AmpliSeq for Illumina sequencing solution

Thermo Fisher Scientific has partnered with Illumina to make the former’s suite of AmpliSeq chemistry products compatible with the latter’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. The end result, AmpliSeq for Illumina, enables fast, robust, targeted library prep for all Illumina sequencers.

The solution offers a highly multiplexed polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based workflow for use with targets ranging from a few to hundreds in a single run. Users can prepare DNA or RNA libraries from as little as 1 ng input in just 5 h, with a comprehensive menu of panels and a wide variety of sample types.

Panels are optimised for clinical cancer and genetic disease research applications, and are available as ready-to-use, community or custom panels. AmpliSeq panels can accommodate high-quality samples such as blood, cell culture or fresh frozen tissue, and also challenging samples such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. Users can select from predesigned panels or customise their content for a variety of genomes and flexibility.

AmpliSeq for Illumina sequencing offers high-confidence data to researchers in a wide variety of application areas. The complete workflow, from design to analysis, is supported by Illumina.