Next-Generation Diagnostics

Equipment

  • Illumina sequencing platform Hiseq 2500 (Ultra-High-Throughput Sequencing System)
  • Illumina sequencing platform Miseq
  • Microlab STARlet (Hamilton, automatically prepares samples for sequencing)
  • Qiacube (semi-automated extraction and purification of nucleic acids)
  • Microarray scanner (Agilent, Affymetrix)
  • Perkin Elmer Labchip GX (to determine the quality of nucleic acids, can be integrated into automation)
  • Perkin Elmer Labchip DS (to quantify nucleic acids, can be integrated into automation)
  • Agilent Bioanalyzer (to determine the quality of nucleic acids and proteins)
  • Nanodrop (to quantify nucleic acids)
  • Qubit 2.0 (extremely sensitive fluorometric quantification of specific nucleic acids)
  • Covaris M220 Focused-ultrasonicator™ (nucleic acid shearing, active paraffin removal from FFPE tissues)