Fluidigm Europe has announced an integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) to support re-sequencing, targeted enrichment, sample barcoding, and library preparation for sequencing using amplicon tagging.
The Access Array has the ability to harvest the sample out of the chip.
Once the sample processing has been completed in the chip it automatically returns the sample to the inlets where they can be extracted, placed into a quantitation step and readied for sequencing.
Fluidigm also announced an Early Access Program For Access Arrays where researchers can submit a proposal describing how the new chip would help their next-generation library sample preparation efforts.
The Access Array System, which consists of IFCs, instruments and software, allows sequencing users to automatically prepare their libraries and tag them with unique barcodes to allow multiplex sequencing.
It allows researchers to target specific areas of interest to be enriched and barcoded so that a large number of samples can be sequenced at the same time.
It can also process 48 samples against 48 amplicons (primer pairs) providing 2,304 independent reactions at a time, in only six steps.
The chip's small microfluidic reaction chambers minimise reagent consumption and costs.
Operator time is reduced six-fold when compared with conventional methods.
