FLUIDIGM has provided its Access Array sample preparation system, which prepares amplicons for resequencing without additional library preparation, to US-based genomics service provider MOgene. Based in St Louis, Missouri, MOgene provides RNA/DNA isolation, real-time PCR, and other genomic analysis services…
Category: sample preparation
Faster sample prep for sports doping tests
IN THIS Olympic year the issue of sports doping is high on the agenda, and just this week the London Olympic organisers provided a preview of the anti-doping laboratory in Essex, UK, which will be charged with testing athletes’ urine…
Optimised grinding of temperature-sensitive samples
THE COMMINUTION of difficult samples, like temperature-sensitive powder coatings and plastics, or materials with intrinsic moisture such as tea or herb leaves, can present a problem for some sample preparation mills. Fritsch says that its Pulverisette 14 variable high speed…