ANN ARBOR – Rubicon Genomics announced Monday a new agreement with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences for distribution of its ThruPLEX Plasma-seq kits for research applications. It follows an announcement last fall that the kit has been automated for use with Beckman Coulter’s Biomek FX Automated Workstation, an automated liquid handling solution for laboratories worldwide. Further details of the agreements were not disclosed.
ThruPLEX Plasma-seq prepares DNA next-generation sequencing libraries for the analysis of cell-free DNA circulating in plasma. The non-exclusive agreement covers the U.S. and Canada. The kit enables liquid biopsies for research applications in cancer and other conditions by by producing highly reproducible libraries for Illumina instruments from small amounts of cell-free DNA in plasma (from less than 1 ng up to 30 ng of cell-free DNA.)
“The explosion in research interest in analyzing cancer mutations using easily accessible plasma samples is making our ThruPLEX Plasma-seq kit one of our most successful product launches to date,” said Rubicon CEO James Koziarz, PhD.
“We view Beckman Coulter, whose products are used in both life science and diagnostics, as an excellent distribution partner for this important enabling technology,” he said. “The agreement is especially welcome since it expands our existing automation collaboration and allows more researchers access to the technology, including those who are conducting smaller scale studies and those who require the automated solutions that are essential for large-scale genomics research.”
Said Demaris Mills, Vice President and General Manager for Genomics and Automation, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences: “We are pleased to offer the ThruPLEX Plasma-seq library preparation kits to help increase the feasibility and quality of non-invasive cancer genomics studies. This kit complements our existing portfolio of nucleic acid extraction and purification kits built on our patented Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization technology, as well as our Biomek Automated Workstations.”
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