Thermo Fisher Scientific claims that it is offering scientists good value on a range of PCR and QPCR Thermo Scientific reagents and plastics via its 'Stock up for Summer' initiative.
According to the company, up to 50 per cent savings can now be made on more than 150 products.
To facilitate selection, customers can use the data within the 'Stock up for Summer' brochure, which also includes a chart advising on the required detection chemistry relative to the user's QPCR cycler, allowing identification of the correct products that can provide laboratory savings.
Savings can be made on Thermo Scientific Absolute QPCR mixes and Absolute QPCR master mixes, which are designed to achieve the most consistent and reproducible data across all QPCR platforms.Thermo Scientific Absolute Blue QPCR mixes incorporate an inert blue dye to significantly enhance the contrast between reagent and plastic, facilitating the verification of master-mix dispensing, ensuring reproducible and accurate assay results.
Thermo Scientific Absolute Fast QPCR mixes are also on offer, reducing QPCR run times to less than one hour by using the fast protocol.
A fast QPCR cycler is not required to take advantage of this time saving - fast protocols can be performed using any QPCR cycler.
As with the Absolute Blue QPCR mixes, Absolute Fast QPCR mixes also contain an inert blue dye for the verification of master-mix dispensing, thereby ensuring reproducible, accurate results.
This offering also includes white-plate options for QPCR users wishing to improve signal-to-noise ratios.
For standard PCR, Thermo Scientific Simpler Red DNA Polymerase is now available with a 33 per cent to 50 per cent saving, depending on pack size.
Simpler Red contains an inert red dye that turns the reaction mix light red to indicate that the Taq DNA Polymerase has been added, thereby minimising pipetting errors.
Similar savings are also available on DNA Polymerase and Taq DNA Polymerase kits (containing dNTPs).
For high-yield PCR, products on offer include Thermoprime Taq DNA Polymerase with Reddymix buffer, kits (containing dNTPs) and master mixes.
The inert red dye in the reaction buffer is intended to enable error-free pipetting, simplifying PCR setup and improving PCR reproducibility.
Additionally, the precipitant within the products enables the direct loading of the completed PCR reaction onto agarose gels, reducing post-PCR handling time.
Hot-Start PCR users can also benefit from savings on products such as Thermo-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, kits (containing dNTPs) and master mixes.
