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NEBNext® Automation

As sequencing instrument capacity is increasing, and the ever-growing range of sequencing applications is demanding expanded sample preparation throughputs, many NGS users are turning to automation. Manual preparation and quantitation of large numbers of libraries can result in a sequencing workflow bottleneck, and automation of these protocols is an important, and increasingly popular, option.

Advantages of automation include:
  • Increased throughput
  • Improved reproducibility
  • Increased speed
  • Reduced hands-on time
  • Reduced Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) incidence
NEBNext® products are developed with automation in mind:
  • Fewer components simplify automation setup
  • Streamlined workflows minimize tip consumption and chances for pipetting errors
  • Less clean-up bead consumption results in a lower cost-per-reaction
  • Low input amount capability (ng for DNA/RNA, pg for ChIP) improves sequencing results with less sample
  • Robust reagents improve overall library yields
  • Sufficient kit component fill volumes for automation protocols improves usability
NEBNext kits have been automated by multiple automation platform providers, including Beckman Coulter®, Hamilton®, PerkinElmer®, Eppendorf®, Agilent® and Tecan®. Application notes are available in Other Tools & Resources, below.

E. coli K12 gDNA control libraries constructed with the NEBNext Ultra DNA automated method on the Biomek® platform

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Traces from the Agilent® 2200 TapeStation, using D1000 ScreenTape, of six E. coli K12 control libraries show consistent performance. For more information see the Application Note Automated DNA Library Construction Using the NEBNext Ultra DNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina® on the Beckman Coulter Biomek FXP Automated Liquid Handler

Checker Board Test for Cross-Contamination with the Hamilton STARlet™ platform

E. coli DNA samples and water samples. The representative data of a 48 sample run reveal no cross contamination between individual wells. For more information see the Application Note: Automated Library Preparation using NEBNext® Ultra™ DNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina® (E7370) on the HAMILTON STAR Line


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Application Notes for NEBNext® Automation
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Videos

  1. BeckmanAutomation_UltraWebinar_thumb_0715

    Biomek Automated NEBNEXT® Ultra Directional RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina

    Learn how Biomek automation of NEBNext RNA library preparation enables high-throughput, reproducible production of libraries with high yield and complexity. In this webinar Zach Smith from Beckman Coulter describes strand-specific RNA library preparation using the NEBNext Ultra Directional RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina and discusses Biomek automation of this method.

  2. BeckmanAutomation_ProductivityWebinar_thumb_0715

    Increase Productivity & Reproducibility by Automating DNA Library Prep for Ion Torrent® Sequencing

    Learn how Biomek automation of NEBNext DNA library preparation for Ion Torrent enables high-throughput, reproducible production of libraries with high yield and complexity. In this webinar Joanna Hamilton from Dartmouth Genomics & Molecular Biology Shared Resource, Lynne Apone from New England Biolabs and Zach Smith from Beckman Coulter describe the NEBNext Fast Fragmentation & DNA Library Prep kit for Ion Torrent, automation of this method and implementation in multiple workflows in a sequencing core lab.

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