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Detecting single molecules and
sequencing DNA
Rohan T. Ranasinghe
Director of Studies in Natural Sciences
@RTRanasinghe
https://www.slideshare.net/
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masterclass
The other Director of Studies in Chemistry
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Twitter: @SteveTheChemist and
@theevanslab.
Solexa sequencing
• Invented in 1997 in the
chemistry department by David
Klenerman and Shankar
Balasubramanian
• Developed by a spin-out
company in Saffron Walden
Solexa sequencing
• Invented in 1997 in the
chemistry department by David
Klenerman and Shankar
Balasubramanian
• Developed by a spin-out
company in Saffron Walden
• Sold for £420,000,000 in 2006
Solexa sequencing
• Invented in 1997 in the
chemistry department by David
Klenerman and Shankar
Balasubramanian
• Developed by a spin-out
company in Saffron Walden
The latest version of the DNA sequencer they
invented
(costs about £1,000,000)
• Sold for £420,000,000 in 2006
Locations and timeline
1 mile
Locations and timeline
1 mile
http://www.cambridge
2000.com
Old Cavendish
Laboratory
1953: Discovery of the
structure of DNA
Locations and timeline
1 mile
http://www.cambridge
2000.com
Old Cavendish
Laboratory
1953: Discovery of the
structure of DNA
LMB
1977: Sanger method for
sequencing invented
http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Locations and timeline
1 mile
http://www.cambridge
2000.com
Old Cavendish
Laboratory
1953: Discovery of the
structure of DNA
Sanger
Institute
1993: Work on Human
genome project at the
Sanger starts
Genome Research Ltd.
LMB
1977: Sanger method for
sequencing invented
http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Locations and timeline
1 mile
http://www.cambridge
2000.com
Old Cavendish
Laboratory
1953: Discovery of the
structure of DNA
Chemistry
department
http://www.flickr.com/
photos/shai-
bl/5584629687/sizes/
m/in/photostream/
1997: Work on Solexa method
for sequencing started
Sanger
Institute
1993: Work on Human
genome project at the
Sanger starts
Genome Research Ltd.
LMB
1977: Sanger method for
sequencing invented
http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Structure of DNA
http://www.themicrobiologist.com
Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson
and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind
Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College
London
The key to the structure was base pairing
Structure of DNA
http://www.themicrobiologist.com
Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson
and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind
Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College
London
The key to the structure was base pairing
Structure of DNA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr
/504365411/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson
and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind
Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College
London
The key to the structure was base pairing
Structure of DNA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/major_clanger/
5881631482/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr
/504365411/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson
and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind
Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College
London
The key to the structure was base pairing
Structure of DNA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/major_clanger/
5881631482/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr
/504365411/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson
and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind
Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College
London
The key to the structure was base pairing
The fidelity of the Watson-Crick base pairs and
the double helix structure are the cornerstones of
DNA sequencing and modern forensic science
DNA Sequencing
Why would you want to sequence DNA?
DNA Sequencing
Why would you want to sequence DNA?
A genome contains the information
required to build an organism
DNA Sequencing
Why would you want to sequence DNA?
A genome contains the information
required to build an organism
It’s a long book...
Wikipedia
DNA Sequencing
Why would you want to sequence DNA?
A genome contains the information
required to build an organism
It’s a long book...
~6,000,000,000 (6 ×109)
letters in most of the
~4×1013 cells in a human
Wikipedia
DNA Sequencing
Why would you want to sequence DNA?
A genome contains the information
required to build an organism
It’s a long book...
~6,000,000,000 (6 ×109)
letters in most of the
~4×1013 cells in a human
Distance between base pairs
= 0.34 nm (0.34 ×10-9 m)
Wikipedia
DNA Sequencing
Why would you want to sequence DNA?
A genome contains the information
required to build an organism
It’s a long book...
