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PacBio Announces Collaboration with Leading Library Preparation Automation Partners
Hamilton, Integra, Revvity, and Tecan Join PacBio Compatible to Offer Verified Automated Library Prep Workflows for Whole Genome Sequencing MENLO PARK,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Hamilton, Integra, Revvity, and Tecan Join PacBio Compatible to Offer Verified Automated Library Prep Workflows for Whole Genome Sequencing \nMENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced that automation providers Hamilton, Integra, Revvity and Tecan have created fully automated protocols to prepare samples for sequencing on Revio and Sequel II and IIe systems.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"Our goal is to make sample and library preparation easier for our customers,\" said Jeff Eidel, Chief Commercial Officer at PacBio. \"These automated library preparation solutions are designed to help our customers reduce costs, achieve consistent results, and increase sequencing throughput. Combined with our new Nanobind HT DNA extraction workflows, customers will have true end-to-end automated workflows from sample to sequencing on PacBio HiFi long-read sequencing systems that will enable customers to easily scale to thousands of genomes per year. We will continue to focus on scaling and automating every step of the long-read sequencing workflow.\"\nAutomated library prep protocols are now available for the Hamilton Microlab® NGS STAR™, Integra Miro Canvas, Revvity Sciclone® G3 NGSx and Tecan DreamPrep® NGS Compact systems. Additional automation for loading libraries onto the Revio sequencing plate is available on the Hamilton NGS STAR and Tecan DreamPrep NGS Compact systems, providing customers with a fully automated workflow from DNA to sequence-ready consumables.\nThe Hamilton NGS STAR™ and the Revvity Sciclone® G3 NGSx offer throughput of up to 96 sample libraries processed at once. The Tecan DreamPrep® NGS Compact system offers a mid-throughput option of 8 to 48 samples per run. The Integra Miro Canvas can process one sample at a time.\n\"We're excited about the partnership between Tecan and PacBio,\" said Luca Valeggia, Senior Vice President of Lab Automation at Tecan. \"The ability to automate high-quality, sequence-ready library prep with minimal manual intervention will improve the reproducibility of long-read sequencing and further reduce cost per sample. That means new opportunities to increase throughput and accelerate discovery in the life sciences.\"\n\"Our liquid handlers are industry leading and we're proud to ...