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Genetic chip

Description

Ion Proton PI sequencing chip, with 165 million wells, detects H+ atoms released (pH change) when a nucleotide base is incorporated, the chip converts the pH change into an electronic signal, only takes 4 hours to sequence which is very fast, used for human exome sequencing, by Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA, 2015

Museum reference

T.2016.40.5

Collection

Health

Object name

Genetic chip

Production information

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Maker
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, North America

Date

2015

Exhibitions

  • Explore (08 Jul 2016)
    National Museum of Scotland

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