Norgen Small RNA Library Prep Kit and Sequencing Services

Norgen Biotek, based in Ontario, has launched a Small RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina sequencing instruments as well as sequencing services on Illumina instruments. The Small RNA Library Prep Kit needs between 0.5 nanograms and 1 nanogram of input RNA and can process samples from plasma, serum, blood, cerebral spinal fluid, urine, and exosomes, according to the company. Turnaround time is less than five hours. Norgen also offers complementary products, including NGS-compatible cel-miR-39 spike-in and an NGS library quantification kit. The services Norgen launched include isolation, library prep, sequencing, and bioinformatics. Sequencing can be performed on Illumina's MiSeq or NextSeq 500 instruments and includes small RNA-seq, RNA-seq, 16S metagenomics, targeted DNA or RNA sequencing, exome sequencing, and whole-genome sequencing.