Instrument park

DNA isolation from a reindeer skull collected from an arctic expedition in 1933.

All the respective labs are equipped with standard instruments for DNA research, such as table sentrifuges, vortexers, fridges/freezers, pipettes etc. Other instruments such as larger centrifuges, heat blocks and weights are installed where appropriate. Below is a list of the major instruments and instrument manuals.

Room	Instrument	Supplier	Application	Manual
003- DNA extraction	CleneCab	Herolab	Workstation
003- DNA extraction	Termaks TS8024	Termax	Heat cabinet
003- DNA extraction	Mixer Mill 301	Retsch	Homogenization
003- DNA extraction	Biomek 4000	Beckman-Coulter	Automated liquid handelling (Pipetting robot)	Link
011B- Pre-PCR	DirectQ	Millipore	milliQ water
007- PCR room	4x T100 Thermal Cycler	Biorad	PCR
007- PCR room	CFX96 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection System	Biorad	qPCR	Link
007- PCR room	Robocycler Gradient 96	Stratagene	PCR
007- PCR room	2x GeneAmp 9700	Applied Biosystems	PCR
009- Post-PCR	Experion Automated Electrophoresis station	Biorad	Electrophoresis
009- Post-PCR	Mini Opticon Real Time PCR system	Biorad	qPCR
009- Post-PCR	Nanodrop One	Thermo Scientific	DNA quantification
009- Post-PCR	Qbit 2.0 Fluorometer	Invitrogen	DNA quantification
009- Post-PCR	Fragment Analyzer	Advanved Analytical	Electrophoresis	Link
005A- Gel room	Standard gel running equipment	VWR	Gel electrophoresis
005A- Gel room	Gel Doc SR+ system	BioRad	Gel electrophoresis	Link
005- Cloning	Herasafe LAF bench	Thermo Scientific	Sterile workstation
005- Cloning	Minitron	Infors HT	Incubation shaker
005- Cloning	Function line	Heraeus	Heat cabinet
005- Sequencing	ABI3130xl Genetic Analyzer	Applied biosystems	Sanger sequencing
005- Sequencing	IonS5 Genestudio	Life Technologies	DNA sequencing
005- Sequencing	IonTorrent Chef	Life Technologies	Template preparation
005-Sequencing	MinION	Oxford Nanopore Technologies	Sequencing	Link
012B- Library prep	VP100 Vacuubrand	VWR	Vacuum pump
012B- Library prep	Fucused ultrasonicator	Covaris	Library prep
012B- Library prep	BluePippin	Sage Sience	Library prep
012A- Sensilab	2x PCR work stations

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