Great primers at good prices

Biological Science
Florida State University
Graduate Student

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Quality of Results

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Ethidium bromide stained agarose gel showing PCR products generated using primers from IDT

Company:

Integrated DNA Technologies

Service Provided:

Generation of PCR/qPCR Primers

I have had a great experience ordering primers from IDT. They have always given me high-quality primers, shipped very quickly, and their costs are competitive. I have not yet had a bad experience with this company, and they have my oligo business.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Downstream Applications

PCR, quantitative PCR, in situ hybridization

Timeline

Promised delivery in 1 month; always delivered within 1 week

Nature of Service

Generation and shipping of custom oligonucleotide primers and probes.

Technical Service

NA

Delivery

Delivery was early; no issues

Results Summary

I designed the primers myself using a third-party program; IDT's primer design software on their website is useful but too sensitive (primers suggested to form significant dimers did not form any in my experiments). The primers were delivered quickly and worked exactly as I wanted them to. No complaints.

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Ethidium bromide stained agarose gel showing PCR products generated using primers from IDT

Summary

The Good

Cheap, quick delivery, effective.

The Bad

I have no idea how good their customer service is. Primer design program is too sensitive.

The Bottom Line

I only have good things to say about IDT. They provide great oligos.

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