The E1-ClipTip Equalizer electronic pipette and Multidrop Combi Reagent Dispensers help improve the efficiency of preparing samples for RT_PCR

Abstract: Once of the challenges in preparing samples for RT-PCR is the manually intensive, error-prone and inconsistent sample transfer step before nucleic acid isolation. In most cases, prior to nucleic extraction, samples must be transferred from one vessel, such as samples tubes, to a completely different configuration such as the more commonly used 96-well sample plate.  In this study demonstrates improved efficiency using Thermo Scientific™ E1-ClipTip™ Equalizer expandable-spacing electronic pipette and the Thermo Scientific™ Multidrop™ Combi Reagent Dispenser in preparing samples for RT-PCR.  The results show a 63% reduction in the amount of time required to prepare samples for nucleic acid extraction when using the E1-ClipTip Multichannel Equalizer pipette and the Multidrop Combi Reagent Dispenser.  The time reduction also enables as much as a 24% increase in throughput by reducing instrument idle time by reducing instrument idle time between RT-PCR runs.