MULTILABEL IMAGER FOR GENOMICS

RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED AN ULTRASENSITIVE QUANTITATION SYSTEM TO BE USED WITH A LARGE FAMILY OF ISOTOPES. THIS SYSTEM SUPPORTS LABEL MULTIPLEXING; MANY CO-RESIDENT ISOTOPES IN THE FAMILY CAN BE QUANTITATED SIMULTANEOUSLY, ALLOWING EITHER THE POOLING OF LABELED SAMPLES OR THE POOLING OF DISTINCTLY LABELED PROBE REAGENTS FOR MULTIPLE TARGETS. THE RESEARCH ADDS TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SPATIAL RESOLUTION TO THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SYSTEM, IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEIC ACID QUANTITATION AND FRACTIONATION, INCLUDING SEQUENCING. BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE MULTIPLEXING CAPABILITIES AND SUPERIOR SENSITIVITY, THE TECHNIQUE INCREASES SAMPLE THROUGHPUT IN FRACTIONATION/QUANTITATION TASKS.