NGS STAR- MOA/LSA?

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Hi all,

Can someone enlighten me as to what the differences are between a NGS STAR (LSA) and a NGS STAR (MOA) is?
I’ve seen these LSA/MOA acronyms before, was wondering what this stands for and what these instruments actually are, are they versions with a particular purpose in mind? I’m very familiar with NGS STAR so wanted to query.
Although this is a hardware question and not venus per se, I thought this was a more relevant category to dump this topic in!

Thanks in advance.

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Hi Claire,

I’d be happy to help clarify. At Hamilton, we’re big fans of acronyms and initialisms!

See below for a breakdown and graphic. In brief, LSA pertains to our standard NGS STAR which is lower throughput than the MOA which incorporates the MPH96 and ODTC.

  • LSA: Low Sample Addition
  • MOA: MPH96 + ODTC + Add on
  • SBS: Sequencing By Synthesis (confusing as SBS is often used for Society for Biomolecular Screening)

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Let me know if that helps! The “NGS STAR” platform has evolved over the years so we had to come up with some terminology to distinguish between the different options.

-Eric

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Thanks for the explanation Eric, that now makes sense in the context of the document I’ve seen them in!

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