NEW YORK – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences said on Tuesday that it has inked a partnership with Watchmaker Genomics to develop automated next-generation library preparation solutions.

纽约——贝克曼·库尔特生命科学公司（Beckman Coulter Life Sciences）周二表示，已与钟表制造商基因组学公司（Genomics）建立合作伙伴关系，以开发自动化的下一代文库制备解决方案。

Financial terms and other details of the deal were not disclosed.

交易的财务条款和其他细节未披露。

As part of the collaboration, the two companies will co-develop automated NGS library prep workflows leveraging Watchmaker's DNA and RNA sample prep reagents and Beckman Coulter's Biomek i7 Dual Hybrid Liquid Handler, an automated liquid handling platform.

作为合作的一部分，两家公司将利用Watchmaker的DNA和RNA样品制备试剂以及Beckman Coulter的Biomek i7双杂交液体处理器（一种自动液体处理平台）共同开发自动NGS文库制备工作流程。

According to Beckman Coulter, one of the first outputs of the collaboration will be an RNA library preparation method that enables walkaway, automated processing of up to 96 libraries in under eight hours. Based on the Watchmaker RNA Library Prep Kit with Polaris Depletion, the method will support clinically relevant samples, including formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, as well as input amounts as low as 1 ng..

据贝克曼·库尔特（Beckman Coulter）介绍，该合作的首批成果之一将是一种RNA文库制备方法，该方法可以在8小时内自动处理多达96个文库。基于带有Polaris耗尽的Watchmaker RNA文库制备试剂盒，该方法将支持临床相关样品，包括福尔马林固定，石蜡包埋（FFPE）样品，以及低至1 ng的输入量。。

'The genomics field requires innovative tools that address bottlenecks in both workflow and sensitivity while also delivering robust performance with highly challenging sample types,' Kerri Stellato, chief commercial officer at Watchmaker Genomics, said in a statement. 'This collaboration will deliver solutions that check all of those boxes – ultimately saving users time and operational bandwidth while improving data quality.' .

Watchmaker genomics首席商务官克里·斯特拉托（KerriStellato）在一份声明中说，基因组学领域需要创新工具，以解决工作流程和灵敏度方面的瓶颈，同时通过极具挑战性的样本类型提供强大的性能这种合作将提供检查所有这些框的解决方案，最终节省用户时间和操作带宽，同时提高数据质量。”。

'This partnership fuels our mission to help labs of all sizes harness the benefits of automation

“这种合作关系推动了我们的使命，帮助各种规模的实验室利用自动化的好处

to accelerate pioneering research discoveries, whether for NGS needs, sample management, drug discovery, functional screening, synthetic biology, or proteomics,' Elsa Burgess, general manager of biotech workflow solutions at Beckman Coulter, said in a statement.

贝克曼库尔特生物技术工作流程解决方案总经理埃尔莎·伯吉斯（Elsa Burgess）在一份声明中表示，为了加速开创性的研究发现，无论是针对NGS需求、样品管理、药物发现、功能筛选、合成生物学还是蛋白质组学。

Earlier this year, Watchmaker inked a partnership with Volta Labs for electrowetting-based automated NGS sample prep.

今年早些时候，制表商与沃尔塔实验室（Volta Labs）签订了一项合作协议，用于基于电润湿的自动NGS样品制备。