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title: "Guidelines"
search_description: "Start your project"
published: 2025-02-21 12:52:59.021871+00:00
locale: "en"
---

# Guidelines

### Start your project in 5 steps!

1.  Enquire through our [contact form](/igatech/contacts.md) and receive consultancy for the best solutions
2.  Review your quotation on the [**CUSTOMER-PORTAL**](http://customer-portal.igatechnology.com). You will be notified when it's ready
3.  Access sample guidelines on the [**CUSTOMER-PORTAL**](http://customer-portal.igatechnology.com) for your application
4. Attach a PO and activate your project on the [**CUSTOMER-PORTAL**](http://customer-portal.igatechnology.com)
5. Fill-in the **shipment page** with a **SAMPLE SPREADSHEET** and follow packaging [GUIDELINES](https://igatechnology.com/documents/9/SHIPPING_AND_PACKAGING_GUIDELINES.pdf)

### Follow your project via CUSTOMER-PORTAL

1. **Receive notification**  on sample arrival and their conditions
2. **Get QC results** and contact details if samples are out-of-specification
3. **Monitor results availability** and receive notifications
4. **Download** your data by following the [video guide](https://youtu.be/4ZlxLDtsS8U)

## Sample Requirements

- [Hi-C_sample_requirements.pdf](/documents/154/Hi-C_sample_requirements.pdf)
- [DNA-Seq_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/123/DNA-Seq_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v06.pdf)
- [Metagenomics_Metatranscriptomics_Sample_prep_guidelines.pdf](/documents/145/Metagenomics_and_Metatranscriptomics_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v01.pdf)
- [Biomaterial_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/118/Biomaterial_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v07.pdf)
- [ChIP-seq_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/120/ChIP-seq_Sample_preparation_guidelines_V4.pdf)
- [Custom-Libraries-Element-Bioscience.pdf](/documents/121/Custom-Libraries-Element-Bioscience_preparation_guidelines_v2.pdf)
- [Custom-Libraries-Illumina.pdf](/documents/122/Custom-Libraries-Illumina_preparation_guidelines_v3.pdf)
- [Genotyping_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/124/Genotiyng_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v04.pdf)
- [Long-reads-DNA_Sequencing_preparation.pdf](/documents/125/Long-reads-DNA_Sequencing_preparation_guidelines_v1.pdf)
- [Bisulfite-Enzymatic-Methylation-Seq_Sample_Preparation.pdf](/documents/152/Bisulfite-Enzymatic-Methylation-Seq_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v01.pdf)
- [Metabarcoding_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/126/Metabarcoding_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v07.pdf)
- [Single-Cell_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/127/Single-Cell_Sample_preparation_guidelines_V4.pdf)
- [Stool_samples_preparation.pdf](/documents/128/Stool_samples_preparation_guidelines_v04.pdf)
- [Target-Seq_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/129/Target-Seq_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v04.pdf)
- [ATAC-seq_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/153/ATAC-seq_Sample_preparation_guidelines_v01.pdf)
- [Transcriptomics_Sample_preparation.pdf](/documents/130/Transcriptomics_Sample_preparation_guidelines_V7.pdf)

## Spreadsheets

- [Biomaterial-Samples-Spreadsheet.xlsx](/documents/136/M07_20_Biomaterial-Samples-Spreadsheet.xlsx)
- [Samples-Spreadsheet-Metabarcoding.xlsx](/documents/133/M07_17_rev00_Samples-Spreadsheet-Metabarcoding_Q.xlsx)
- [Libraries-Spreadsheet.xlsx](/documents/134/M07_18_Libraries-Spreadsheet_v8.xlsx)
- [Samples-Spreadsheet_v8.xlsx](/documents/132/M07_04_Samples-Spreadsheet_v8.xlsx)
- [single-cell RNA-Samples-Spreadsheet.xlsx](/documents/135/M07_19_scRNA-Samples-Spreadsheet_v0.xlsx)

## Terms and Conditions

- [Privacy Information.pdf](/documents/12/Privacy_Information_rev00.pdf)
- [Human samples clearance.pdf](/documents/13/__Human-samples_clearance.pdf)
- [Shipping and Packaging Guidelines.pdf](/documents/9/SHIPPING_AND_PACKAGING_GUIDELINES.pdf)
- [rev05 Terms and Conditions.pdf](/documents/137/__M12_01_rev05_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf)