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How long can you store a MinION flow cell after washing?

Collince Becky  Follow

A flow cell may operate for up to 72 hours (under ideal circumstances), and the user can select to run continuously or run, stop, wash, and load a new sample until the buffer and nanopores are depleted.
We wouldn't keep refrigerated colonies in the lab for more than two to three weeks.
Please go through - https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.06.274746


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David Byrden  Follow

1) How long can you store unopened flow cells in the fridge?
>> There are instructions from the manufacturer available for the product and instructions about storage. Just follow them. If stored frozen, can be stored for quite a long duration.
2) How long can you store a flow cell in the fridge after washing?
>> Same as above. There is no general or universal consensus for this. It all depends on the skills of user and usage itself. And flow cell can be used as long as the pores are alive. Of course, reuse will not give you efficiency and accuracy as fresh/new flow cell.
3) Are there differences in performance between R9 and R10 flow cells?
>> For example: https://omixon-download.s3.amazonaws.com/Posters/Poster+-+Challenges+and+Promises+of+Nanopore+Sequencing+Based+HLA+Genotyping.pdf

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