Thermocyclers Review

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Urology
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Performance

Ease-of-Optimization

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Company:

Eppendorf

Product Name:

Mastercycler pro

Catalog Number:

Mastercycler pro

These thermocyclers work well and have a good interface, but we've had to get technical support to fix them at least once a year.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

PCR

Starting Material

Nucleic Acid

Protocol Overview

Put tubes in and program gradient.

Tips

None

Results Summary

Works well when the machine is working.

Features Summary

Supports features most high end PCR machines do. Range of programs, gradients, step down, etc

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

N/A

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Summary

The Good

Good user interface

The Bad

Break easily

The Bottom Line

These are fast cycling PCR machines and the user interface to set up the programs is really nice. However, they seem to break fairly often compared to other machines.

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