Tecan NGS DreamPrep library preparation method

Tecan has launched NGS DreamPrep, a fully automated approach to next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation for research use. Designed to offer improvements in speed, flexibility and precision, the approach enables quality-controlled, sequencing-ready NGS libraries in just a matter of hours, with minimal manual interaction and no sample loss.

NGS experiments are time-consuming, expensive and generate vast quantities of data. This makes it particularly important that they are based on high-quality libraries that will yield valuable results. NGS DreamPrep is designed to achieve quantification, normalisation and pooling of samples in significantly shorter timelines compared to other methods that use qPCR or capillary electrophoresis.

The walkaway solution combines the Tecan Fluent liquid handler and Infinite plate reader, together with Celero DNA-Seq and Universal Plus mRNA-Seq library preparation kits. It is said to be the first library preparation method to incorporate a QC step, which takes just 5 min, ensuring the generation of reproducible libraries that are ready to sequence.