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GridION Q

On-demand sequencing for applied purposes.

ISO9001-qualified Q-Line GridION sequencing device from Oxford Nanopore delivers all of the benefits of real-time, on-demand Oxford Nanopore sequencing in a fixed configuration and standardised format — enabling the implementation of routine, long-term workflows for in-house validated assays.

GridION Q-Line

Is Q-Line right for me?

Fixed configuration Q-Line products are suitable for all long-term, internally validated sequencing workflows where rapid and reliable results are required, including:

Pharmaceutical research

Clinical research

Veterinary diagnostics

Environmental monitoring

Outbreak surveillance


Sequencing devices

GridION Q

A fixed configuration version of the powerful and flexible benchtop Oxford Nanopore sequencing system with integrated compute and Q-Line software.

With the capacity to run five independent MinION Flow Cells on demand, the GridION Q offers the same flexibility and specification as the established GridION platform, but with fixed software and chemistry updates — allowing users to setup robust, long-term, in-house validated sequencing workflows. Integrated high-performance GPUs provide streamlined and real-time data analysis

GridION Q Front Black

Library preparation

Q-Line Ligation Kit

Q-Line Ligation Sequencing Kit

A versatile library preparation kit combining high sequencing yield and control over read length with streamlined, automatable processing.

Q-Line Native Barcoding kit

Q-Line Native Barcoding Expansion

Enabling up to 24 samples to be run on a single flow cell, this kit allows maximum data generation and lowers the cost per sample. As PCR is not required, samples can be multiplexed without loss of base modification information.

Q-Line wash kit

Q-Line Flow Cell Wash Kit

This kit enables you to wash and reuse flow cells for multiple successive runs, maximising your sequence data across the life of the flow cell.

Cas9 Kit

Q-Line Cas9 Sequencing Kit

This kit offers comprehensive targeted sequencing of genomic regions using CRISPR-Cas9 — empowering you in regulated environments to verify both on- and off-target editing events in cell lines. As an alternative to targeted locus amplification (TLA), which has difficulty with off-target detection and structural variant identification, this kit offers long read lengths spanning insertion sites and does not require primers or amplification.

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