~6,000,000,000 (6 ×109)
letters in most of the
~4×1013 cells in a human
The DNA in one of your cells would be 2 m long in the B-form structure
Distance between base pairs
= 0.34 nm (0.34 ×10-9 m)
Wikipedia
T
Sanger sequencing
CAGTCAGTCA
GA
C
G
T
A
C
G
TA
C
G
T
AC
Based on copying of DNA:
Genome Research Ltd.
T
Sanger sequencing
CAGTCAGTCA
GA
C
G
T
A
C
G
TA
CG
T
A
C
Based on copying of DNA:
Genome Research Ltd.
T
Sanger sequencing
CAGTCAGTCA
GA
C
G
T
A
C
G
TA
CG
T
A
C
Based on copying of DNA:
Genome Research Ltd.
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
C
C
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
deoxynucleotide
triphosphate
C
C 3’-hydroxyl
group
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
deoxynucleotide
triphosphate
Dye-labelled dideoxynucleotide
triphosphate
C
C 3’-hydroxyl
group
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
deoxynucleotide
triphosphate
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
deoxynucleotide
triphosphate
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Dye-labelled
dideoxynucleotide
triphosphate
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Dye-labelled
dideoxynucleotide
triphosphate
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Sanger sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Sanger sequencing
Copied sequence
Sanger sequencing
Copied sequence
G
C
T
A
C
G
A
T
G
C
T
A
C
G
A
T
G
C
T
A
Original sequence
Sanger sequencing
Copied sequence
G
C
T
A
C
G
A
T
G
C
T
A
C
G
A
T
G
C
T
A
Original sequence
Repeat 6 × 108 times to read genome
(would take another 95.1 years at this speed!)*
*original animation took 5 seconds
The human genome project
Cost: £2,000,000,000
First draft completed: 2000
‘Finished’: 2003
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157909-1
Started: 1989 (in the USA)
The human genome project
Cost: £2,000,000,000
First draft completed: 2000
‘Finished’: 2003
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157909-1
Started: 1989 (in the USA)
“Without a doubt, this is the most important,
most wondrous map ever produced by
humankind” W.J. Clinton, 26/06/2000
The human genome project
Cost: £2,000,000,000
First draft completed: 2000
‘Finished’: 2003
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93425126@N00/43948
34217/in/set-72157623515077498/
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157909-1
Started: 1989 (in the USA)
UK effort on the Human Genome Project largely carried
out in this building in the Sanger Centre
9 Chromosomes were sequenced here (about
a third of the genome)
“Without a doubt, this is the most important,
most wondrous map ever produced by
humankind” W.J. Clinton, 26/06/2000
Solexa sequencing
• Cost to sequence a human
genome: around £700 (compared
to £2,000,000,000)
• Time to sequence a human
genome: less than a day
(compared to 14 years)
• Based on a microscope that can
detect single molecules
https://www.genome.gov/sequencingcosts/
Solexa’s first
sequencer
launched
Illumina
buys
Solexa
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
All images © OCR, 2011-2014
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
All images © OCR, 2011-2014
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
All images © OCR, 2011-2014
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
All images © OCR, 2011-2014
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
All images © OCR, 2011-2014
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
All images © OCR, 2011-2014
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
How many blades of grass on a football pitch?
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
About 200,000,000 or 2×108
How many blades of grass on a football pitch?
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
How many molecules in a vial of water?
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
About 200,000,000 or 2×108
How many blades of grass on a football pitch?
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
18 mL (1 mole) of water contains Avogadro’s
number of molecules: 6.02 ×1023
How many molecules in a vial of water?
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
About 200,000,000 or 2×108
How many blades of grass on a football pitch?
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
18 mL (1 mole) of water contains Avogadro’s
number of molecules: 6.02 ×1023
How many molecules in a vial of water?
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
About 200,000,000 or 2×108
How many blades of grass on a football pitch?
So 1 mole of grass blades would cover
6.02 ×1023 ÷ 2×108 = 3 ×1015 football pitches
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
18 mL (1 mole) of water contains Avogadro’s
number of molecules: 6.02 ×1023
How many molecules in a vial of water?
