Illumina sequencing platform Hiseq 2500 (Ultra-High-Throughput Sequencing System) Illumina sequencing platform Miseq Microlab STARlet (Hamilton, automatically prepares samples for sequencing) Qiacube (semi-automated extraction and purification of nucleic acids) Microarray scanner (Agilent, Affymetrix) Perkin Elmer Labchip GX (to determine the quality of nucleic acids, can be integrated into automation) Perkin Elmer Labchip DS (to quantify nucleic acids, can be integrated into automation) Agilent Bioanalyzer (to determine the quality of nucleic acids and proteins) Nanodrop (to quantify nucleic acids) Qubit 2.0 (extremely sensitive fluorometric quantification of specific nucleic acids) Covaris M220 Focused-ultrasonicator™ (nucleic acid shearing, active paraffin removal from FFPE tissues)