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With PacBio long reads you can easily and cost-effectively sequence the full length of amplicons that target genes or regions of interest, from several hundred base pairs to kilobase scale. Highly accurate HiFi reads allow you to target across types of variation, from single nucleotide variants and indels, to structural variants. It also enables unambiguous haplotype resolution through direct phasing. HiFi sequencing can reveal biology that other technologies miss, like low-complexity regions, repeat expansions, GC-rich promoter regions, and insertion sites of transposable elements.

A streamlined targeted sequencing approach for existing PCR assays is to use indexed SMRTbell adapters. With the automated HiFi plex prep kit, prepare individual SMRTbell libraries for each sample, pool, and sequence on one SMRT Cell.

With highly accurate long reads (HiFi reads), powered by Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) sequencing technology, you can more comprehensively validate gene editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 approaches.

Affordably scale your HiFi sequencing with SPRQ-Nx chemistry to generate more complete genomes, full-length transcriptomes, and metagenomes, while detecting more variant types and direct methylation. Achieve greater resolution in your projects with the exceptional HiFi accuracy of 90% of bases at Q30+. Enjoy on-instrument primary analysis with automatic conversion to the standard BAM format – so you can make meaningful insights faster.

Sequencing has become an integral part of the biopharma research and development process and enhances our understanding of the molecular determinants of health and disease. Whether you are conducting research on novel potential drug targets, biomarkers, or therapeutics such as gene therapies, PacBio® offers highly accurate sequencing solutions across its portfolio that can improve your chances of success and may reduce your time to market.

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Unravel the complexity of plant and animal biology for any species with HiFi sequencing. Discover more about species and populations with more accurate genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes.

Unravel the complexity of plant and animal genomes with HiFi sequencing to harness agrigenomics insights for breeding, crop protection, and genome engineering.

PacBio® provides cutting-edge sequencing that allows scientists to unlock the genetic diversity of all species on earth. These tools can fuel discoveries in agriculture, biodiversity, and environmental health, and build toward a sustainable future.

The Revio™ system empowers HiFi sequencing. It adds affordability, high throughput, and ease of use to a foundation of long reads, exceptional accuracy, and direct methylation detection.

See it all with HiFi sequencing on the Revio™ system

With an average of eight complete genes per HiFi read, PacBio® data provides rich functional information; nearly every read contributes to the understanding of the biological functions present in the microbial community

Accurate and flexible HiFi solutions for metagenomics and microbiome sequencing allow researchers to study microbes and microbial communities in high resolution without the need for culturing.

Detect, track, and characterize pathogens to a new standard of completeness and precision. PacBio® solutions offer unmatched accuracy and long read lengths to support a wide range of pathogen surveillance applications.

PacBio in collaboration with Covaris has developed a workflow that enables extraction, preparation, and sequencing of FFPE-derived DNA for HiFi sequencing. This approach overcomes traditional limitations and unlocks FFPE samples for high-resolution, long-read genomic analysis.