Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Solid Vendor
Application Area: RNA Isolation for analysis
"Zymo is always quick to ship and has great standardized products."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Toragen
High purity RNA in a matter of minutes.
Application Area:Analyze mRNA transcripts
"The kit is very easy to use and produces high quality RNA for use in RT-qPCR analysis. This kit has saved me so much time over traditional chloroform/ethanol extraction methods. The RNA is also more pure. The cost is very reasonable on a per-reaction basis. I had some questions about places in the protocol where you could pause and store samples in the freezer, and the technical assistance from zymo was quick and very helpful."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Reliable
Application Area:RNA Isolation for analysis
"Zymo is always quick to ship and has great standardized products."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: University of Minnesota
Great kit, can't live without them!
Application Area:Molecular Biology
"The Zymo Research Miniprep kit is very reliable and useful. This kit has provided consistent and quliaty results for the many years we have used them. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Cornell University
I would recommend this product for people running RNA experiments
Application Area:Extracting total RNA from cells
"Most of the time the kit can yield great quality RNA for qPCR analysis! Really easy and fast RNA extraction!"
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Texas A&M University
Consistent results
Application Area:RNA extraction
"It was very simple to use, with no trizol involved - this is the best way to extract RNA"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
This product invention is exceptional
Application Area:Gene expression in tissue samples
"This kit surprised me. It doesn't need organic solvents so is safer and more practical than trizol based extractions. Despite this, it achieves a good RNA recovery from a variety of tissue samples including blood, through the use of proteinase K and I like very much the RNA Shield solution, as it functions as RNA later but is cheaper. Even though is your tissue is very hard, and rich in collagen or fats, you will need to add a prior mechanic homogenization or try with other products that use organic solvents like the direct-zol kits. Besides it is recommended to extend and duplicate the last centrifugation and prior incubation with buffer TE or RNAase free water in the recovery of RNA, the final step."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Georgetown University
Great results, a must-have in the lab!
Application Area:RNA extraction for use in cDNA synthesis and qPCR
"This kit is incredibly easy to use! The reagants are all labeled, and the columns are very user-friendly (caps are not easily broken). The protocol is quick and adaptable, so I am able to use it with a variety of sample types (cells or tissue samples, yeast, plant or bacteria). The concentrations of RNA after the protocol are very high, indicating the efficiency of this kit. I could not recommend it more highly!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Mass General Hospital
Trusted brand for a high yield RNA extraction
Application Area:Extract RNA for RNAseq downstream applications
"The data sheet and protocol was very clear. the kit was easy to use and gave a high yield of RNA."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Johns Hopkins Medical Institions
Easy and fast to use
Application Area:Viral RNA quantification
"This product is easy to use and produces good quality RNA with a quick process."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Virginia Tech
Compared to trad trizol, this kit is easier to use, quick, with high quality results
Application Area:RNA extraction from cells
"Traditional extraction methods using volatile trizol are time consuming and unnecessarily finicky. This kit is much more reliable in terms of RNA quality and is quick and straightforward to use. Plus, throughput with multiple samples is much more efficient."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Masonic Medical Research Institute
Fast Prep and Great Results Every Time
Application Area:RNA Isolation
"I use this kit for all of my RNA isolation needs, from cultured cells for qPCR to tissue samples for large scale RNA sequencing projects. The streamlined workflow is extremely fast, user friendly, and gives me high quality and quantity which I wasn't getting from other kits. Highly Recommend!"
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of California
Great kit for easy and reliable RNA isolation
Application Area:RNA and gene expression
"ZymoResearch RNA isolation is easy to work with and produces reliable results"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Johns Hopkins Medical Institions
Easy, but poor quality RNA
Application Area:Viral RNA quantification
"The kit is easy to use, but the quality of RNA is poor; contaminants remain from the extraction process regardless of if I follow the protocol or make amendments such as extra washes."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Affordable, high-quality RNA extractions with on-column DNAse digestions
Application Area:Extracting RNA from mammalian tissue culture cells
"These kits work great, just as well if not better than the leading brands (you know the ones). Zymo provides helpful discounts to new labs as well!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Salk
Very easy way to obtain RNA!
