Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Agreements for product and product-related services revenue, description			The Company’s agreements for product and product-related services revenue have an expected duration of one year or less
Revenue recognized			$ 731,875	$ 711,205
Service revenue	$ 1,963,294	$ 5,796,320	4,188,768	8,999,145
Profit sharing payments	974,642	2,508,371	1,990,134	4,553,898
Accounts receivable	1,011,462		1,011,462		$ 3,164,176
Research and development	1,732,776	3,253,639	3,659,051	5,328,387
Contract liabilities	546,172	755,443	546,172	755,443	599,454	$ 410,947
SOW Two
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	80,465		80,465		171,298
Research and development	200,000	900,000	400,000	1,100,000
SOW Three
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	0		0		$ 760,274
Research and development		51,871		270,446
Custom RUO Assay Design and Related Agreements
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue recognized	0	0	0	68,820
Collaborative Development Services
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Service revenue	234,768	1,371,952	472,105	1,912,272
Collaborative Development Services | SOW Two
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Service revenue	200,000	1,300,000	500,000	1,600,000
Profit sharing payments	0	300,000	50,000	300,000
Collaborative Development Services | SOW Three
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Service revenue	$ 0	$ 47,668	$ 0	$ 330,289
Minimum
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer payment term			30 days
Maximum
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer payment term			90 days
Maximum | QIAGEN Manchester Limited
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of agreement			1 year