Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Center of Genomics and bioinformatics
This equipment was very important in order to get good result for us.
Application Area:Library preparation
"This equipment is easy to use and helpful for sequencing. Before Ion Chef scientists were working with Ion One Touch for library preparation."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: AU
Much needed to eliminate some potential areas of experimental error.
Application Area:NGS Prep for panel approach
"A key point of frustration in the past, the CHEF creates a work flow that is less subjective, more consistent and results in much better data while eliminating much of the hands-on portion of this difficults step."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: University of Texas
Amazing technology, great support
Application Area:sequencing
"What a marvel of engineering this device is. It has revolutionized our lab workflow and increased our throughput remarkably. Worth every penny and my staff loves using it."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam
Great automatic solution!
Application Area:Prepare libraries and templates for sequencing on Ion Torrent platforms
"The Ion Chef instrument is very easy-to-use, quick and accurate. It comes with very high-tech robotics in a modern design that fits nicely in the lab bench. If you are looking for standardization in your lab, this instrument can be a great tool! Only improvement could be the cost of reagents, which at the moment might be a bit high, especially when it comes to library preparation. Also, while it frees our hands, it might be more difficult to adjust certain parameters. Would totally recommend it!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Universidad de Extremadura
It has made our work much easier
Application Area:Sample preparation for Ion-Torrent NGS
"Ion-Chef is a sample preparation robot that greatly facilitates sample preparation. Allows to manage up to two chips, managing with libraries up to chip loader. Has its own chip centrifuge, and can do all the incubation steps. User manipulation is minimal, therefore, the variability by manipulation decreases very much. All the reagents are pre-loaded and, in this way, is completely autonomous. We detect an improvement in data quality after begin to use ion-chef."
The Ion Torrent Ion Chef System simplifies the workflow for Ion S5, Ion PGM, and Ion Proton systems, providing an automated, walk-away workflow solution for Ion AmpliSeq library preparation and reproducible template preparation and chip loading.