Collaborative design for automated DNA storage that allows for rapid, accurate, large-scale studies

Genomics Collaborative, Inc., a division of Sera Care Life Sciences, Inc. ( Cambridge, MA), is among the first commercial entities in the world to enable genetic research on an industrial scale via its Large Scale Global Repository(TM) a biobank of human specimens collected for research purposes. With the demand for large- scale DNA studies increasing, decisions about the strategic direction of sample storage and collection must be made to create a sound plan to support continued demands for drug discovery. Reported here is the approach used by Genomics Collaborative to automate its DNA processing, storage, and retrieval.