CyBio (www.cybio-ag.com) and Machery-Nagel (www.mn-net.com) signed a non-exclusive collaboration for the joint development of applications to automate Machery-Nagel kits on CyBio liquid handling instruments. The co-operation focuses on the automation of nucleic acid preparation from various biological sample materials and the purification of PCR products, e.g. for subsequent sequencing and cloning experiments.