High density DNA data storage library via dehydration with digital microfluidic retrieval

Sharon Newman; Ashley P. Stephenson; Max Willsey; Bichlien H. Nguyen; Christopher N. Takahashi; Karin Strauss; Luis Ceze

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09517-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

High density DNA data storage library via dehydration with digital microfluidic retrieval

Sharon Newman,
Ashley P. Stephenson,
Max Willsey,
Bichlien H. Nguyen,
Christopher N. Takahashi,
Karin Strauss,
Luis Ceze

Affiliations

Sharon Newman: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Ashley P. Stephenson: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Max Willsey: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Bichlien H. Nguyen: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Christopher N. Takahashi: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Karin Strauss: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Luis Ceze: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09517-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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DNA as a high density storage medium is receiving increasing attention, but long term physical storage is an unsolved problem. Here the authors show that up to 1 TB of data stored as dehydrated DNA spots on a glass cartridge can be retrieved in a spot of water using digital microfluidics with minimal data loss and contamination.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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