Application Area:RNA isolation from primary T cells
"This kit works really well. I particularly like their easy and quick protocol. As the elution volume as small as 10 uL, it is very useful when I need a higher concentration."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Johns Hopkins Medical Institions
Poor RNA quality
Application Area:Viral RNA quantification
"The kit is easy to use, and I've found Zymo's customer service to be good. However, this particular kit consistently elutes poor quality RNA with evidence of contamination from residual reagents. This is the case regardless of if I adjust the protocol or not. I've had good quality RNA from other brands before."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Tufts University
My go-to product for this application!
Application Area:RNA extraction and cDNA generation
"Very simple and quick way to isolate RNA and generate cDNA. Product comes out clean and great quality!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Minnesota
Value for Money
Application Area:RNA Isolation from Various Sample Types
"This is easy to use with simple steps, gives desired results!"
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of California
Great kit and we couldn't live without it.
Application Area:Analyze gene expression in vitro and in vivo
"The RNA isolation kit always delivers great results. Reproducible and reliable data."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Science Fun
Lovely results, will use again!
Application Area:I was able to concentrate the RNA for RT-PCR
"I achieved very nice results, will be using again."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Good product
Application Area:RNA Extraction
"The RNA kit is quick, and easy to use. I get reproducible results."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Temple University
Quality results and cost effective
Application Area:RNA Extraction
"High quality and reproducible results at the fraction of the price of competitors."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Miami
Great product, we love these kits!
Application Area:COVID swab and saliva extraction
"Great product, we love these kits. We switched all our Qiagen kits to Zymo. Easier to use, quicker, much more product after extraction."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Maryland
Great product! Easy to use. Love it!
Application Area:RNA Extraction
"Great product. So easy to use! Somewhat customizable and great customer support! Love this and other Zymo products! Heartily recommend!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Maryland
Really great - easy-to-use product!
Application Area:Sars-cov-2 wastewater analysis
"Really was a step-forward to use this. Very well made. Really like this product."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Virginia Tech
I've been using this product since my initial experience.
Application Area:RNA extraction
"I used it for isolating RNA from mosquito midguts and the yields were really good and very easy."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Icahn School of medicine
Great results at reasonable prices.
Application Area:RNA isolation from cells
"It’s one of the easiest, fastest and most reliable methods of RNA Isolation. I have been using this kit for 9 years now, it works great. Filters completely remove the gDNA. easy to follow protocol. Totally recommended."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Louisiana
Fast, easy, and high quality.
Application Area:RNA extraction
"Honestly, I was very scared of doing RNA extractions at first due to how sensitive it is but Zymo Research made it very easy. It is very fast, and produced high quality extractions from some seaweed specimens. It is very affordable too. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
True to its name, quick with great results
Application Area:RNA extraction
"Incredible value for efficient, easy, and fast RNA extraction with great results"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Brigham Young University
Wonderful product! Highly recommend!
Application Area:RNA research
"Extracts RNA very cleanly and quickly. Product is immediately ready for downstream applications such as RT-PCR. Very pleased with this product. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: California State University, Northridge
Easy to use!
Application Area:Isolate RNA from cell/tissue samples.
"I was introduced to this kit as an undergraduate research assistant and I still use it well into my postgraduate degree. It outcompetes the other brands for its price. The quick instruction sheet is thorough and is easily understandable to most new lab members! I recommend this kit and will use it throughout my science career. My only modification is that I centrifuge for longer."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno
Great value.
Application Area:RNA extraction for downstream qPCR
"Very easy and quick protocol. I haven't tested it extensively, but the initial results are comparable to those from the more expensive Qiagen kits."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Icahn School of medicine
Highly recommended.
