Automated Droplet Generator Saves Time, Improves Data Quality
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The Automated Droplet Generator (AutoDG Instrument) from Bio-Rad Laboratories is made for digital PCR. Combined with the QX200 Droplet Reader and a laptop computer with QuantaSoft Software, the QX200 AutoDG Droplet Digital PCR System provides a worry-free, automated way to generate droplets for high-quality data.
Generating droplets with a hand pipet can be labor intensive and time consuming, and variations in pipetting habits among different users can cause some degree of inconsistency in the resulting data. Bio-Rad’s AutoDG Instrument creates droplets quickly, reproducibly, and reliably. At maximum capacity, the system can generate droplets for 96 wells in less than 45 minutes.
The AutoDG Instrument has its own hood and HEPA filter, reducing contamination so researchers can create droplets on a standard laboratory bench, without the need for a PCR cabinet or cleanroom. Adding to the instrument’s ease of use is a color touch-screen interface and deck lighting that guides the operator through system setup to ensure no steps are forgotten. Confirmation is provided once the required consumables are loaded correctly and 45 minutes later the droplets are ready.
The AutoDG Instrument can generate droplets for fluorescent probe–based detection or EvaGreen dye–based detection. The instrument is compatible with the QX100 and QX200 Droplet Digital PCR Systems.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, www.bio-rad.com/AutoDGpr.
