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10x Genomics Introduces Atera, a New Platform to Redefine How Biology is Measured and Understood
The platform offers four times the throughput of Xenium and is priced at $495,000, with shipping expected in the second half of 2026.
- On Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10x Genomics, Inc. announced Atera at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, a spatial biology platform engineered to deliver whole-transcriptome analysis with single-cell sensitivity at unprecedented scale.
- Michael Schnall-Levin, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Founding Scientist at 10x Genomics, said Atera reflects a first-principles approach, optimizing chemistry, hardware, and software to measure biological systems without previous constraints.
- Andrew Rech, Instructor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine in the Carl June Lab at the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania, said Atera enabled his team to "resolve rare immune cells" in glioblastoma patient samples.
- Poster #7116 demonstrates Atera's workflow for AI-driven biomarker discovery and early cancer detection, with the platform expected to begin shipping in the second half of 2026.
- Researchers at the German Cancer Research Institute and the Carl June Lab contributed early data to the launch, while Bioptimus plans to expand its spatial analysis programs to Atera in 2027 as throughput capacity increases.
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