The NGS process is complex, including nucleic acid extraction, library prep, sequencing, data analysis. the nucleic acid extraction and library prep have many experimental steps, which take long time and require high level laboratories and experiment personnel. NGSmaster microbial mNGS automated library prep instrument (Patent Nos. CN106404508A, CN106754339A) can complete the whole process of nucleic acid extraction and library prep in one stop, reducing the manual operation of 7-9 hours to 2 hours, it has the advantages of time-saving, space-saving, man hours-saving, safety, flexibility and precision.
Advantages
Time-saving
Automated 2 hours for Nucleic acid extraction and Library prep, when compare with manual operation (7 to 9hours) and conventional automation devices(4 to 6hours), it’s more fast.
Space-saving
Only 2 or 3 Lab Zones required for Lab, and can reduce to one Zone.
Man-hours saving
Only 1 or 2 staffs required for the automatic experimental operations.
Safety
The size of instrument is small, can be put into a biological safety cabinet, biological safety is guaranteed.
Flexible
Independent channels, Can be multiplied on needs, maximum 24units (96 channels)
Precision
The independent channels can alleviate the cross contamination and exogenous contamination in mNGS.