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Mouse Brain Section (Coronal)

Spatial Gene Expression dataset analyzed using Space Ranger 1.0.0

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10x Genomics obtained fresh frozen mouse brain tissue from BioIVT Asterand. The tissue was embedded and cryosectioned as described in Visium Spatial Protocols - Tissue Preparation Guide Demonstrated Protocol (CG000240). Tissue sections of 10 µm thickness from a slice of the coronal plane were placed on Visium Gene Expression slides, then stained following the Methanol Fixation, H&E Staining & Imaging Demonstrated Protocol (CG000160).

  • Sex: Male
  • Age: >8 weeks
  • Strain: C57BL/6
  • Section Orientation: Coronal

The slide was coverslipped and the H&E image acquired using a Nikon Ti2-E microscope with the following settings:

  • Color camera
  • 10X objective
  • Numerical Aperture: 0.45
  • Exposure: 2 ms
  • Gain: 4.5X

The Visium Spatial Gene Expression libraries were prepared following the Visium Spatial Gene Expression Reagent Kits User Guide (CG000239 Rev A).

  • Sequencing instrument: Illumina NovaSeq 6000
  • Sequencing depth: 115,740 reads per spot
  • Sequencing configuration: Paired-end (28 X 90), Dual-Indexed Sequencing. Read 1: 28bp read 1 (16bp Visium spatial barcode, 12bp UMI), Read 2: 120bp (transcript), 10bp i7 sample barcode and 10bp i5 sample barcode
  • Dual-index set T1T2-E3
  • Slide: V19L01-041
  • Area: C1

Key cell metrics were:

  • Spots detected under tissue: 2,698
  • Median UMI counts per spot: 27,198
  • Median genes per spot: 5,798

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