Special offers from Takara Bio

Request a free sample

Would you like to evaluate a product before you buy?

Submit a request on the offer page and our team will contact you. Offer valid in the US and Canada only and subject to availability. Takara Bio reserves the right to decline any request. 

New Lab Start-Up Program

Are you setting up a new lab, relocating an existing lab, or establishing a biotech startup?

Join the Takara Bio New Lab Start-Up Program to enjoy a one-time discount of up to 50% on essential tools and reagents. Offer valid within the first 6 months of setting up a new lab or moving into a new space. No other discounts apply. Offer valid in the US and Canada only.

Winter Holiday Sale

The heat is on! Save 24% on our hottest products of 2024.

Offer valid only in the US and Canada. Cite Discount Quote Q107180 when ordering. Offer ends 12.31.24. No other discounts apply.

NGS bundle and save

Save 20% when you order items from at least two of the following categories:

• mRNA-seq kits
• UDI kits
• NGS clean-up beads
• RNA purification kits

Fill out the form on the offer page to receive your Discount Quote. Offer valid in the US and Canada only and expires 1.31.25. No other discounts apply.

Lenti-X winter sale

Warm up this winter with 20% off ALL Lenti-X and pLVX products to help you with every step of your lentiviral workflow.

Cite Discount Quote Q107129 when ordering to receive the discount. Offer valid in the US and Canada only and expires on 1.3.25. No other discounts apply.

Capture the diverse BCR landscape with the SMART-Seq Mouse BCR (with UMIs)

Identify mutations that matter most—amplify with the SMART-Seq Mouse BCR (with UMIs) for accurate, sensitive, and reproducible results. Investigate adaptive immune response across oncology, autoimmunity, vaccine research, and infectious diseases.

Cite Discount Quote Q107127 to receive a 30% discount. Offer valid in the US and Canada only and expires 12.31.24. No other discounts apply.

Save 25% on our highly rated nucleic acid purification kits

Stock up and save on our kits for plasmid purification, DNA cleanup, and extraction of genomic DNA or RNA. Sweeten the deal with FREE gummi bears when you order one or more of the included products.

Cite Discount Quote Q106603 when ordering to receive the discount and a free box of gummi bears. Offer valid in the US and Canada only through 12.31.24. No other discounts apply.

Sample lyo-ready qPCR mixes for your assay development

Evaluate our high-performance lyo-ready master mixes, based on two of our most trusted enzyme technologies—One Step PrimeScript III for RT-qPCR and PrimePath Probe for qPCR. These products are:

• Manufactured in accordance with ISO 13485:2016 standards, ensuring the highest quality and lot-to-lot consistency
• Easily lyophilized with your primers and probes
• Capable of multiplexing up to five targets

Samples are available while supplies last and restricted to customers in the US and Canada.

Coming soon! New and improved high-throughput qPCR technology

The SmartChip ND Real-Time PCR System from Takara Bio is designed to simplify your high-throughput qPCR workflows.

With 5,184 reactions per chip and customizable configurations, 12 to 384 assays can be processed at a time depending on the number of targets in the panel. 

Sign up to be notified when SmartChip ND Real-Time PCR System is released!

Get an exclusive, sneak peek into our latest solution to boost T-cell transductions

Test out our novel transduction technology as part of the T-cell transduction early-access program. 

Samples are available while supplies last, limited to one per customer, and restricted to customers in the US and Canada. Offer expires 12.31.24. 

Try out a SMART-Seq immune profiling kit

Choose from SMART-Seq Human TCR (with UMIs), SMART-Seq Human BCR (with UMIs), SMART-Seq Mouse TCR (with UMIs), or SMART-Seq Mouse BCR (with UMIs). Limit one free kit (24 rxns) per customer. Offer valid in the US and Canada only.

Get an exclusive, sneak peek into our latest full-process RT-qPCR control

Test out a virus-like particle (VLP) exogenous-sequence control as part of our early-access program! 

Our novel VLP control is:

• Accurate—biomimetic control with precise RNA copy number
• Stable—temperature and RNase resistant
• Automatable—easy integration into extraction and RT-qPCR workflows

Sample a DNA polymerase for your assay development

In addition to our most popular, high-performance enzymes, you can also sample our new highly concentrated, glycerol-free formulations. If you are working with challenging applications, such as multiplexing, long and/or GC-rich targets, or inhibitor-resistant direct PCR, we have an enzyme that will enable your success from the benchtop to the clinic.

Samples are available while supplies last, limited to one per customer, and restricted to customers in the U.S. and Canada only.