Eppendorf North America announces that The Genome Center at Washington University has purchased and installed 10 additional epMotion® 5075 TMX PC systems for its next-generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation needs on the Illumina GAIIx and HiSeq platforms

The epMotion 5075 TMX PC easily automates the manual steps within the NGS workflow including end repair, A-tailing, adaptor ligation, size separation, bead based cleanup steps and PCR setup among other applications.

“The epMotion 5075 TMX PC version with innovative epBlueTM software set a new benchmark for the most convenient way to use an automated liquid handling system within the genomics workflow,” notes Jamie Grossi, Group Marketing Manager for Liquid Handling at Eppendorf NA. “With Eppendorf’s unique Thermomixer (TMX) technology integrated inside and a flexible and open platform capable of adapting to the varying needs of each NGS platform, the epMotion 5075 TMX is an ideal tool for increasing laboratory productivity and efficiencies where NGS is employed.”