Looking for a needle in a haystack?
About 200,000,000 or 2×108
How many blades of grass on a football pitch?
So 1 mole of grass blades would cover
6.02 ×1023 ÷ 2×108 = 3 ×1015 football pitches
That’s a lot of haystacks...
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2
Surface area of Earth = 5×108 km2
(1011 football pitches!)
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2
Surface area of Jupiter = 6×1010 km2
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2
Surface area of the Sun
= 6×1012 km2
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2
Surface area of the Sun
= 6×1012 km2
1 mole of grass
blades would
cover the
surface area of
about 2.5 Suns!
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2
Surface area of the Sun
= 6×1012 km2
1 mole of grass
blades would
cover the
surface area of
about 2.5 Suns!
All images: nasa.gov
What’s so impressive about detecting a single
molecule?
Sanger sequencing
Sanger sequencing uses about 2×1010 molecules per 100 letters
Sanger sequencing
Sanger sequencing uses about 2×1010 molecules per 100 letters
Solexa sequencing
Solexa sequencing uses about 103 molecules to read
100 letters
About as many blades of grass as on the penalty spot
Imaging technology: Total Internal Reflection
Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy
Solexa sequencing
Solexa sequencing uses about 103 molecules to read
100 letters
About as many blades of grass as on the penalty spot
Imaging technology: Total Internal Reflection
Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy
Solexa sequencing
https://www.genomicsengland.
co.uk/the-100000-genomes-
project-by-numbers/
Solexa sequencing
Solexa sequencing
© Royal Society of Chemistry publishing
Solexa sequencing
© Royal Society of Chemistry publishing
Solexa sequencing
© Royal Society of Chemistry publishing
Solexa sequencing
© Royal Society of Chemistry publishing Genome Research Ltd.
Solexa sequencing
© Royal Society of Chemistry publishing Genome Research Ltd.
Cost to sequence a human genome:
around £700
Time to sequence a human genome:
less than a day
First African, Asian and giant panda
genomes sequenced
Sanger Institute owns 37 instruments
Solexa sequencing
© Royal Society of Chemistry publishing Genome Research Ltd.
Cost to sequence a human genome:
around £700
Time to sequence a human genome:
less than a day
First African, Asian and giant panda
genomes sequenced
Sanger Institute owns 37 instruments
Solexa sequencing chemistry
deoxynucleotide triphosphate
Dye-labelled dideoxynucleotide
triphosphate
Sanger
Sequencing
Solexa
Sequencing Reversible dye-
terminator
triphosphate
Chemistry of Solexa sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Solexa sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Reversible dye-terminator
Chemistry of Solexa sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Reversible dye-terminator
Chemistry of Solexa sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Chemistry of Solexa sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Triphenyl phosphine
(reacts with azides)
Chemistry of Solexa sequencing
Copied strandTemplate strand
Summary
Summary
The structure of DNA, discovered in 1953 has been crucial to sequencing the human genome
The first human genome was sequenced using Fred Sanger’s method, invented in 1977. The
project ran for 14 years, costing £2 billion
New methods for sequencing use single-molecule detection to dramatically accelerate the
decoding process
One approach using single molecule techniques, invented by Shankar Balasubramanian and
David Klenerman in the chemistry department in 1997 is now widely used for sequencing
worldwide
The cost of sequencing has fallen to £700 and takes less than a day
Summary
The structure of DNA, discovered in 1953 has been crucial to sequencing the human genome
The first human genome was sequenced using Fred Sanger’s method, invented in 1977. The
project ran for 14 years, costing £2 billion
New methods for sequencing use single-molecule detection to dramatically accelerate the
decoding process
One approach using single molecule techniques, invented by Shankar Balasubramanian and
David Klenerman in the chemistry department in 1997 is now widely used for sequencing
worldwide
The cost of sequencing has fallen to £700 and takes less than a day
Is it… chemistry?
Is it… chemistry?
