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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Access Medical Laboratories
Very poor aftersales support
Application Area: PCR Clinical Testing
"These instruments are very robust, true workhorses. However, the manufacturer (Applied Bio / Thermo Fisher) makes it incredibly hard and expensive to maintain. They are trying to impose a monopoly on the (very simple) maintenance procedure needed."
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ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Kelly Service
Reliable, great performance and service after sale.
Application Area:Diagnostic RT-PCR testing equipment
"I'm proud of the reliability, performance, reproducibility and the great service after sale of these instruments. Without them, our platform could not be so efficient. I would highly recommend these instruments for PCR and many other genetic testing features that come with them."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: hospital
Instrument is the life line of our lab.
Application Area:Molecular virology
"Results are high quality and reproducible. User friendly equipment."
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: State Of Alaska Environmental Health Laboratory
Easy to use and easy to calibrate. We love it.
Application Area:RT-PCR analyzer
"The 7500/7500 fast is a breeze to use, comes with manuals for different applications, and in a lab like ours it is perfect when you don't need an automated-high throughput instrument. It is also compatible with pre- made kits (like the DuPont BAX kits) for quick identification. We are a small lab and only use PCR for a few analyses, but it sure comes in handy when we need it. It has also proven to be useful, even without the DX version, for or Public Health Lab's COVID testing. The service is great and their people are quick, kind, and informative."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Burke Neurological Institute
A savior of many lives.
Application Area:Analyzing virus and other biology details
"This is an easy handled machine for all PCR applications. Super fast installation and service. Value of money. A major life saver now for those testing for Covid-19."
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ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Minnesota
Great product.
Application Area:Analyze PCR reactions
"Eay to use instrument, and great customer service. Always give helpful and prompt service."
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ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Great instrument. Another instrument with updated version is worth trying.
Application Area:Gene expression at cellular level and quantitative viral DNA and RNA
"Machine and data analysis software is easy to use. Generated high quality results. "
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Element Materials Technology
Great PCR system, so easy to use!
Application Area:Pathogen Detection
"The Sure-Tect PCR Kits with the 7500 fast real time PCR is the most simple PCR unit I have operated. It is so true that if you can pipette, you can now run PCR."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: CHU de nice
Great results. Worth trying
Application Area:Genotyping
"We use this machine for 10 years now. Easy to use with very reproductible and accurate results. Never had any trouble with it."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Ohio State University
AB7500 has been an integral part of our research. We love it!
Application Area:cDNA and mRNA expression
"The machine has helped us generate publication quality reproducible data for our basic and translational research."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: National veterinary laboratories, Pakistan
It's good but can be more cost effective
Application Area:For diagnosis of animal pathogens
"The product is a cutting-edge technology and efficient for its tasks, but it is not very cost effective. Nevertheless, the results are easy to interpret. Customer service could be better, and distribution should provide more on the maintenance of the machine."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Element Materials
Great unit with super-fast PCR protocol. Saves time and money.
Application Area:Real time PCR pathogen detection
"Great unit very user friendly. Great ease of results reading. Very fast and efficient."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: UC Davis
Good product but needs some improvement
Application Area:Real time PCR
"The software needs to be more user friendly. For example, you have to enter all the sample IDs one by one while in excel you can do that in a couple of minutes. It does not give you the option of importing from excel. Overall it is a very good product. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: central forensic science laboratory Pune INDIA
Application Area:Forensics
"Ease of operation is incomparable to any other analyzer. It enabled me to get quality results from various types of forensic specimens without any major issues."
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ReviewerMember since: 2014
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Application Area:We are using for cellular gene expression for quantitative analysis of various RNA.
"The 7500 FAST system is easy to use, give reliable and reproducible results. The SDS software is easy to use and is really good for data analysis. Both Standard and Fast cycles can be used depending on the experimental needs. To reduce cost, PCR volume can be reduced to 10 ul. I used recommended master mixes for this machine and have always obtained good and reliable results. "
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: Public Health England
Application Area:Virology
"This product is versatile and has a large throughput for a real-time PCR platform. It allows for multiplex reactions for several different targets in the same reaction well. It is easy to program and gives results in a time frame which is beneficial for the patient."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: Public Health England
Application Area:Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis and Retroviruses Such as HCV
"The Applied Biosystems 7500 PCR cycler is very easy to use and it takes approximately 2 hours 19 minutes to complete a run. The software is very easy to link to our computers and links to databases where your patient’s files are. The cyclers have a very long life and my laboratory has not had any problems with their effectiveness or fitness for purpose. The quality of the PCR products from the cycler is very high plus contamination is significantly reduced compared to other cyclers which have also been used by the laboratory and other units in the department. It is very sensitive and in terms of training to be deemed competent to use the cycler, it is relatively easy from an operational level. The engineers are very quick to respond to any queries."
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ReviewerMember since: 2008
Organization: fzmb GmbH, Research Center for Medical Technology and Biotechnology
Application Area:Pathogen diagnosis
"It is very easy to use after the instructions from the application specialist. In the “fast PCR” mode you have the data after 40 min. The after sales service is very good and helps even with small problems. The Software for the instrument is easy to use and you can install it on more than one computer."
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ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: UMDNJ-New Jersey Med School
Application Area:Real time PCR for flu and RSV.
"Fast and accurate, it provides reproducible results. User friendly and a good workhorse. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Linkoping University
Application Area:qPCR
"This machine is easy to use. Also, it's fast to learn but a little difficult to find out how to do efficiency PCR."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2006
Organization: Merck
Application Area:gene expression
"The system is easy to use and it is compact. However, an automated tray on the device and some method for touch screen interface would be great."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Bio Time Inc
Application Area:gene expression
"Very intuitive-- easy to use and to find and label wells with different reporters. It's also very easy to customize and save templates. Machine plates can be switched out from 96 well to 384 well plates very easily. Temperature gradients are very useful for optimization."
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ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE
Application Area:Molecular biology
"The machine itself is easy to use and produces good results. However, we have encountered problems with the machine losing connection with the computer since we purchased this equipment 2 years ago. This results in whole data sets being lost, all the calibrations needed resetting and a lot of down time waiting for engineers to come in. Applied Biosystems upgraded the computer they supplied with the machine less than a year after we had it in a hope to negate these connectivity issues. This worked for about 6 months, but now they've started up again. So I'm generally not particularly impressed with the system as a whole in terms of reliability."
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ReviewerMember since: 2011
Organization: Biotech del Norte S.A.P.I. de C.V.
"it is really easy to use and the software is friendly to use for people without training for most of the analysis."