Application Area:RNA isolation from cells and tissues
"Zymo RNA mini prep is a great quality project. Instructions are easy to follow. Everything you need to isolate RNA is provided with the kit. I used it to isolate RNA from various types of cells and tissues. It's much faster and cost-effective."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: UNC Chapel Hill
Great value.
Application Area:Analyze RNA for qPCR
"Easy to use but did not like how the centrifuge required high speed. The centrifuge in our lab did not go up to that speed, which meant we had to spin the columns longer and it took really long to purify the RNA when it could have been faster."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: the Univeriaty of Alabama in Huntsville
I like the simplicity, and color-coded column for correct handling.
Application Area:Gene expression / transcriptome
"It was a very straightforward protocol to follow and being able to obtain the yield that I wanted to achieve. More importantly, I appreciate the tech support helping us chose the right products. This is one of the products we used and we use other kits depending on the starting samples."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: mount sinai medical school
Reliable results.
Application Area:Analyze transcriptome of tissue samples
"The Quick-RNA miniprep kit is easy to use and efficient to isolate any RNA from tissue samples."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: QLABS
Not a bad kit - needs better instructions.
Application Area:NGS
"A little more expensive than what I am used to; using for NGS applications. Directions were a little confusing."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: VT
Great, quality product.
Application Area:RNA isolation for downstream qPCR
"Great results and quality of RNA and easy to use! DNAse treatment is quick/efficient. I can complete 8 different samples in ~45 minutes. I can't think of a way to improve this product or the setup of everything in the kit. I highly recommend everyone purchase it if they need to complete RNA isolation."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Eur. Inst. of Oncology IEO
Robust and easy-to-use kit for routine RNA extraction.
Application Area:Analyze gene expression
"High quality extracted RNA with combined easy protocol and great value for money."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Easy to use and consistent results.
Application Area:Quantitate cytokine RNA transcripts in primary cells
"The RNA extraction kit is easy to use and available at a highly reasonable price. The RNA quality is good and the results are consistent. I like the on-column DNA digestion feature of this kit. I highly recommend this product."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: ICH
It increased cost-effectiveness in the lab.
Application Area:Clinical laboratory
"I use the Zymo RNA miniprep kit to isolate RNA from clinical samples. It is fast, easy to use and gives high cost-effectiveness."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Great product for RNA extraction.
Application Area:Extract RNA from human gingival keratinocytes
"I have been using this kit for quite some time now. It always gives reproducible results and I have always achieved good concentration of RNA from cells and with good and acceptable 260/280 ratios. The kit comes with everything you need for the extraction and is relatively easy and less time consuming."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Florida
This was a really easy and straight forward kit.
Application Area:qPCR
"I found this product really easy and fast without compromising the RNA quality and yield. Tried with fish embryo, which I usually get really low quantities from but with this I got enough to work with."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: IGF
Excellent for most RNA, including microRNA.
Application Area:RT-qPCR on standard RNAs and small RNA
"Efficient, easy, time saver. In my opinion, the only phenol-free, column-based RNA extraction system that efficiently recovers small RNA (including miRNA)."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: UCSF
Excellent reagent, wouldn't be able to accomplish my work without it.
Application Area:Cell line RNA isolation
"This kit provides clean, reproducibile quantities of RNA from a wide variety of cell lines and culture conditions. A great perk of this kit is the RNA lysis buffer, as lysates can be kept at -80 for months without purification, allowing for investigators to compile all desired samples before purification at a later time."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Florida
Great results: Quality and low cost product.
Application Area:Gene expression analysis
"This kit is really easy to use even for students or someone that doesn't have experience with molecular biology. The instructions are great. The results have great reproducibility. Also, the quality of the product is worth the price. Other advantages are that the protocol saves time and money compared to other protocols."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: University of Duhok
Fast application, great results.
Application Area:RNA extraction
"The kit is fast and quick for isolating pure RNA from tissue or fluid."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of the Sciences
Quick and easy approach to good-quality RNA.