Is it… chemistry?
Chemists
Is it… chemistry?
Molecular Biologists/biochemists
Physicists/Physical Chemists/Engineers
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Detecting and sequencing DNA at the single molecule level

  • 1. Detecting single molecules and sequencing DNA Rohan T. Ranasinghe Director of Studies in Natural Sciences @RTRanasinghe https://www.slideshare.net/ ro26787/stoke-chemistry- masterclass
  • 2. The other Director of Studies in Chemistry Available on: iTunes (https://goo.gl/hwMEFG) SoundCloud (https://goo.gl/s8p8Vd) YouTube (www.youtube.com/channel/UCWv6XjH8pzm WMVuE_pwz1mg) Twitter: @SteveTheChemist and @theevanslab.
  • 3. Solexa sequencing • Invented in 1997 in the chemistry department by David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian • Developed by a spin-out company in Saffron Walden
  • 4. Solexa sequencing • Invented in 1997 in the chemistry department by David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian • Developed by a spin-out company in Saffron Walden • Sold for £420,000,000 in 2006
  • 5. Solexa sequencing • Invented in 1997 in the chemistry department by David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian • Developed by a spin-out company in Saffron Walden The latest version of the DNA sequencer they invented (costs about £1,000,000) • Sold for £420,000,000 in 2006
  • 7. Locations and timeline 1 mile http://www.cambridge 2000.com Old Cavendish Laboratory 1953: Discovery of the structure of DNA
  • 8. Locations and timeline 1 mile http://www.cambridge 2000.com Old Cavendish Laboratory 1953: Discovery of the structure of DNA LMB 1977: Sanger method for sequencing invented http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
  • 9. Locations and timeline 1 mile http://www.cambridge 2000.com Old Cavendish Laboratory 1953: Discovery of the structure of DNA Sanger Institute 1993: Work on Human genome project at the Sanger starts Genome Research Ltd. LMB 1977: Sanger method for sequencing invented http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
  • 10. Locations and timeline 1 mile http://www.cambridge 2000.com Old Cavendish Laboratory 1953: Discovery of the structure of DNA Chemistry department http://www.flickr.com/ photos/shai- bl/5584629687/sizes/ m/in/photostream/ 1997: Work on Solexa method for sequencing started Sanger Institute 1993: Work on Human genome project at the Sanger starts Genome Research Ltd. LMB 1977: Sanger method for sequencing invented http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
  • 11. Structure of DNA http://www.themicrobiologist.com Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College London The key to the structure was base pairing
  • 12. Structure of DNA http://www.themicrobiologist.com Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College London The key to the structure was base pairing
  • 13. Structure of DNA http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr /504365411/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College London The key to the structure was base pairing
  • 14. Structure of DNA http://www.flickr.com/photos/major_clanger/ 5881631482/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr /504365411/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College London The key to the structure was base pairing
  • 15. Structure of DNA http://www.flickr.com/photos/major_clanger/ 5881631482/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr /504365411/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Solved in Cambridge in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick using data collected by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King’s College London The key to the structure was base pairing The fidelity of the Watson-Crick base pairs and the double helix structure are the cornerstones of DNA sequencing and modern forensic science
  • 16. DNA Sequencing Why would you want to sequence DNA?
