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The NovaSeq X is NOT Super-Resolution?

The NovaSeq X is NOT Super-Resolution?

Aug 24, 2024
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In yesterday’s post I wrote that it seems likely that the super-resolution technology from the NextSeq 2000 was migrated to the NovaSeq X. Someone on the Discord said they didn’t think this was the case, so I went hunting further…

Illumina themselves have stated that the NovaSeq X has “ our highest-resolution optics”1. They also say that the X has 320% higher density than the 6000. Which would put it near NextSeq 2000 density:

However,

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