Covaris is dedicated to accelerating discoveries in life sciences and bioanalysis by developing "best practices" sample preparation tools. By combining its proprietary Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA®) technology with optimized aqueous reagents, and high-throughput workflow solutions, Covaris has revolutionized bioanalytical applications. AFA-energetics® is the gold standard for fragmenting DNA and RNA for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and is setting new standards in FFPE-related DNA/RNA/protein extraction, epigenomics, proteomics, and high-throughput cell lysis. Thousands of Covaris Focused-ultrasonicators are in use in over 70 countries and customers include the world's leading researchers, universities, and pharmaceutical companies.