Our paper “A lab in the field: applications of real-time, in situ metagenomic sequencing” is finally out!
https://academic.oup.com/biomethods/article/5/1/bpaa016/5894965
We’ve">https://academic.oup.com/biomethod... prepared a thread with the most amazing places where DNA sequencing has been performed using MinION ( @nanopore)
The Antarctic Dry Valleys. Sarah S. Johnson ( @biosigs) et al. (2017): https://bit.ly/3hVP1Vd 
Photo:">https://bit.ly/3hVP1Vd&q... Sarah S. Johnson
The Arctic and Greenland. Arwyn Edwards et al. (2019): https://bit.ly/31Ri4Ug ">https://bit.ly/31Ri4Ug&q... https://twitter.com/AmaEksi/status/1028254291541336064">https://twitter.com/AmaEksi/s...
This is a brilliant video of @arwynedwards explaining his experience on nanopore sequencing under extreme conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_oo7_36r8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The Canadian high Arctic. Jacqueline Goordial ( @JackieGoordial) et al. (2017): https://bit.ly/3gW37Vh 
Photo:">https://bit.ly/3gW37Vh&q... J. Goordial ( https://bit.ly/3hOUZXJ )">https://bit.ly/3hOUZXJ&q...
Hveragil hot spring gorge (Iceland). Glen-Oliver F. Gowers ( @glen_gowers) et al. (2019): https://bit.ly/2Z1bNDo 
*Figure">https://bit.ly/2Z1bNDo&q... from the original article
Big Pit coal mine (UK). Again Arwyn Edwards ( @arwynedwards) et al. (2017): https://bit.ly/2DsK7A0 

Yes,">https://bit.ly/2DsK7A0&q... you heard well. They performed the sequencing down in the mine! :O

Photo: Big Pit National Coal Museum
International Space Station. Sarah L. Castro-Wallace et al. (2017): https://go.nature.com/3gS9IA4 

Everything">https://go.nature.com/3gS9IA4&q... is explained in this wonderful video: https://bit.ly/3jzfLuQ ">https://bit.ly/3jzfLuQ&q...

Photo: NASA
In fact, Aaron S. Burton ( @ScientistAaronB) et al. (2020) have recently deomnstrated that “an end-to-end, sample-to-sequencer process […] could be conducted entirely aboard the International Space Station (ISS)”: https://bit.ly/32RX3rF ">https://bit.ly/32RX3rF&q...
Mars? Moon Europa?

Well, Christopher E. Carr ( @c_e_carr) et al. (2020) proved that nanopore sequencing also works under microgravity conditions: https://bit.ly/2EX8u9t 

Photo:">https://bit.ly/2EX8u9t&q... NASA
Rainforest (Tanzania). M. Menegon et al. (2017): https://bit.ly/31UaVmc 

Figure">https://bit.ly/31UaVmc&q... from the original article
Chocó rainforest (Ecuador). Aaron Pomerantz ( @AaronPomerantz) et al. (2018): https://bit.ly/3gSc2Hi 

Figure">https://bit.ly/3gSc2Hi&q... from the original article
If you wanna find out more about these and more in-field applications of nanopore sequencing, check out the review!
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