Innovation Through Digital PCR Automation
Innovation through digital PCR (dPCR) lab automation is now a reality. The Applied Biosystems™ QuantStudio™ Absolute Q™ dPCR System combines the power of dPCR absolute quantification with the simplicity of a qPCR workflow.
Do You Need to Analyze More qPCR Samples in an Effective Way?
With a single hands-on step that takes 5 minutes to complete, dPCR is now easier than ever, all without the need for a standard curve. Features of the QuantStudio™ Absolute Q™ system include:
- Easy and convenient qPCR-like workflow with only 5 minutes of hands-on time
- Reduced errors and manual inputs with all functions integrated into a single instrument
- Increased productivity with results in as little as 90 minutes
- Reduced downtime with Smart Remote Support, which shows issues to Technical Support for speedy resolution
- QuantStudio™ Absolute Q™ dPCR Software, which enables intuitive setup, monitoring, and analysis
- Security, auditing, and e-signature features for 21CFR Part 11 compliance support
- Compatible with Absolute Q™ Liquid Biopsy dPCR Assays for oncology applications, as well as our portfolio of TaqMan assays for gene expression, genetic variation, gene regulation, and other quantification experiments
Are You Looking to Improve Sensitivity for Rare DNA and RNA Targets During Your qPCR Testing?
New technologies like the Applied Biosystems™ QuantStudio™ Absolute Q™ dPCR System and MAP16 Microfluidic Plates bring innovation to the lab and allow scientists pooling different sample data to detect very low abundance targets, increasing sensibility and limit of detection. While PCR sample input volume can affect your ability to detect ultra-rare targets, even those with a mutant allele frequency (MAF) of 0.1 percent can be detected using multiple dPCR arrays on a QuantStudio™ MAP16 plate using the digital pooling feature of the Absolute Q™ Analysis Software.
Highlights include:
- Digital pooling, which combines data from multiple dPCR arrays to enable analysis of a grerater sample volume than conventional quantitative PCR
- QuantStudio™ MAP16 dPCR Plates, which contain 16 arrays with a total of 327,680 microchambers that can be digitally pooled together
The analysis of a MAF DNA mixture (0.1 percent, 27μL) using four combined arrays on a QuantStudio™ MAP16 plate (36μL of dPCR mix) could be used for a multitude of rare-target detection applications in the precision medicine space, such as for monitoring treatment response, screening for minimal residual disease, and rapid identification of mutation-linked drug resistance.
Are Your PCR Results Inaccurate and Do Your Samples Have Inhibitory Effects?
Scientists often face lack of reproducibility in their results and inhibitory effects in their samples. As such, there is continued interest in looking for better ways to quantify DNA and RNA targets with greater precision and reproducibility.
"Homogeneous results matter and innovation, through the use of MAP16 Microfluidic dPCR Plates, opens up new horizons for researchers."
MAP16 Microfluidic Plates are a key component of the QuantStudio™ Absolute Q™ dPCR System and are powered by patented microfluidic array plate (MAP) technology.
Highlights include:
- Consistent, automated separation of a sample into 20,000 microchambers with an industry-leading, less than 1 percent coefficient of variation (CV)
- Microinjection-molded plates to overcome inconsistency and high dead volume, allowing precise microchamber volume and consistent sample distribution, and thus analysis of greater than 98 percent of loaded volume
- Fixed microchamber arrays and positive pneumatic pressure to distribute (or digitize) reagents for dPCR, as opposed to other methods like digital droplet PCR that use fluid shearing to generate droplets that are less homogeneous and more variable in delivering results
- Plates consisting of a 4 x 4 grid of dPCR arrays, each of which contains 20,480 fixed microchambers. A design that allows flexibility in the number of samples or arrays run simultaneously without sacrificing data quality
The unparalleled precision and accuracy of the Absolute Q™ system and of MAP16 plates allows researchers to have confidence in their measurements across replicates and across experiments.
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