Takara Bio and Hamilton Automate NGS Library Prep for High-Throughput Workflows
Event summary
- Takara Bio USA and Hamilton Company have entered a development and co-marketing agreement to automate NGS library preparation workflows.
- The partnership will initially focus on automating the SMART-Seq mRNA LP kit using Hamilton’s Microlab STAR Liquid Handling Systems.
- Additional products in the SMART-Seq portfolio, including the Total RNA Library Prep with ZapR Depletion (with UMIs) kit, are slated for automation script development.
- The collaboration aims to reduce hands-on time and errors while increasing throughput and labor cost savings for researchers.
The big picture
The partnership between Takara Bio and Hamilton underscores a broader industry trend toward automating complex biological workflows to enhance consistency, efficiency, and scalability. By combining Takara Bio’s advanced chemistry with Hamilton’s liquid handling automation, the collaboration aims to standardize RNA-seq workflows, potentially setting a new benchmark for high-throughput transcriptomic analyses.
What we're watching
- Adoption Pace
- How quickly core facilities and research labs will integrate the automated workflows into their routine operations.
- Market Expansion
- Whether the partnership can extend beyond NGS library prep to other high-throughput applications in transcriptomics.
- Competitive Response
- How existing competitors in the NGS automation space will react to this strategic collaboration.
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