A great combo for regular and real-time PCR

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Cancer Immunology & AIDS
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Company:

Bio-Rad

Product Name:

CFX90 Real time system

Catalog Number:

C1000

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We had the C1000 thermal cycler and upgraded it to the CFX90 real-time system to allow for performing of real-time PCR for quantitative gene analysis. It has a touch screen, which allows smooth programming & running; comes with a USB port for exporting data and an awesome software that will perform the data analysis for you. You just import data files into it and the software will calculate fold changes etc. I completely recommend this equipment to every lab as it is very reasonably priced.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Real-time PCR analysis

Starting Material

cDNA converted from RNA

Protocol Overview

Prepare a cocktail of your cDNA with SYBR green Master mix (2X), primers of interest and add water. Add the cocktail to a PCR tube or plate and run on the machine with the standard real-time program.

Tips

Normalize all your samples to equal amounts of RNA and not cDNA.

Results Summary

The machine shows consistent results for housekeeping genes, which makes the data trustworthy. All my triplicates have similar signal, suggesting that there is little or no technical variation.

Features Summary

Performs both real-time and standard PCR

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Highly useful machine for easy Real-time PCR analysis

The Bad

Only one program can be run at a time.

The Bottom Line

Very easy to use and affordable for every lab

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