Month: September 2012

Vials have large openings for lab automation

RESEARCHERS working with limited sample volumes in automated laboratories may find benefits from using the large opening RAM vial, says JG Finneran. Measuring 12x32mm, the StepVial design is a combination of vial and insert with a 40% larger target area…

Lockdown Probes promise 5000-fold enrichment

THE LATEST development from Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) for next generation sequencing is its range of xGen Lockdown Probes. These are individually synthesized 60-120 nucleotide 5’-biotinylated capture oligonucleotides designed to enable cost-effective, high depth sequencing and analysis of specific regions…