The sensitivity of quantitative polymerase chain reaction, or qPCR-based assays, is one of the fundamental reasons for their success and abundant use in specific laboratories. However, other factors, including pipetting technique, can influence PCR assay results. PCR Master mix is… Read More
Archive for October, 2022
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Performing Serial Dilution with Picus Pipette
Serial dilutions play a significant role in drug discovery. In plenty of laboratories, serial dilutions are usually prepared with some handheld pipettes or with pipetting automates. The accuracy of serial dilution is typically assumed based on the reliability of the… Read More
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Ergonomic Pipetting
Ergonomics around pipetting could affect one’s pipetting technique and pipetting results. Applications and assays are more sensitive, miniaturized, and perform quicker. To get some reliable data out of the assays, smaller volume errors have to be avoided since they could… Read More
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Avoiding Contamination for Your Pipettes
Preventing contamination with your pipettes is vital for achieving reliable results. It will require the identification of the possible contamination mechanisms so that they can all be adequately addressed. Aerosols, suspensions of any liquid or solid particles in a gas, are formed… Read More