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Broad Institute Purchases Fluidigm Access Arraya" System to Automate Sample Preparation for Targeted Resequencing

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  Published in Science and Technology on Wednesday, May 25th 2011 at 6:06 GMT by Market Wire
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has purchased an Access Arraya" System to automate its sample preparation for targeted resequencing.

"We expect our Access Array Systema™s ability to use very small amounts of sample and prepare libraries for amplicon-based resequencing to help The Broad with a number of important research projects"

The Access Array System enhances the capabilities of powerful next-generation sequencing platforms by allowing the preparation of several sample libraries in parallel. The multiplexed Access Array sample prep system enables parallel amplification of 48 samples a" the equivalent of 48 sequencing libraries a" in a few hours. The system is used for target enrichment, sample barcoding for multiplexed sequencing, and sequencing library preparation using amplicon tagging.

aWe expect our Access Array Systema™s ability to use very small amounts of sample and prepare libraries for amplicon-based resequencing to help The Broad with a number of important research projects,a said Gajus Worthington, Fluidigm President and Chief Executive Officer.

The Fluidigm Access Array System can be used with any PCR-based sample preparation method and with the reagents and primers of the customera™s choosing. Fluidigm offers Access Array Target-specific Primers as an easy way for customers to generate sequencer ready amplicons for next-generation sequencing. Currently, Fluidigm offers custom PCR-based primer design for human targeted resequencing. The Access Array System includes specific single-use microfluidic Integrated Fluidic Circuits (IFCs), two IFC Controllers, and a stand-alone thermal cycler to deliver results in just four hours.

About Fluidigm

Fluidigm (NASDAQ:FLDM) develops, manufactures and markets microfluidic systems for growth markets in the life science and agricultural biotechnology, or Ag-Bio, industries. Fluidigma™s proprietary microfluidic systems consist of instruments and consumables, including integrated fluidic circuits, or chips, and reagents. These systems are designed to significantly simplify experimental workflow, increase throughput and reduce costs, while providing the excellent data quality demanded by customers. Fluidigm actively markets three microfluidic systems including nine different commercial chips to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions and Ag-Bio companies.

For more information, please visit [ www.fluidigm.com ].

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