High-throughput Miniaturized Quantitative PCR with the Echo® 525 Liquid Handler

27 May 2014

Quantitative PCR (qPCR) is a prevalent tool spanning many phases of drug discovery. In this application note it is demonstrated that the Echo 525 liquid handler is able to effectively miniaturize reaction volumes for high-throughput qPCR in both 384- and 1536-well formats. This Echo 525 liquid handler enables scientists to fully explore the capabilities of miniaturized PCR and other genomics applications, while reducing reagent consumption and eliminating tip costs, thereby reducing operational running costs.

Echo® 525 Liquid Handler

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

The Echo 525 platform, like the other Echo liquid handler models, is designed to use sound energy to transfer reagents. Unlike the other Echo models, the Echo 525 platform transfers at a larger volume increment (25 nL). This enables the more rapid transfer of aqueous reagents required in biochemical and genomics assays setup.

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