Bio-Rad Launches SEQuoia Express Stranded RNA Library Prep Kit at AGBT 2022

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of the SEQuoia Express Stranded RNA Library Prep Kit. The kit provides biopharmaceutical and research scientists with an easy-to-use solution for constructing robust libraries to support efficient RNA-Seq workflows for comprehensive transcriptome profiling.

The SEQuoia Express Stranded RNA Library Prep Kit offers a cost-effective and automation-friendly solution to the current challenges in library generation. The three-tube kit uses a novel reverse transcriptase alongside a ligation-free adaptor addition chemistry to yield a reproducible, quantitative RNA-Seq library in three hours. The kit enables researchers to construct robust libraries that capture mRNA and long noncoding RNA (>200 bp) transcripts for differential gene expression analysis and novel transcript discovery. Bio-Rad^™ provides a complementary and customized bioinformatics solution to streamline the full next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow, from library preparation to data analysis.

“Current RNA library preparation approaches are time-consuming, complex, and potentially error-prone, with sample loss observed at each stage in processes with multiple steps,” said Simon May, Executive Vice President and President, Life Science Group, Bio-Rad. “Bio-Rad offers scientists an enhanced solution, combining its rapid NGS library preparation with integrated data analysis to overcome these difficulties and enable the widespread adoption of RNA-based sequencing."

Please visit bio-rad.com/SEQuoiaExpress to learn more about Bio-Rad’s SEQuoia Express Stranded RNA Library Prep Kit.

Bio-Rad will be attending the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting in Orlando, FL June 6–9, 2022. Join Bio-Rad’s speaker sessions on June 7 and 9 (Parlor Suite 709) to find out more about its novel RNA-Seq workflow or visit its poster presentations on June 8 (Posters #544 and 596).