Building Better Genomes.
Enabling Breakthrough Discovery.
PacBio de novo genome assemblies deliver megabase-size contig N50s, consensus accuracies >99.99%, and phased haplotypes so you can do more biology – capturing undetected SNVs, fully intact genes, and regulatory regions embedded in complex structures.
Choose the sequencing mode that’s right for your project
PacBio is the only sequencing technology to offer highly accurate long reads (HiFi reads).
Learn more about these sequencing modes
 | HiFi reads have a minimum accuracy of Q20 (99%), produce small file sizes, and enable fast analysis time. |
See the HiFi Reads Workflow
 | Long reads generate data with half the reads >50 kb and maximum read lengths up to 175 kb while maintaining short sequencing run times. |
See the Long Reads Workflow
Application Brief: Learn more about these best practices for whole genome sequencing for de novo assembly
Studying Small-bodied Organisms?
Explore our application note on the low DNA input workflow to see how you can generate a high-quality genome assembly from as little as 150 ng of gDNA.
To get a quote and get started on your genome project, contact one of our Certified Service Providers located across the globe for fast, convenient SMRT Sequencing. For information on acquiring a Sequel II System, please contact our world-class sales team.
Selected Resources
- Zhou, Yongfeng et al. (2019) The population genetics of structural variants in grapevine domestication. Nature plants
- Wenger, Aaron M et al. (2019) Accurate circular consensus long-read sequencing improves variant detection and assembly of a human genome. Nature biotechnology
- Bickhart, Derek M et al. (2019) Assignment of virus and antimicrobial resistance genes to microbial hosts in a complex microbial community by combined long-read assembly and proximity ligation. Genome biology
- Jaworski, Coline C et al. (2019) Chromosome-level hybrid de novo genome assemblies as an attainable option for non-model organisms BioRxiv
- Low, Wai Yee et al. (2019) Haplotype-Resolved Cattle Genomes Provide Insights Into Structural Variation and Adaptation bioRxiv
- McCartney, Michael A. et al. (2019) The Genome of the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha: A Resource for Invasive Species Research BioRxiv
- Zan, Jindong et al. (2019) A microbial factory for defensive kahalalides in a tripartite marine symbiosis. Science
- Warr, Amanda et al. (2019) An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research BioRxiv
- Chen, Zelin et al. (2019) De novo assembly of the goldfish (Carassius auratus) genome and the evolution of genes after whole-genome duplication. Science advances
- Yang, Ning et al. (2019) Genome assembly of a tropical maize inbred line provides insights into structural variation and crop improvement. Nature genetics
- Sánchez-Pérez, R et al. (2019) Mutation of a bHLH transcription factor allowed almond domestication. Science
- Yoshimura, Jun et al. (2019) Recompleting the Caenorhabditis elegans genome. Genome research
- Kingan, Sarah B et al. (2019) A High-Quality Genome Assembly from a Single, Field collected Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) using the PacBio Sequel II System BioRxiv
- Chang, Ching-Ho et al. (2019) Islands of retroelements are major components of Drosophila centromeres PLoS biology
- Zhuang, Weijian et al. (2019) The genome of cultivated peanut provides insight into legume karyotypes, polyploid evolution and crop domestication. Nature genetics
- Hotaling, Scott et al. (2019) The rising tide of high-quality genomic resources. Molecular ecology resources
- Kronenberg, Zev N. et al. (2019) Extended haplotype phasing of de novo genome assemblies with FALCON-Phase BioRxiv
- Ananthasayanam, Sudhakar et al. (2019) First near complete haplotype phased genome assembly of River buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) BioRxiv
- Chen, Wenbo et al. (2019) Genome sequence of the corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch). GigaScience
- Zhao, Dongyan et al. (2019) A chromosomal-scale genome assembly of Tectona grandis reveals the importance of tandem gene duplication and enables discovery of genes in natural product biosynthetic pathways. GigaScience
- Beaulaurier, John et al. (2019) Deciphering bacterial epigenomes using modern sequencing technologies. Nature reviews. Genetics
- Masonbrink, Rick et al. (2019) The genome of the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) reveals complex patterns of duplications involved in the evolution of parasitism genes. BMC genomics
- Kingan, Sarah et al. (2019) A high-quality de novo genome assembly from a single mosquito using PacBio sequencing Genes
- Laverty, Kaitlin U et al. (2019) A physical and genetic map of Cannabis sativa identifies extensive rearrangements at the THC/CBD acid synthase loci. Genome research
- Low, Wai Yee et al. (2019) Chromosome-level assembly of the water buffalo genome surpasses human and goat genomes in sequence contiguity. Nature communications
