Broad Institute Purchases Fluidigm Access Array™ System to Automate Sample Preparation for Targeted Resequencing.

Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) announced that the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has purchased an Access Array™ System to automate its sample preparation for targeted resequencing (see also Biotechnology).

The Access Array System enhances the capabilities of powerful next-generation sequencing platforms by allowing the preparation of several sample libraries in parallel. The multiplexed Access Array sample prep system enables parallel amplification of 48 samples - the equivalent of 48 sequencing libraries - in a few hours. The system is used for target enrichment, sample barcoding for multiplexed sequencing, and sequencing library preparation using amplicon …