Application Area:RNA Extraction for RT-PCR
"Surprised how high quality my yield was from this kit. I do a fair amount of RNA extraction work and this kit is a phenomenal time saver."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
High quality RNA extractions
Application Area:Innate immune cell RNA extractions
"This product is high quality. After RNA extraction, we run the product through our bioanalyzer as part of our QC and the RIN is consistently above 9.5. Affordable and high quality."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Gonzaga University
Best RNA isolation kit
Application Area:Microbial RNA isolation
"I have been using this kit for years, after Qiagen became unaffordable. I find that I get the same results both yield and quality-wise. Most importantly it is very user friendly, as I have novice students use the kit and they are always successful."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: LSUHSC
Quick, easy, reliable
Application Area:Isolation of RNA from cells for RT-qPCR
"This is my preferred method for RNA extraction for downstream uses like qPCR. It exceptionally quick and easy, and I get consistently good yields and purity of my samples."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Bristol
Definitely going to buy it again!
Application Area:RNA sequencing
"It is really easy to use and super rapid. It gave me good quality RNA - very pure."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Institute of Biotechnology. UNAM
Excellent kit! purifying RNA has never been so fun and easy.
Application Area:Bacterial gene expression
"The kit is very easy to use and fast. You can obtain a good quantity of total RNA with high quality for qRT-PCR analyses."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of South Florida
Easy to use and great results!
Application Area:RNA isolation followed by qPCR
"The product is very easy to use. I was able to isolated RNA with high concentration and great purity with much ease."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Alabama School of Medicine Lab
Easy, fast, reliable.
Application Area:RNA Isolation from Cultured C ells
"The kit is simple and fast. Just be sure to use the recommended initial input volume, otherwise it will clog. You will still isolate tons of material. I tried it with HCC and GBM cells, the RQNs were 9.9 and 8.2, respectively. From about 5 x 10^6 cells ~100ng/ul RNA was obtained."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: CSU
Recommended.
Application Area:RNA extraction from mycobacteria
"Best results compared to other brands, easy to use and very good quality for the price."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: ORISE
Great value kit. Easy to use and outstanding quality.
Application Area:Extract RNA for qPCR
"Quick-RNA Miniprep Kit beats all the other products in the market not only because of its outstanding quality but also unbeatable price. The kit provides a streamlined process for RNA extraction which are easy and efficient. Since I began using this kit, my RNA sample quality has always been very good."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Easy to use, reproducible, high quality results!
Application Area:RNA isolation from cells in trizol for mRNAseq
"High quality RNA yeild, highly reproducible results in an easy to use kit. This kit was great for student interns who had never isolated RNA, straightforward & easy for them to get high quality RNA in sufficient amounts to make sequencing libraries."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Ulm University
Reliable product.
Application Area:RNA extraction
"Easy to use and much more cost-effective than the main competitor. We generate high-quality RNA for RNA-seq with this product."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Loma Linda University
The result is great!
Application Area:RNA sequencing
"The kit is very straight forward to use. No long waiting time or complicated steps. The yielded product is clean and high quality."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Inova Schar Cancer Institute
Excellent product and very cost efficient.
Application Area:Isolate RNA for downstream qPCR analysis
"This product is very effective and not time consuming. I get reproducible data each time and the product is very simple and easy to use. The quality of the RNA after isolation and purification is always very good and reliable."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: LARAD, Inc.
Couldn't do my job without it!
Application Area:RNA Extraction
"This product is very easy to use and contains great instructions. The yield is excellent and consistent every time."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2014
Organization: University of Michigan
Affordable, high quality RNA isolation kit.
Application Area:Neuroscience
"The kit works and is highly reliable, producing consistently high quality RNA."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Exeter
I will recommend this kit 100%.
Application Area:RNA extraction
"It took me under 10 minutes to extract RNA with this kit and the RNA quality was superb."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: University of Tennessee
Great product
Application Area:RNA collection from plant tissue
"Great product with high consistency and good RNA yield."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: UQTR
It's a must.
