Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Washington University in St Louis
Great for low-input samples
Application Area: Analyzing miRNA from low input samples
"Was able to get high quality RNA from low-input samples; enough for downstream library preps and sequencing! Great alternative to Trizol extractions for samples in percoll."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Eastern Washington University
Great RNA quality for a low per-sample cost
Application Area:RNA purification for gene expression analysis
"We routinely extract RNA at a small scale from 96-well plates, and this kit is both easy to use and provides high purity RNA for our downstream analyses. The price per sample on initial purchase is already low, but since Zymo allows purchase of individual kit components, and we use so little of the liquid reagents, we can buy additional collection tubes and columns separately. This allows us to stretch the more abundant kit components and ensure nothing is wasted."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Research Institute for Fish Breeding
Great result
Application Area:Analyze tissue sample (fish)
"Effective product, good performance, the product is very helpful for analyzing fish body tissue samples, the results of the analysis are accurate, thus making the data more valid."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: UMB
Easy to use, high quality of RNAs and good customer service
Application Area:Heart development, COVID-19
"The best part which I like most of the product is easy to use and high efficiency of RNA product from a small amount of samples, and its compatibility with TRIZOL. Then, the customer service is good. I ever found one kit was not good and they sent a new one for the replacement. I hope Zymo will maintain the high quality of the products and the good customer service, and I would be glad to recommend it to my colleagues as well."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Houston Methodist
Great, recommend it for low input RNA extraction
Application Area:RNA extraction-low input
"I used a kit from another known company with very low number of cells at first. I didn't get much and it was low quality. With this kit I got much more RNA with decent quality for very low input, and perfect quality for higher number of cells."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: RealSeq Biosciences
Good reproducible results.
Application Area:Extract RNA from tissues/cells/biofluids
"The product is easy to use and has a wide range of capabilities, so it's a go-to for us in our lab."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Massachusetts General Hospital
Very happy with this purchase!
Application Area:RNA extraction
"Effective product, great value for the amount you're purchasing. We have high throughput in our assays, and this kit has lasted us a long while! Very happy with this purchase! "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Arizona State University
Simple and quick protocol with good results.
Application Area:Evaluation of gene expression for cardiac tissues
"A simple and quick protocol that achieves good RNA quality every time. Very easy to replace any of the components in case of spills or other similar accidents happen."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Minnesota Duluth
Saves a ton of time!
Application Area:RNA extraction
"This product takes very little time to extract RNA. It has concise steps, with clear instructions to follow. The only thing I have to complain about is the spin columns not attaching directly to the collection tube. The spin columns become easily separated and may become contaminated."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Great product! Best kits around.
Application Area:RNA extraction
"Zymo kits are the best! I get the most RNA yield from any kit on the market, and the customer support team is extremely helpful in selecting the kit most appropriate for your research application."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Emory University
I always prefer using this RNA kit from Zymo. It's cheap and performance is great!
Application Area:Extract RNA from immune cells
"Zymo Micro RNA kit is helpful in getting small amounts of RNA from rare immune cells. This kit is easy to use and all steps are very well defined. We always get reproducible results."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: The Scripps Research Institute
Great RNA isolation kit for low number of cells.
Application Area:RNA isolation from FACS-sorted cells for RNAseq
"I am very satisfied with Zymo's Quick RNA isolation kit: the protocol is easy, quick and above all, provided good RNA quality and yield from cells isolated by FACS after tissue dissociation. This is the first kit (and cheapest one!) I tested that enables me to extract sufficient RNA from a small number (5000 cells) of a particularly delicate cell type. I really appreciate that Zymo provides free samples to test the kits before purchasing them. Besides, the customer/technical service is quick to respond and always provided useful details/recommendations for my specific experiment."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Amazing product!
Application Area:Extract viral RNA from field samples
"Amazing ease of use and great RNA yield from samples. I've used a variety of RNA extraction kits over the years, and Zymo is the best. We use the Microprep specifically for samples for sequencing due to the high RNA concentration that results."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Washington University St Louis
Great value, quality RNA, unbeatable price
Application Area:Analyze RNA expression in cells transformed with oncogenes
"The RNA micro kit is awesome! I cannot recommend it enough for price and quality. My lab has used a variety of kits but this is by far the best product available. The manuals are helpful and clear. The RNA is always great in quality. Most of all, the price is unbeatable compared to all competitors."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: LynxBio
Great product and good value!
Application Area:Analyze gene expression from cell lines
"The kit is easy to use with clear instruction. Anyone with college science background will be able to extract the RNA from cells. The technical support generally responds in a few days and troubleshoot the issues right away."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
The Quick-RNA Microprep is the best at recovering transcripts from low input samples.
Application Area:Extract Hepatitis C RNA from tissue
"We only use the Zymo Quick-RNA Microprep for our single-cell extractions of liver tissue. In the past, we had experimented with various other spin-based, magnetic bead-based, and even Trizol extractions, but none could afford us the reproducibility and low elution volume that we desperately needed to recover the highest concentration of HCV RNA from single hepatocytes. In addition to the lower elution volume offered by the micro kit, the cost is substantially less than for other comparable kits. Finally, the best reason that we exclusively use Zymo is for the ability to order individual kit components which allow us to optimize extractions for those incredibly difficult applications."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: UMass
Great isolation and very easy!
Application Area:Analyze transcriptional profiles of different cells
"The product is very easy to use. The isolation works very well."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
Kit produces high quality results and is very easy to use.
Application Area:RNA analysis of breast cancer cell lines
"Very simple easy to follow directions, excellent quality, super friendly and efficient sales rep."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Tennessee
Good results, gDNA could be an issue depending on sample.
Application Area:Analyze gene expression in samples
"Very easy to use. Discovered for using with our particular sample type, granulosa and cumulus cells that have gDNA contamination in our RNA, even after using the on column DNAse option. Had to do another DNase treatment and RNA purification to eliminate the gDNA. May be particular to our sample type, checked with customer support and we were using the proper amount of lysis buffer. Always be sure to do a check for gDNA before doing reverse transcription."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: University Hospital Düsseldorf
Very bad for low cell number even around 100K
Application Area:RNA isolation from cells 100K
"I don't recommend this kit for isolation of RNA from low number of cells as the company claims. You will end up with almost no RNA. I contacted the company but they just replied with textbook troubleshooting. It is not that cheap to save some money."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: USC
All ZYMO kits are trust worthy.
Application Area:RNA isolation from tissue and cell line.
"Recently I changed almost every one of my kits from Q company to ZYMO research. One of the kits is Quick-RNA MicroPrep. This kit is easy to use and efficiency is also as good as previous kit from Q company or better. Never miss this product for you experiments with cheaper price and high quality results."
The Quick-RNA ™ Microprep kit is an innovative product designed for the easy, reliable, and rapid isolation of DNA-free RNA from a wide range of cell (up to 10 6 ) and tissue samples (up to 5 mg). The procedure combines a unique buffer system with Fast-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, then purify the RNA using the Zymo-Spin ™ Columns . The result is highly-concentrated, DNA-free RNA that is suitable for subsequent RNA-based methods including RT-PCR, hybridization, sequencing etc . In addition, the kit can be used for enrichment of small and large RNAs in two separate fractions.