Beckman Coulter Life Sciences partners with 10x Genomics
The partnership aims to enable single cell workflow automation
6 Nov 2023
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and 10x Genomics, Inc. have announced a new partnership to expand automation solutions for single-cell assay workflows.
As part of the agreement, 10x Genomics plans to develop dedicated Chromium Single Cell kits to be used on the Biomek i7 Automated Liquid Handler from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. This customized application will automate 10x Genomics single cell library preparation at high quality and large scale, resulting in finished libraries ready for sequencing.
Single-cell methods are increasingly relied on in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and more to help researchers unravel biology’s complexities and fuel new scientific discoveries. As higher-scale studies demand broader solutions, automation of manual processes such as library preparation enables greater throughput.
This partnership is expected to automate the workflow after the chromium instrument run is complete, focusing initially on high-throughput library preparation, to deliver a streamlined and more efficient solution for labs processing dozens of single-cell samples at one time.
As part of this partnership, 10x Genomics also plans to develop a suite of automation-compatible consumables to enable high-throughput sample processing with validated results.