Automation

The Service is equipped with a robotic system able to realize high productivity projects for the research activities that needs, in brief times, the analysis of a high number of samples.

Technical Data Sheet

The Service is able to accomplish to different demands:

- PCR and qPCR setup.

- PCR cleanup.

- Samples quantitation and normalization.

- Replica plates, cherry picking and gridding, library replica and re-gridding etc.

- Plasmidic DNA minipreparations.

- Sequencing reactions setup.

- Sequencing reactions cleanup.

- Microsatellites plates setup.

- AFLP plates setup.

- SNiPs plates setup.

- Library management and cherry picking.

- gDNA extraction, conventional samples (blood, mouse tail, etc.).

- gDNA extraction, NON conventional samples (Ciona; Posidonia oceanica; Caretta caretta; Cymodocea nodosa; Caulerpa racemosa; Octopus vulgaris).

- Automated ICH-ISH in whole mount on larger embryos. (in progress).

Dr. Elio Biffali

Tel.: 081 5833298

e-mail: elio.biffali(at)szn.it