A Great Value for Genotyping for Most Labs

Pharmacology and Physiology
Georgetown University Medical Center
PhD Candidate

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Transnetyx

Service Provided:

Genotyping

Like many other neuroscience labs, our group makes frequent use of the vast offerings of mutant mouse (and now rat) lines out there. Partnering with transnetyx for offspring genotyping was a no-brainer for us:-we are saving money overall, since we use a wide array of probes that would be expensive and complicated to maintain-we are more confident in the results since every qPCR assay is run at least 2x, and entirely without human hands (from sample receipt to sample storage and even eventual reprobing)-transnetyx offers free storge of remaining lysates for 6 months, enabling reprobing or even shipment back to the investigator

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Downstream Applications

Electrophysiology, Imaging, Behavioral Assays

Timeline

24h or 72h from sample arrival, <4 or 7days total

Nature of Service

Tissue genotyping by qPCR

Technical Service

Prompt replies from experts in genotyping assays that are also quite knowledgeable overall

Delivery

They always deliver on time with very few exceptions (most of those are even planned and announced, and around a holiday)

Results Summary

Great value and service. Should be a no-brainer for labs like ours that use and cross many mouse lines, and are not already experts in genotyping.

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Summary

The Good

Cheap, quick, reliable genotyping with complimentary sample storage for 6 months

The Bad

Results for a lot of probes are only available as binary + or -

The Bottom Line

Great value and service. Should be a no-brainer for labs like ours that use and cross many mouse lines, and are not already experts in genotyping.Their system can even translate genotyping results into readable genotypes (e.g.: WT+/neomycin+/Y- = heterozygous female)The company is great about communication with customers too.

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