A significant expansion of a key partnership was announced as PacBio, a leading developer of highly accurate sequencing solutions, broadened its collaboration with seqWell, a global provider of genomic library solutions. This move aims to enhance the scalability and cost-efficiency of long-read sample preparation for researchers worldwide. , a leading developer of highly accurate sequencing solutions, broadened its collaboration with seqWell, a global provider of genomic library solutions. This move aims to enhance the scalability and cost-efficiency of long-read sample preparation for researchers worldwide.

Under the new agreement, PacBio will distribute seqWell’s LongPlex™ Multiplexing Kit, a streamlined, easy-to-use sample preparation tool specifically optimized for use with PacBio HiFi sequencing. The LongPlex kit utilizes tagmentation to simultaneously fragment and index DNA for potentially hundreds of samples in a single run, effectively removing sample prep bottlenecks that often hinder high-throughput studies.

This addition expands PacBio's available workflow options, offering customers a flexible, high-throughput solution that is ideal for large-scale applications where rapid and economical data generation is essential. The kit supports diverse research fields by enabling cost-effective sample prep across low-pass whole genome sequencing (WGS), plasmid resequencing, and microbial sequencing, while reducing hands-on time. Organizations such as Veil Genomics are already leveraging LongPlex to democratize genomic insights through scalable, cost-effective data and efficient DNA fragmentation for processing thousands of samples without compromising quality. Both PacBio and seqWell share a vision to accelerate discovery by making practical and innovative sample prep tools widely available, with the LongPlex kit available immediately and global availability slated for 2026.