  • 17. DNA Sequencing Why would you want to sequence DNA? A genome contains the information required to build an organism
  • 18. DNA Sequencing Why would you want to sequence DNA? A genome contains the information required to build an organism It’s a long book... Wikipedia
  • 19. DNA Sequencing Why would you want to sequence DNA? A genome contains the information required to build an organism It’s a long book... ~6,000,000,000 (6 ×109) letters in most of the ~4×1013 cells in a human Wikipedia
  • 20. DNA Sequencing Why would you want to sequence DNA? A genome contains the information required to build an organism It’s a long book... ~6,000,000,000 (6 ×109) letters in most of the ~4×1013 cells in a human Distance between base pairs = 0.34 nm (0.34 ×10-9 m) Wikipedia
  • 21. DNA Sequencing Why would you want to sequence DNA? A genome contains the information required to build an organism It’s a long book... ~6,000,000,000 (6 ×109) letters in most of the ~4×1013 cells in a human The DNA in one of your cells would be 2 m long in the B-form structure Distance between base pairs = 0.34 nm (0.34 ×10-9 m) Wikipedia
  • 25. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing C C
  • 26. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing deoxynucleotide triphosphate C C 3’-hydroxyl group
  • 27. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing deoxynucleotide triphosphate Dye-labelled dideoxynucleotide triphosphate C C 3’-hydroxyl group
  • 28. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 29. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing deoxynucleotide triphosphate Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 30. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing deoxynucleotide triphosphate Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 31. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 32. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 33. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 34. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 35. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 36. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Dye-labelled dideoxynucleotide triphosphate Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 37. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Dye-labelled dideoxynucleotide triphosphate Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 38. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 39. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 40. Chemistry of Sanger sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 43. Sanger sequencing Copied sequence G C T A C G A T G C T A C G A T G C T A Original sequence Repeat 6 × 108 times to read genome (would take another 95.1 years at this speed!)* *original animation took 5 seconds
  • 44. The human genome project Cost: £2,000,000,000 First draft completed: 2000 ‘Finished’: 2003 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157909-1 Started: 1989 (in the USA)
  • 45. The human genome project Cost: £2,000,000,000 First draft completed: 2000 ‘Finished’: 2003 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157909-1 Started: 1989 (in the USA) “Without a doubt, this is the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by humankind” W.J. Clinton, 26/06/2000
  • 46. The human genome project Cost: £2,000,000,000 First draft completed: 2000 ‘Finished’: 2003 http://www.flickr.com/photos/93425126@N00/43948 34217/in/set-72157623515077498/ http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157909-1 Started: 1989 (in the USA) UK effort on the Human Genome Project largely carried out in this building in the Sanger Centre 9 Chromosomes were sequenced here (about a third of the genome) “Without a doubt, this is the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by humankind” W.J. Clinton, 26/06/2000
  • 47. Solexa sequencing • Cost to sequence a human genome: around £700 (compared to £2,000,000,000) • Time to sequence a human genome: less than a day (compared to 14 years) • Based on a microscope that can detect single molecules https://www.genome.gov/sequencingcosts/ Solexa’s first sequencer launched Illumina buys Solexa
  • 48. What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule? All images © OCR, 2011-2014
  • 49. What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule? All images © OCR, 2011-2014
  • 50. What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule? All images © OCR, 2011-2014
  • 51. What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule? All images © OCR, 2011-2014
  • 52. What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule? All images © OCR, 2011-2014
  • 53. What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule? All images © OCR, 2011-2014
  • 54. Looking for a needle in a haystack? What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 55. Looking for a needle in a haystack? How many blades of grass on a football pitch? What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 56. Looking for a needle in a haystack? About 200,000,000 or 2×108 How many blades of grass on a football pitch? What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 57. How many molecules in a vial of water? Looking for a needle in a haystack? About 200,000,000 or 2×108 How many blades of grass on a football pitch? What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 58. 18 mL (1 mole) of water contains Avogadro’s number of molecules: 6.02 ×1023 How many molecules in a vial of water? Looking for a needle in a haystack? About 200,000,000 or 2×108 How many blades of grass on a football pitch? What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 59. 18 mL (1 mole) of water contains Avogadro’s number of molecules: 6.02 ×1023 How many molecules in a vial of water? Looking for a needle in a haystack? About 200,000,000 or 2×108 How many blades of grass on a football pitch? So 1 mole of grass blades would cover 6.02 ×1023 ÷ 2×108 = 3 ×1015 football pitches What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 60. 18 mL (1 mole) of water contains Avogadro’s number of molecules: 6.02 ×1023 How many molecules in a vial of water? Looking for a needle in a haystack? About 200,000,000 or 2×108 How many blades of grass on a football pitch? So 1 mole of grass blades would cover 6.02 ×1023 ÷ 2×108 = 3 ×1015 football pitches That’s a lot of haystacks... What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 61. 1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2 What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 62. 1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2 Surface area of Earth = 5×108 km2 (1011 football pitches!) What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 63. 1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2 Surface area of Jupiter = 6×1010 km2 What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 64. 1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2 Surface area of the Sun = 6×1012 km2 What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 65. 1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2 Surface area of the Sun = 6×1012 km2 1 mole of grass blades would cover the surface area of about 2.5 Suns! What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 66. 1 mole of grass blades = 3×1015 football pitches = 15×1012 km2 Surface area of the Sun = 6×1012 km2 1 mole of grass blades would cover the surface area of about 2.5 Suns! All images: nasa.gov What’s so impressive about detecting a single molecule?
