User-Supplied Consumables and Equipment

Make sure that the following user-supplied consumables are available before beginning a run.

Consumable

Supplier

Purpose

Stock 1.0 N NaOH, molecular biology grade

General Lab supplier

Denaturing sample libraries and PhiX control DNA

Alcohol wipes, 70% Isopropyl

or

Ethanol, 70%

VWR, catalog # 95041-714*

 

General lab supplier

Cleaning the flow cell holder

Disposable gloves, powder-free

General lab supplier

General use

Lab tissue, low-lint

VWR, catalog # 21905-026*

Cleaning the flow cell stage and the foil seal covering the load samples reservoir

Lens paper, 4 x 6 in

VWR, catalog # 52846-001*

Cleaning the flow cell

Microcentrifuge tubes

General lab supplier

Denaturing and diluting sample libraries and PhiX control DNA

MiSeq tubes

Illumina,
part # MS-102-9999

Washing the template line, for use with the VeriSeq PGS workflow (optional for other workflows)

NaOCl, 5%

Sigma-Aldrich, catalog # 239305*

Washing the template line, for use with the VeriSeq PGS workflow (optional for other workflows)

10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5

General lab supplier

Diluting libraries and an optional PhiX control before denaturation.

200 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0

General lab supplier

Neutralizing libraries and an optional PhiX control after denaturation

Tween 20

Sigma-Aldrich, catalog # P7949

Washing the instrument

Tweezers, square-tip plastic (optional)

McMaster-Carr, catalog # 7003A22*

Removing flow cell from flow cell shipping container

Water, laboratory-grade

General lab supplier

Washing the instrument

* or laboratory-grade equivalent