{"id":719,"date":"2023-10-18T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/long-read-sequencing-a-major-ally-in-improving-the-accuracy-of-your-genomic-analysis\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:11:35","slug":"long-read-sequencing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/genomic-services\/sequencing\/next-generation-sequencing-ngs\/long-read-sequencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Long read sequencing &#8211; A major ally in improving the accuracy of your genomic analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">Long-read sequencing, also known as <strong>Single Molecule Sequencing (SMS)<\/strong>, is at the core of <strong>3rd generation sequencing<\/strong>.Powered by <strong>Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and Pacific Biosciences (PacBio)<\/strong>, this 3rd generation technology enables the sequencing of large DNA or RNA fragments (theoretically infinite), whereas short-read technologies were limited to fragments of up to 600bp. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-04478499 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-elementor-28-fc-130-color has-elementor-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:contact@genoscreen.fr?subject=(Long%20Read)\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">Let&#8217;s discuss your project<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">When should long read sequencing be used?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"228\">In 2022, GenoScreen was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/english\/genoscreen\/news\/news-genoscreen-corporate\/genoscreen-becomes-a-certified-service-provider-by-oxford-nanopore-technologies\/\">certified as a service provider by Oxford Nanopore Technologies<\/a><\/strong>. 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