Agilent Names Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as Certified Service Provider for NGS and aCGH Solutions

Agilent Technologies announced that the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has been authorized as a Certified Service Provider of Agilent's next-generation target enrichment and microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) solutions. 

"Becoming an Agilent CSP enables us to provide the ocular genomics research community with access to the latest protocols and technologies we are using at Mass. Eye and Ear with ever-increasing success," said Dr. Eric Pierce, director of the Ocular Genomics Institute. "It is our hope that these tools will help advance studies in genomic research and gene therapy. In addition, incorporating the Agilent Bravo Automated Liquid Handling platform into our service offerings will enable us to quickly process large volumes of samples for even more researchers and for a wide range of genomics applications. We are using these approaches to provide improved clinical genetic diagnostic testing services for patients with inherited eye disorders."

"We are excited to have MEEI as part of the Agilent CSP program," said Victor Fung, senior director of marketing for Agilent's Genomics Solutions Division. "MEEI has used Agilent's NGS target enrichment and aCGH solutions for several years in their retinal degeneration mutational disease research. We look forward to supporting them as they expand their services outside of the Harvard community."