The collaboration’s combined expertise aims to improve reproducibility, efficiency and scalability
Automation and liquid handling company SPT Labtech has partnered with single cell and spatial biology specialist 10x Genomics to provide automated workflows for single cell research.
“Single cell experiments are a critical area of focus for our firefly community,” said SPT Labtech chief commercial officer Morten Frost. “Working closely with 10x Genomics has been key to understanding the specific challenges and needs of researchers in this space.
Scientists will be able to scale experiments on 10x Genomics’ Chromium Single Cell platform, eventually expanding to the Visium Spatial platform, by providing plug-and-play protocols on SPT Labtech’s firefly liquid handling platform.
Through the collaboration, firefly users will gain access to optimised, ready-to-run methods developed through the expertise of both companies.
The new protocols aim to streamline single cell assay workflows, improving reproducibility, efficiency and scalability.
“This partnership with SPT Labtech will allow more labs to seamlessly automate their workflows, combining the flexibility of firefly automation with the robustness of our GEM-X chemistry, ultimately accelerating breakthroughs in human health,” said 10x Genomics VP, strategic marketing Brooke Murphy.
SPT Labtech and 10x Genomics will exhibit at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), using customer laboratory data to demonstrate how automated liquid handling can optimise single-cell library prep workflows.
ASHG takes place in Boston, Massachusetts 14th to 18th October, and the companies will be exhibiting at booths 2487 and 947.
