Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a new range of single-shot moulded ultrarigid polypropylene 96-well polymerase chain reaction (PCR) plates, which eliminate the disruption to workflow caused by warped plates.
Conventional plates are notoriously susceptible to warping as a result of the temperature changes to which they are subjected during thermal cycling. This frequently causes robotic PCR platforms to fail, and may also affect the way in which the fluorescence signal from PCR reactions is read, thereby compromising results. The new SuperPlates have all the advantages of polypropylene (eg low DNA/RNA/enzyme binding affinity, enhanced thermal transfer properties and high vapour retention) while offering more efficient heat transfer with no warping.
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