- Ruan, Jue et al. (2019) Fast and accurate long-read assembly with wtdbg2 BioRxiv
- Formenti, Giulio et al. (2019) SMRT long reads and Direct Label and Stain optical maps allow the generation of a high-quality genome assembly for the European barn swallow (Hirundo rustica rustica). GigaScience
- Bell, Zachary W et al. (2019) Urotensin-related gene transcripts mark developmental emergence of the male forebrain vocal control system in songbirds. Scientific reports
- Editorial et al. (2018) A reference standard for genome biology Nature biotechnology
- Wittmeyer, Kameron et al. (2018) The Dominant and Poorly Penetrant Phenotypes of Maize Unstable factor for orange1 Are Caused by DNA Methylation Changes at a Linked Transposon. The Plant cell
- Matthews, Benjamin J et al. (2018) Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control. Nature
- Gong, Gaorui et al. (2018) Chromosomal-level assembly of yellow catfish genome using third-generation DNA sequencing and Hi-C analysis. GigaScience
- Roach, Michael J et al. (2018) Population sequencing reveals clonal diversity and ancestral inbreeding in the grapevine cultivar Chardonnay. PLoS genetics
- Kim, Bo-Mi et al. (2018) The genome of common long-arm octopus Octopus minor. GigaScience
- Koren, Sergey et al. (2018) De novo assembly of haplotype-resolved genomes with trio binning. Nature biotechnology
- Poster: Vierra, M. et al. (2019) Structural variant detection in crops using low-fold coverage long-read sequencing
- Poster: Duncan, Turner et al. (2019) A low DNA input protocol for high-quality PacBio de novo genome assemblies
- Poster: Ekholm, Jenny et al. (2019) Streamlines SMRTbell library generation using addition-only, single tube strategy for all library types reduces time to results
- Poster: Baybayan, Primo et al. (2019) A high-quality de novo genome assembly from a single mosquito using PacBio sequencing
- Poster: Kingan, Sarah B. et al. (2019) A low DNA input protocol for high-quality PacBio de novo genome assemblies from single invertebrate individuals
- Poster: Peluso, Paul et al. (2019) Single molecule high-fidelity (HiFi) Sequencing with >10 kb libraries
- Poster: Blethrow, J. Sisneros, N. et al. (2018) Best practices for whole genome sequencing using the Sequel System
- Poster: Korlach, Jonas et al. (2018) High-quality de novo genome assembly and intra-individual mitochondrial instability in the critically endangered kakapo
- Poster: Heiner, Cheryl et al. (2018) Multiplexed complete microbial genomes on the Sequel System
- Poster: Vierra, Michelle et al. (2018) Characterizing the pan-genome of maize with PacBio SMRT Sequencing
- Poster: Concepion, C., et al. (2018) De novo assembly and preliminary annotation of the Schizocardium californicum genome
- Poster: Concepcion, G., et al. (2018) Structural variant detection in crops using PacBio SMRT Sequencing
- Poster: Kingan, Sarah et al. (2017) A high-quality genome assembly of SMRT sequences reveals long range haplotype structure in the diploid mosquito Aedes aegypti
- Poster: Korlach, Jonas et al. (2017) De novo PacBio long-read assembled avian genomes correct and add to genes important in neuroscience and conservation research
- Poster: Kingan, S. et al. (2017) A high-quality genome assembly of SMRT Sequences reveals long-range haplotype structure in the diploid mosquito Aedes aegypti
- Poster: Warr, A. et al. (2017) High-quality, highly contiguous re-assembly of the pig genome
- Poster: Concepcion, G. et al. (2017) Phased diploid genome assembly with single-molecule real-time sequencing
- Poster: Roach, M. et al. (2016) Assessing diversity and clonal variation of Australia’s grapevine germplasm: Curating the FALCON-Unzip Chardonnay de novo genome assembly
- Poster: Baybayan, Primo et al. (2016) Application specific barcoding strategies for SMRT Sequencing
- Poster: Ranade, Swati et al. (2016) Immune regions are no longer incomprehensible with SMRT Sequencing
- Poster: Seetin, Matthew et al. (2016) Long-read assembly of the Aedes aegypti Aag2 cell line genome resolves ancient endogenous viral elements
- Poster: Heiner, Cheryl et al. (2016) Low-input long-read sequencing for complete microbial genomes and metagenomic community analysis
- Poster: Chin, Jason et al. (2016) Un-zipping diploid genomes – revealing all kinds of heterozygous variants from comprehensive hapltotig assemblies
- Presentation: Chin, Jason et al. (2016) Diploid genome assembly and comprehensive haplotype sequence reconstruction
- Poster: Seetin, Matthew G et al. (2016) Long-read assembly of the Aedes aegypti Aag2 cell line genome resolves ancient endogenous viral elements
- Poster: Muehling, Jill R et al. (2016) SMRT Sequencing of the alala genome
- Poster: Lee, Hayan et al. (2015) The resurgence of reference quality genome
- Poster: Rank, David et al. (2015) Best practices for whole-genome de novo sequencing with long-read SMRT Sequencing.
