Agilent agrees CSP deal for SureSelect system

Agilent has agreed a deal with SeqWright DNA Technology Services which will see SeqWright become a certified service provider (CSP) for the SureSelect Target Enrichment System.

SeqWright, an international firm specialising in contract genomic services, is the first company to become a CSP for the new Agilent system, which is designed for use with Life Technologies’ AB SOLiD sequencing platform.

The technology helps researchers to accelerate their sequencing activities by focusing experiments on specific genomic regions, rather than having to go through the time-consuming process of sequencing the whole genome.

Dr Fred Ernani, Agilent SureSelect platform business manager, said he was “pleased” with the selection of SeqWright to become the system’s first CSP.

He added: “When leading genomics companies like SeqWright add SureSelect to their extensive portfolios of services, it illustrates the momentum this technology has gained in just the year-and-a-half since its introduction.”

Earlier this month, Agilent announced that it is to work with Dublin’s National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training on a promising research project in the field of glycomics.