A $4,000 Workstation for Mammalian Genome Assembly with Long Reads

TL;DR

This paper presents a cost-effective workstation capable of assembling mammalian genomes de novo using long-read sequencing, reducing computational costs significantly.

Contribution

Introduction of an inexpensive workstation that efficiently performs mammalian genome assembly with long reads, making high-quality assembly more accessible.

Findings

Successful de novo assembly of mammalian genomes using the workstation

Assembly achieved at a fraction of traditional computational costs

Demonstrated efficiency and practicality of the workstation for genomics research

Abstract

Long-read sequencing has enabled the de novo assembly of several mammalian genomes, but with high cost in computing. Here, we demonstrated de novo assembly of mammalian genome using long reads in an efficient and inexpensive workstation.