- Presentation: Schatz, Michael et al. (2015) The resurgence of reference quality genome sequence.
- Presentation: VanBuren, Robert et al. (2015) De novo assembly of a complex panicoid grass genome using ultra-long PacBio reads with P6C4 chemistry
- Presentation: Strickler, Susan R et al. (2015) Genome assembly strategies of the recent polyploid, Coffea arabica.
- Presentation: Wing, Rod A et al. (2015) Old school/new school genome sequencing: One step backward — a quantum leap forward.
- Poster: Karalius, Joseph et al. (2015) Resources for advanced bioinformaticians working in plant and animal genomes with SMRT Sequencing.
- Kingan, Sarah and Carroll, Andrew (2019) Webinar: Variant calling and de novo genome assembly with PacBio HiFi reads
- Kingan, Sarah and McKernan, Kevin (2019) Webinar: Smoking out structural variants in the cannabis genome
- Korlach, Jonas and Garimella, Kiran and Tallon, Luke and McCarthy, Shane (2019) Webinar: Sequence with Confidence – Introducing the Sequel II System
- Fengler, Kevin (2019) PAG Conference: Dawn of the crop pangenome era
- Blethrow, Justin (2019) PAG Conference: How SMRT Sequencing is accelerating plant and animal genomics
- Clark, Andrew (2019) PAG Conference: Reference-quality drosophila genome assemblies for evolutionary analysis of previously inaccessible genomic regions
- Vernes, Sonia (2019) PAG Conference: The Bat1K project: bat genome, biology and implications
- Korlach, Jonas and Corney, Dave (2018) Webinar: A new paradigm in DNA sequencing – Highly accurate single-molecule long reads
- Block, Barbara and Peluso, Paul (2018) Webinar: Assembling high-quality genomes to solve nature’s mysteries
- Smith, Tim (2018) User Group Meeting: Application of genome assembly in Bovinae species
- Korlach, Jonas (2018) User Group Meeting: Low-input workflow for PacBio de novo genome assemblies
- (2018) Educational Video: Step 1 – from sample to sequencing data for de novo assembly
- (2018) Educational Video: Step 2 – de novo assembly of a genome
- Pillai, Nisha (2018) Webinar: A sketch of assembly recipes for PacBio data
- Ballard, Bill (2018) PAG Conference: Domestication: through the canines of a dingo
- Renner, Tanya (2018) PAG Conference: Long-read sequencing reveals complex genomic architecture in independent carnivorous plant lineages
- Williams, John (2018) PAG Conference: Using cattle subspecies crosses to explore chromosome of origin expression through Iso-seq analysis
- Hatas, Emily (2017) Webinar: SMRT Sequencing applications in plant and animal sciences: an overview
- Turner, Stephen (2017) Webinar: An introduction to PacBio’s long-read sequencing & how it has been used to make important scientific discoveries
- Sedlazeck, Fritz (2017) AGBT Virtual Poster: Quantifying the impact of improved genome assemblies on functional genomics
- Jarvis, Erich (2017) PAG PacBio Workshop: Comparative analyses of next generation technologies for generating chromosome-level reference genome assemblies
- Johnson, Rebecca (2017) PAG PacBio Workshop: De novo sequencing of the koala genome
- Matthews, Ben (2017) PAG PacBio Workshop: Genome assembly and molecular genetics of the dengue, yellow fever, and zika vector Aedes aegypti
- Wing, Rod (2017) PAG PacBio Workshop: Introducing 5 new high-quality PacBio genome assemblies for rice to help solve the 10-billion people question
- Korlach, Jonas (2017) PAG PacBio Workshop: SMRT Sequencing for complete genomes
- Application Brief: Whole genome sequencing for de novo assembly – Best Practices (2019)
- SMRT Sequencing Brochure: Delivering highly accurate long reads to drive discovery in life science (2019)
- Application Brief: Structural variant detection using whole genome sequencing – Best Practices (2019)
- PacBio Certified Service Providers (2019)
- Application Note: Low DNA input workflow considerations for de novo genome assembly (2019)
- Product Note: SMRTbell express template prep 2.0 for large-insert libraries (2019)
- Infographic: Gold-standard reference genomes accelerate science (2018)
- De Novo Assembly Brochure: Assembly options for your SMRT Sequencing data (2018)
- Technical Note: Preparing samples for PacBio whole genome sequencing for de novo assembly – Collection and storage (2018)
- Case Study: Pioneering a pan-genome reference collection (2018)
- Case Study: PacBio and Dovetail – For cashew genome, combining technologies yields chromosome-scale assembly (2017)
- Case Study: Breeding a better Cabernet – SMRT Sequencing provides detailed view of grape genome (2016)
- Case Study: First comprehensive view of maize genome reveals regulatory and structural mechanisms (2016)