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Agilent Technologies 4200 TapeStation System

Oct 30, 2015

Agilent Technologies has launched the 4200 TapeStation system, a fully automated instrument that enables scientists to rapidly analyze up to 96 DNA samples at a time. The system enables end-to-end quality control of samples and libraries in any sequencing workflow, using any number of samples from one to 96, at a constant cost per sample, Agilent said in a statement. The system employs a range of prepackaged kits for RNA, DNA, and genomic DNA samples, including two new kits, the D5000 and HS D5000 ScreenTape assays, which have been specifically designed for analyzing DNA fragments and smears of up to 5,000 base pairs.

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