Scaling Oncology NGS for Biomarker-Ready Translational Research

Translational oncology teams need NGS workflows that deliver trustworthy biomarker data, scale across growing studies and support future clinical decision-making. However, many labs still rely on manual library preparation workflows that increase hands-on time, introduce variability and make standardization across sites and operators difficult.

In this webinar, experts from Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences will discuss how Archer FUSIONPlex-HT (FP) and VARIANTPlex-HT (VP) assays, automated on the Biomek i3 Benchtop Liquid Handler can help address these challenges. Attendees will see how a walkaway, medium-throughput workflow can reduce hands-on time while maintaining comparable library quality and concordant expected fusion and variant detection relative to manual preparation.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how automation can improve reproducibility and confidence in oncology biomarker workflows
• Learn how the Archer FP and VP protocols on the Biomek i3 can reduce hands-on time while maintaining comparable performance to manual workflows
• Identify ways to standardize and scale targeted NGS workflows for translational research

Speakers

Randy Pares, Automation Staff Specialist, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)

Randy is a Automation Staff Specialist at Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT). He earned his Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and has spent the last decade focused on laboratory automation at Hamilton Company and Beckman Coulter with an emphasis on Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and genomics. In this capacity, he developed solutions on Hamilton STAR and Beckman Coulter Biomek i-Series liquid handlers and led high-value automation partnerships with Illumina, Twist Bioscience, and IDT.

Eedann McCord, Ph.D., Sr. Field Applications Scientist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Eedann McCord, PhD has worked as a liquid handling applications scientist at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences for 5 years. Based in Seattle, WA, she studied the pharmacology and biophysics of ion channels at UW for her doctoral and post-doctoral research after undergraduate training in neurophysiology at the University of Texas, in Austin. With broad lab experience in molecular biology, cell culture, protein expression and purification, and electrophysiology, she greatly enjoys automating a wide range of scientific workflows with Biomek and Echo liquid handlers.

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