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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: AU
The S5 allows us to approach any of our end user's project with ease.
Application Area:NGS
"Very versatile targeted sequencing platform. Perfect for a multi-user facility. Support for panel design especially detailed and simplified. "
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ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Unigersität Wien
Great instrument, enabling us to get great results with less effort.
Application Area:Genetics
"Next generation sequencing is a methodology that enables rapid sequencing of the base pairs in DNA or RNA samples. With this device we have benefited from an easier workflow in our lab, and thanks to Thermo Fisher we have ION NGS that is helping us and supporting a broad range of applications, chromosome counting, etc."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: Junagadh Agricultural University
Very good instrument
Application Area:Genomic Plant
"Easy to use and gives sufficient high quality data for a low cost."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: UMass Medical School
It took a lot of tuning, but now it sequences full-length immune repertoires.
Application Area:Immune repertoire sequencing
"I purchased an Ion Torrent PGM for immune repertoire sequencing. The application was not supported, but I was attracted to the PGM platform because it was the only one at the time offering reads longer than 400 bases. A couple of years later Ion developed 500 base chemistry. The whole process is much faster than Illumina, although the throughput is lower. There is no need to put pair mates together and the read quality is not bad. It took a long time to adapt the existing protocols for immune repertoire sequencing, but the results were pretty good."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Italian police service
Great results, Perfect tool
Application Area:forensic genetics
"Tool that can change the world of forensic genetics. It can allow us to analyze complex mixtures directly and clearly. In the near future human identification will be possible from samples that today we can not imagine."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Supratech Micropath Lab
Scalable for various applications, Superior in terms of data quality and accuracy, Sound in performance, Simply the best, Solid system ever= Ion S5 System
Application Area:Molecular diagnosis and reaserch
"Ion S5 System is very robust system, very much easy to handle instrument, no tension of data loss, very good and high quality data obtain for various applications on single instrument and thus it become a good value for money, superb after sales service for the one year no tension at all."
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Neurogeneration
Good machine for next generation sequencing.
Application Area:Targeted sequencing of expression of genes of interest
"It enables the production of high quality sequencing data in as little as 2.5 hours and enables you to go from DNA library to data in 24 hours with only 45 minutes of total hands-on time on the system. Very good customer support."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Junagadh Agricultural University
This instrument has good high quality output with little effort for its running.
Application Area:Genome sequencing, transcriptome sequencing and metagenomics
"Yes, I would recommend this instrument for the labs working on genomics, transcriptomics and metagenomics. The work flow is easy and hardly requires any expertise for its running. I got higher output for genome sequencing than claimed by the company. The sequencing time is also less. "
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: MSA University
Flexible NGS machine with high quality results.
Application Area:Detection of mutations associated with genetic disorders
"High quality results, very effective, flexible, many quality check points, easy to use. "
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Supratech Micropath Lab
Simple to handle, superior in terms of quality of data.
Application Area:For Whole Genome Sequencing, Transcriptome Study, Metagenome Study, NIPT, PGS And Custom Disease
"Yes, the system is very robust now easy to handle it, previously the biggest issue with this kind of chemistry systems are pH of water and reagents made from it and temperature as well as pressure now totally removed from system, also get good quality data with enough space on chip sets they offer to us, I must recommend to NGS users and New users think for NGS."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: AFRL
Best sequencer at a reasonable price
Application Area:Sequencing for research
"Best and fastest DNA sequencing I've ever had. Just as simple as any other sequencer to use. Thermo Fisher continues to be the best in class."
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health
Size saves valuable bench space and turnaround time can be done in as little as 24 hours.
Application Area:FFPE tissue sequencing
"This machine is easy to use given its simple interface. It takes about 20 minutes of user time to set-up a sequencing run. Larger sample sizes are less of a concern since small amounts of FFPE DNA sample can be used. The website contains good product information as well as several FAQ's to help with troubleshooting. Basic training is included and additional training is available for a fee either on or offsite."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Active Motif
Easy and fast to use.
Application Area:Mostly ChIP-seq but also RNA-seq/Dnase-seq etc.
"Easy and fast to use, high quality results in short time, definitely a contender to Illumina! Although the Illumina NGS instruments are the most popular I believe this Ion Torrent is a strong competitor with high quality sequencing results in a short time frame!"
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: University of Connecticut
Great Product. Definitely recommend its use.
Application Area:Simple targeted sequencing.
"High quality output. Very easy to use. Highly recommended. Price could be lower, but the results are great and its very user-friendly."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: Junagadh Agricultural University
Good product and easy to use
Application Area:Genomics, Transcriptomics
"Got high quality results, use of this instrument is very simple."
The Ion S5™ next-generation sequencing system enables a simple targeted sequencing workflow for your lab at an affordable price, without compromising on performance or reliability.
The Ion S5 System leverages the speed of semiconductor sequencing with impressive on-board computing power, to enable the production of high quality sequencing data in as little as 2.5 hours and enable you to go from DNA library to data in as little as 24 hours with only 45 minutes of total hands-on time on the Ion Chef™ System and the Ion S5 System. The Ion S5 System is simple to use with cartridge-based reagents and offers superior scalability and throughput flexibility to support a broad range of sequencing applications, from microbial genomes and gene panels to exomes and transcriptomes, using our 5 Series chips.
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Manufacturer Thermo Fisher Scientific | Available Worldwide
4.3 / 5.0 | 16 reviews