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 450 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1 g
Insects: 6 g
Crustacea: 300 mg
1 tube 106 cells

PacBio 2+3 Full-Length mRNA Solution

Service Specifications
Library Sequencing strategy Data recommended Quality Control
Poly A enriched mRNA CCS library PacBio Sequel II
PacBio Revio
20/40 Gb
5/10 M CCS
Q30 ≥ 85%
Poly A enriched Illumina PE150 6-10 Gb Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
Illumina Library ≥ 10 ≥ 0.2 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
For plants: RIN≥4.0
For animals: RIN≥4.5; 5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
PacBio Library ≥ 100 ≥ 1.0 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
Plants: RIN≥7.5
Animals: RIN≥8.0
5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation

Long Non-Coding RNA Sequencing - Illumina

Service Specifications
Library Platform Data recommended Quality Control
rRNA depleted directional Library Illumina PE150 10-16 Gb Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 80 ≥ 0.8 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
RIN≥6.0
5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 450 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 600 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1.5 g
Insects: 9 g
Crustacea: 450 mg
2 tube 106 cells

Small RNA Sequencing - Illumina

Service Specifications
Library Platform Data recommended Quality Control
Size selected Illumina SE150 10M-20M reads Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 80 ≥ 0.8 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
RIN≥6.0
5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 450 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 600 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1.5 g
Insects: 9 g
Crustacea: 450 mg
2 tube 106 cells

CircRNA Sequencing - Illumina

Service Specifications
Library Platform Data recommended Quality Control
rRNA depleted directional Library Illumina PE150 16-20 Gb Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 80 ≥ 0.8 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
RIN≥6.0
5.0≥28S/18S≥1.0; limited or no baseline elevation
Plants Animal Arthropods Whole blood Cells
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
Heart or Intestine: 450 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 600 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1.5 g
Insects: 9 g
Crustacea: 450 mg
2 tube 106 cells

Exosomal Small RNA Sequencing - Illumina

Service Specifications
Library Platform Recommended data Data QC
Exosomal miRNA isolation Illumina SE50 10M-20M reads Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirement
Amount (ng) Volume (μL)
40 20
Exosome: 100 μL; 40 μg; 109 particles/mL
Serum/Plasma: 5 mL, Cell culture supernatant: 100 mL, Urine: 100 mL, Saliva: 15 mL, Nasal discharge: 15 mL, Cerebrospinal: 15 mL, Amniotic fluid: 50 mL, Semen: 5 mL
Bile: 5 mL, Ascites: 50 mL, Milk: 15 mL, Follicular fluid: 15 mL, Fecal supernatant: 50 mL, Microbial culture supernatant: 15 mL
Animal tissue: 3 g, Plant tissue: 1 g

Exosomal mRNA/LncRNA/CircRNA Sequencing - Illumina

Service Specifications
Library Platform Recommended data Data QC
Exosomal miRNA isolation Illumina PE150 10-16 Gb Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirement
Amount (ng) Volume (μL)
40 20
Exosome: 100 μL; 40 μg; 109 particles/mL
Serum/Plasma: 5 mL, Cell culture supernatant: 100 mL, Urine: 100 mL, Saliva: 15 mL, Nasal discharge: 15 mL, Cerebrospinal: 15 mL, Amniotic fluid: 50 mL, Semen: 5 mL
Bile: 5 mL, Ascites: 50 mL, Milk: 15 mL, Follicular fluid: 15 mL, Fecal supernatant: 50 mL, Microbial culture supernatant: 15 mL
Animal tissue: 3 g, Plant tissue: 1 g

Metatranscriptome Sequencing

Service Specifications
Sequencing platform Sequencing Strategy Data recommended Data Quality Control
Illumina NovaSeq PE150 12 Gb Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Concentration (ng/μL) Total amount (μg) Volume (μL) OD260/280 OD260/230 RIN
≥ 50 ≥ 1.0 ≥ 20 1.8-2.0 1.0-2.5 ≥ 6.5

Whole Transcriptome Sequencing - Illumina

Service Specifications
Library Sequencing Strategy Data recommended Quality Control
rRNA depleted Illumina PE150 16-20 Gb Q30 ≥ 85%
Size selected Illumina SE50 10-20M reads Q30 ≥ 85%
Sample Requirements
Conc. (ng/μl) Amount (μg) Purity Integrity
≥ 80 ≥ 1.6 OD260/280=1.7-2.5
OD260/230=0.5-2.5
Limited or no protein or DNA contamination shown on gel.
RIN ≥ 6.0
5.0 ≥ 28S/18S ≥ 1.0; limited or no baseline elevation

Spatial Transcriptome

1. BMKMANU S3000 Spatial Transcriptome
Sample Requirements Library Sequencing Strategy Data Recommended Quality Control
OCT-embedded cryo samples (approx. 6×6×6 mm³)
2 blocks per sample (1 for experiment, 1 for backup)
S3000 cDNA Library Illumina PE150 160K PE reads per 100uM (250 Gb) RIN > 7
2. 10x Genomics Visium Spatial Transcriptome
Sample Requirements Library Sequencing Strategy Data Recommended Quality Control
OCT-embedded cryo samples (approx. 6×6×6 mm³)
2 blocks per sample
10X Visium cDNA Library Illumina PE150 50K PE reads per spot (60 Gb) RIN > 7

Single-Nuclei RNA Sequencing

Samples eligible for single nuclei RNA sequencing
Cell / Tissue Reason
Unfresh frozen tissue Unable to get fresh or long-saved organizations
Muscle cell, Megakaryocyte, Fat... Cell diameter is too large to enter the instrument
Liver... Too fragile to break, unable to distinguish single cells
Neuron cell, Brain... More sensitive, easy to stress, will change the sequencing results
Pancreas, Thyroid... Rich in endogenous enzymes, affecting the production of single cell suspension
Single-nucleus vs Single-cell
Single-nucleus Single-cell
Unlimited cell diameter Cell diameter: 10-40 μm
The material can be frozen tissue The material must be fresh tissue
Low stress of frozen cells Enzyme treatment may cause cell stress reaction
No red blood cells need to be removed Red blood cells need to be removed
Nuclear expresses bioinformation The whole cell expresses bioinformation
Service Specifications
Sample Requirements Library Sequencing Strategy Data Recommended Quality Control
Animal tissue ≥ 200 mg
Plant tissue ≥ 400 mg
10x Genomics sn cDNA library Illumina PE150 100K PE reads per cell (100-200 Gb) 700-1200 nuclei/μl and nuclei integrity observed under microscope