Current Status of Respiratory Infectious Diseases in High-Incidence Season
Recently, the monitoring weekly report from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that China has entered the high-incidence season of respiratory infectious diseases, with the epidemic showing a significant upward trend. Influenza activity is gradually entering a period of rapid rise, and other respiratory viruses are also active at a certain level. At present, most provinces have been affected by influenza. Among them, in South China, Southwest China, Northeast China, and Northwest China, some provinces have reached a moderate epidemic level of influenza activity, while other regions have entered a low-speed epidemic period.
iGeneTech's Automated Solution for Gene Capture
iGeneTech owns the independently developed Targetseq® liquid-phase probe hybridization capture technology and a unique microbial probe design scheme.
Meanwhile, iGeneTech also has the medium-throughput IGT-AS12 automated workstation, which is built with standardized experimental procedures for iGeneTech's kits. After the equipment arrives at the laboratory, it can be put into use immediately after calibration without re-assembly. Equipped with IGT-AS12 automated premixed reagents (reagent strips), it features simple operation and quick mastery, enabling immediate installation, immediate access, and immediate use.
With this solution, after nucleic acid extraction, there is no need for personnel to prepare and aliquot reagents, reducing manual operation time by 90%. The library construction + capture experimental process can be completed with one click, fully freeing up laboratory manpower. Its stable and standardized automated operations can significantly reduce errors introduced by manual operations, improve the repeatability and reliability of experimental results, and help researchers easily obtain full-length pathogen sequences.
Product Advantages of IGT-AS12 Automated Premixed Reagents (Reagent Strips)
1. Zero reagent waste
l For library construction, one library prep reagent strip is used per sample;
l For hybridization capture, one capture reagent strip is used per reaction;
Truly achieving zero waste!
2. Time and labor saving
l Laboratory personnel can quickly get started with operations, reducing the training time for new lab staff by approximately 5-7 days;
l When combined with reagent strips and built-in automated procedures, it can save laboratory personnel about 30-60 minutes of reagent preparation and aliquoting time;
l A single operator can manage multiple devices. During automated operation, operators can handle tasks such as experimental record-keeping and report compilation in parallel, thereby improving overall work efficiency.
3. Ready-to-use
The IGT-AS12 automated workstation is pre-installed with the standardized experimental procedures for iGeneTech's kits. After the equipment arrives at the laboratory, it can be put into use immediately after calibration without the need for re-assembly. When paired with IGT-AS12 automated premixed reagents (reagent strips), it enables immediate installation, immediate access, and immediate use, saving users approximately 2-4 weeks of time spent on automated procedure programming and experimental reagent validation—truly "no waiting required."
4. Flexible throughput
The automated experimental process provided by the premixed reagents (reagent strips) for the IGT-AS12 automated workstation features flexible throughput, supporting 1-16 reactions per run (throughput can be doubled with multi-device collaboration). It is suitable for small and medium-sized NGS gene capture laboratories, such as third-party testing institutions, hospital departments, public health and government agency laboratories, and research institutions.
Test data of the IGT-AS12 automated workstation paired with premixed reagents (reagent strips)
Full-length capture data of influenza virus
Full-length capture data of SARS-CoV-2
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