A platform as diverse as your cells
The Chromium Single Cell platform was designed to help make single cell studies accessible, approachable, and easy for everyone. Versatile assays are part of end-to-end workflows that combine with user-friendly instruments for efficient cell partitioning and barcoding, plus intuitive software for data analysis.
Characterize cellular diversity in fresh, frozen, and fixed samples
Capture cellular heterogeneity, discover rare cell types and states, and reveal disease-associated cell types with assays that are compatible with a wide range of species and sample types.
Analyze 1 to 128 samples or up to a million cells per run
Our instruments let you scale your profiling workflow to fit your throughput needs, whether you’re running pilot studies or million-cell experiments.
Go beyond RNA: capture chromatin accessibility, protein and more
Get a more complete picture of your samples with RNA, chromatin, cell surface protein, CRISPR edits, and multiomic assays that profile multiple analytes of interest.
Easy, intuitive data analysis
No matter your single cell study, our powerful, included software makes your analysis simple, even for ambitious projects—no bioinformatics expertise necessary!
One platform, multiple approaches
The Chromium platform was designed to offer easy, high-throughput analyses of multiple analytes and sample types. The result is a selection of powerful assays that enable comprehensive characterization of cellular diversity.
Which single cell assay is right for you?
Use this interactive tool to get started. Answer questions about your experimental setup, including species, sample types, and cellular features to determine which Chromium assay best fits your research needs.
- Maximize efficiency and reduce handling with the ability to partition and barcode cells in just 6 minutes.
- Choose your scale with throughput capacity to easily handle everything from pilot studies to million-cell experiments.
- Access our full suite of single cell assays, including Gene Expression Flex, with protocols for fresh, frozen, and fixed samples.
The Chromium X Series
The most flexible way to single cell
Intuitive analysis software
How can you best approach the wealth of information that awaits in your single cell data? We’ve built a suite of software tools to make processing and analysis easier, even without bioinformatics experience. Access to our software applications for data analysis and visualization is included with your Chromium assays.
Align reads and process data with Cell Ranger
Cell Ranger is a set of free end-to-end analysis pipelines for processing Chromium Single Cell data. Start here to align reads, generate feature-barcode matrices, perform clustering, and enable secondary analysis.
Inspect clusters and examine expression patterns
After running Cell Ranger, explore your results using the interactive Loupe Browser desktop software. Loupe Browser allows you to examine gene expression patterns and multiomic data, and is free to install and use.
Accelerate time to results using our fast cloud infrastructure
Cloud Analysis is a web platform for processing and analyzing 10x Genomics datasets, enabling quick and easy access to Cell Ranger pipelines from your web browser.
Currently available only in the United States and Canada.
Compare assays side by side
Assay | Single Cell Gene Expression Flex | Single Cell Gene Expression | Single Cell Immune Profiling | Single Cell Multiome | Single Cell ATAC |
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Description | Our most sensitive whole transcriptome gene expression, compatible with fresh or fixed samples (including FFPE), with flexibility to fix, batch, and run samples on your schedule | A versatile solution providing 3’ gene expression with options for multiomic analysis | Comprehensive analysis of immune diversity, combining 5’ gene expression with multiomic profiling | Single cell profiling of open chromatin and 3' gene expression from the same nucleus | Single cell profiling of open chromatin alone |
Additional cellular features | Cell Surface Protein |
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Species compatibility | Human and mouse | Demonstrated on multiple species, including human, mouse, and rat |
| Demonstrated on multiple species, including human and mouse | Demonstrated on multiple species, including human and mouse |
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Workflow options | Built-in sample multiplexing | Sample multiplexing Walkaway automation on Chromium Connect (for select workflows) | Walkaway automation on Chromium Connect (for select workflows) | N/A | N/A |
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| Standard: up to 80,000 nuclei per run | Standard: up to 80,000 nuclei per run |
Build on your single cell foundations with complementary technologies
Expand your Chromium insights by mapping single cell profiles within the tissue context using Visium, or deepen your understanding of specific targets using Xenium subcellular precision. Seamlessly move back and forth between multiomic single cell, spatial, and/or subcellular resolution.
Visium Spatial
Assess spatial gene expression of FFPE or fresh frozen tissue sections. Harness whole transcriptome discovery while defining the relationship between cellular function and location.Learn about Visium
Xenium In Situ
Localize hundreds of single-molecule RNA targets with subcellular resolution in tissue sections. Refine and validate biological insights revealed through single cell and spatial analyses.Learn about Xenium