Biotium expands multiplexing options for probe-based qPCR with unique red qPCR dye

Biotium, a life science reagent supplier and inventor of the widely used EvaGreen^® qPCR Dye, has announced the release of EvaRuby™ Dye for qPCR and HRM^®. This spectrally unique red fluorescent intercalating dye can be incorporated into probe-based qPCR assays, expanding multiplexing options for probe-based qPCR. EvaRuby™ Dye is compatible with ~470 nm excitation and ~610 nm emission filters.

While a variety of DNA binding dyes with different fluorescence emission properties have been published for use in qPCR and HRM^®, only the green fluorescent dyes SYBR^® Green I, SYTO™ 9, and EvaGreen^® Dye have widespread use in these applications. EvaGreen^® Dye is currently the only dye suitable for qPCR and HRM^® in the same reaction, however, due to its relatively broad emission, EvaGreen^® cannot be combined with red PCR probes for multiplexing or HRM^® in probe qPCR reactions. As a solution, Biotium scientists have developed EvaRuby™, a unique dye with a much longer Stokes shift of 480/613 nm (excitation/emission). This allows excitation of EvaRuby™ Dye by the same green/blue channel as EvaGreen^® Dye, and detection in the orange (JUN™ or ROX™) channel. As a result, EvaRuby™ Dye has minimal cross-talk in standard probe detection channels and enables the combination of dye-based and probe-based qPCR in a single reaction. In addition, EvaRuby™ Dye is validated for HRM^® analysis and may be used as an internal control for probe-based qPCR to detect non-specific amplification that goes undetected by target-specific probes. EvaRuby™ Dye is also suitable for singleplex qPCR, LAMP, and gel electrophoresis.

EvaRuby™ Dye has been validated on Applied Biosystems^® QuantStudio™ 5 96-well and Qiagen^® Rotor-Gene^® Q instruments, with potential compatibility for other qPCR instruments capable of acquiring data using ~470 nm excitation and ~610 nm emission filters. EvaRuby™ Dye¬ is available as a 20X in water solution in standard 2x1 mL and 500 uL trial sizes priced at $320 and $90 respectively.

Features and benefits of EvaRuby™ Dye include:

• Spectrally Unique: Minimal cross-talk in neighboring channels
• Flexible: Unique red dye that expands multiplexing capabilities for probe-based qPCR
• Versatile: Can combine probe-based qPCR with HRM^® in the same reaction
• Convenient: Easily confirm your results with melt curve analysis rather than time consuming post-qPCR gel electrophoresis

The release of EvaRuby™ Dye adds to Biotium’s industry-leading catalog of qPCR reagents for life science research.

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