How Vendor-Qualified Automated Methods Accelerate NGS Workflows
With the cost to sequence genomes declining dramatically, scientists and researchers are applying next generation sequencing (NGS) technology to new discoveries and clinical research applications at a rapidly expanding rate. These applications are driving the need for sample preparation workflows that prepare the DNA/RNA libraries prior to sequencing. This growing appetite for new kits plus the demand for higher-throughput solutions often mean that start-up to sequencing can take months. For the laboratory manager and user, the challenge is not installing and starting to use the automated sample preparation system, it is the difficult and time-consuming steps to get the automated methods to create the proper libraries that are required for sequencing and the generation of high-quality genomic data.