Scientists from Affymetrix have compared the performance of Tecan's Infinite 200 Nanoquant multi-mode microplate reader with other instruments on the market for low-volume DNA concentration analysis.
Dr Jim Collins, director of assay development, said: 'We have recently developed a new generation of general cytogenetic assay, requiring precise spectrophotometric quantification of small volumes of DNA.
'I have always been highly impressed with the quality of instrumentation from Tecan in terms of its robustness and reliability, and the Infinite 200 Nanoquant offers higher throughput than anything else available for quantification of low volumes, making it highly suitable for this assay,' he added.
Vicky Huynh, who carried out the evaluation, said: 'The Infinite 200 Nanoquant is quick, and the software is very easy to use.
'The Nanoquant plate is compatible with multi-channel pipettes for high throughput, and quantification of whole microplates only takes a few minutes.
'The easy-to-clean plate helps to eliminate cross-contamination and there is no need to dilute samples.
'It is ideal for both high and low throughput, processing batches of 16 samples in just one minute with high reproducibility,' she added.