  • 67. Sanger sequencing Sanger sequencing uses about 2×1010 molecules per 100 letters
  • 68. Sanger sequencing Sanger sequencing uses about 2×1010 molecules per 100 letters
  • 69. Solexa sequencing Solexa sequencing uses about 103 molecules to read 100 letters About as many blades of grass as on the penalty spot Imaging technology: Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy
  • 70. Solexa sequencing Solexa sequencing uses about 103 molecules to read 100 letters About as many blades of grass as on the penalty spot Imaging technology: Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy
  • 73. Solexa sequencing © Royal Society of Chemistry publishing
  • 74. Solexa sequencing © Royal Society of Chemistry publishing
  • 75. Solexa sequencing © Royal Society of Chemistry publishing
  • 76. Solexa sequencing © Royal Society of Chemistry publishing Genome Research Ltd.
  • 77. Solexa sequencing © Royal Society of Chemistry publishing Genome Research Ltd. Cost to sequence a human genome: around £700 Time to sequence a human genome: less than a day First African, Asian and giant panda genomes sequenced Sanger Institute owns 37 instruments
  • 78. Solexa sequencing © Royal Society of Chemistry publishing Genome Research Ltd. Cost to sequence a human genome: around £700 Time to sequence a human genome: less than a day First African, Asian and giant panda genomes sequenced Sanger Institute owns 37 instruments
  • 79. Solexa sequencing chemistry deoxynucleotide triphosphate Dye-labelled dideoxynucleotide triphosphate Sanger Sequencing Solexa Sequencing Reversible dye- terminator triphosphate
  • 80. Chemistry of Solexa sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 81. Chemistry of Solexa sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand Reversible dye-terminator
  • 82. Chemistry of Solexa sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand Reversible dye-terminator
  • 83. Chemistry of Solexa sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 84. Chemistry of Solexa sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand Triphenyl phosphine (reacts with azides)
  • 85. Chemistry of Solexa sequencing Copied strandTemplate strand
  • 87. Summary The structure of DNA, discovered in 1953 has been crucial to sequencing the human genome The first human genome was sequenced using Fred Sanger’s method, invented in 1977. The project ran for 14 years, costing £2 billion New methods for sequencing use single-molecule detection to dramatically accelerate the decoding process One approach using single molecule techniques, invented by Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman in the chemistry department in 1997 is now widely used for sequencing worldwide The cost of sequencing has fallen to £700 and takes less than a day
  • 88. Summary The structure of DNA, discovered in 1953 has been crucial to sequencing the human genome The first human genome was sequenced using Fred Sanger’s method, invented in 1977. The project ran for 14 years, costing £2 billion New methods for sequencing use single-molecule detection to dramatically accelerate the decoding process One approach using single molecule techniques, invented by Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman in the chemistry department in 1997 is now widely used for sequencing worldwide The cost of sequencing has fallen to £700 and takes less than a day
  • 92. Chemists Is it… chemistry? Molecular Biologists/biochemists Physicists/Physical Chemists/Engineers Software engineers/ bioinformaticians