{"id":17656,"date":"2025-08-23T04:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/17656\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T04:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:44:09","slug":"n6-announces-strategic-partnership-with-seqcenter-to-deliver-unmatched-data-quality-in-metagenomics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/17656\/","title":{"rendered":"n6\u2122 announces strategic partnership with SeqCenter to deliver unmatched data quality in metagenomics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>n6 is proud to announce a strategic partnership with\u00a0SeqCenter, who is launching a groundbreaking full-length 16S sequencing service at FEMS Micro. This collaboration leverages\u00a0n6&#8217;s iconPCR\u2122\u00a0technology to empower researchers with superior data quality, reproducibility, and streamlined workflows, making advanced microbiome research accessible to all. n6 is excited to support SeqCenter in setting a new standard for microbiome analysis and to showcase the transformative potential of iconPCR in next-generation sequencing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why this partnership matters for researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Reduced chimeras, minimized bias:<\/strong>\u00a0iconPCR\u00a0dramatically reduces chimeric sequences\u00a0and amplification bias, delivering results that accurately reflect the microbial landscape of every sample.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full-length 16S resolution:<\/strong>\u00a0Leveraging PacBio long-read sequencing, SeqCenter now offers species- and strain-level taxonomic resolution, far surpassing short-read methods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consistent, reproducible results:<\/strong>\u00a0Studies show iconPCR-prepared libraries retain more high-confidence reads, detect up to 10\u00d7 more unique amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), and achieve tighter clustering in diversity analyses, demonstrating robust and reliable performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automated, streamlined workflow:<\/strong>\u00a0With automated normalization and pooling, researchers simply send samples and receive actionable insights, reducing hands-on time and minimizing manual errors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Turnkey solution:<\/strong>\u00a0SeqCenter manages the entire process, from sample intake to comprehensive analysis, making advanced microbiome profiling accessible to all researchers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A partnership for all NGS workflows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The n6 and SeqCenter collaboration is not limited to full-length 16S sequencing. Any next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow where data quality is paramount can benefit from iconPCR&#8217;s transformative capabilities\u2014including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/life-sciences\/What-is-Metagenomics.aspx\" class=\"linked-term\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">metagenomics<\/a>, environmental, clinical, and industrial applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet the experts at FEMS micro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attendees of FEMS Micro are invited to visit SeqCenter at booth 31 to learn more about this innovative workflow and discover how n6 and SeqCenter are setting a new benchmark for data quality in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/health\/What-is-the-Microbiome.aspx\" class=\"linked-term\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">microbiome<\/a> research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"n6 is proud to announce a strategic partnership with\u00a0SeqCenter, who is launching a groundbreaking full-length 16S sequencing service&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,1870,15764,6106,172,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-17656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-metagenomics","12":"tag-micro","13":"tag-microbiome","14":"tag-research","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}