Application Area:Analyse expression of gene in cancer cells
"This product is easy to use. I achieve high quality and reproducible results."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: University of Virginia
What an amazing improvement over previous manufacture kit!
Application Area:RNA isolation for Real Time PCR
"RNA isolation from tissue culture cells used to be my most hated protocol - labor intensive, tedious, and the horrible smell of the BME used in the protocol. This kit is much faster and easier and no horrible smells! Both the RNA yield and the real time results are just as good as our previous kit."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Florida Atlantic University
Good price and easy to use, plus good quality.
Application Area:Plant molecular biology
"Good price and easy to use, plus good quality. It is compatible to QIAGEN products RNeasy kit, but with reasonable price and equal quality. Especially the DNase is inexpensive and is included in the kit. This makes us so much easy to save time for ordering and save the money too. - We like it very much! Also, it is reliable and simple. No matter animal RNA, or plant RNA, or bacterial RNA, all could use with this one kit."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: University of Pécs
Good price-to-value ratio.
Application Area:Analyze gene expression in cell cultures and tissues
"Achieve high quality and DNA free RNA. The quality of plastic should be better."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Temple University
Great results. I will always go with Zymo product for my DNA/RNA extractions
Application Area:RNA extraction for gene expression analysis
"RNA extraction with the Zymo kit is simple and straight forward protocol and people who have already been using column based RNA extractions will find that this kit offers the DNase enzyme and buffers within the kit and so value for the money for the same number of samples. Even better is the genomic DNA isolation columns which is only optional in certain kits (that is sold as a separate kit with a different product number) is sold with the standard isolation protocol which is another feature I really liked. I have been isolating RNA from primary mouse and human cells for over a decade for my research work. I got introduced to this Zymo product when our lab was struggling with funding but we still could not move out of the protocols that we were already doing for many years. I have to say that Zymo product saved us a lot of money and still got reproducible good data from our work. I have become an independent investigator and currently working with a small funding. I am glad that I knew about Zymo product and continuing to use this in my experiments. I have recommended to my colleagues also."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Otago University
Reliable, affordable kit.
Application Area:RNA isolation
"Easy and simple to use, even students can manage this! Reliable and while it's not the top kit I've ever used, in terms of value it is excellent. Color coded spin columns make it fool proof."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: SBP Med res institute
Easy and good.
Application Area:Gene expression
"Easy protocol, good quality RNA. I do not spend hours isolating RNA anymore!! Cheaper than other brands."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Drew University
Great kit!
Application Area:RNA extraction from cell lines
"We are able to quickly and easy extract high quality RNA for use in RT-PCR. This kit is very affordable as well!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: NYUMC
Fast, reliable and quality RNA preps
Application Area:RNA isolation
"Back in the day, we had to separate the aqueous phase from the samples. With the Zymo kit there is no step like this and the results are much better. We use the kit for miRNA, lncRNA and mRNA with good quality even with low concentrate RNA! And it's fast! "
MiniPrep Plus | MiniPrep |
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Cells Any tissue (soft, lipid, fibrous, FFPE) Whole blood | Cells Soft tissue |
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DNase I gDNA removal column Proteinase K DNA/RNA Shield (for sample storage) | DNAse I gDNA removal column |
The Quick-RNA™ MiniPrep kits are innovative product designed for the easy, reliable, and rapid isolation of DNA-free RNA from a wide range of cell (up to 107) and tissue samples (up to 50 mg). The procedure combines a unique buffer system with Zymo-Spin column technology to yield high quality total RNA (including small RNAs 17-200 nt) in about 10 minutes.
The procedure is simple. Add the provided RNA Lysis Buffer to a sample, and then purify the RNA using the Zymo-Spin™ Columns. The result is highly-concentrated, DNA-free RNA that is suitable for RT-PCR, hybridization, sequencing etc. In addition, the kit can be used for the enrichment of small and large RNAs into separate fractions.