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Evaluation of Automated DNA extraction systems.


This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of extraction protocols. In view of the current requirements the evaluation list has been focused at high yield (large volume) extractions.

Company Chemistry Automation
options*
Basis
Max
blood
volume
(ml)
Max
yield
(ug/ml)
blood
Evaluation**
Systems
ABI   6100Nucleic Acid PrepStation Solid phase extraction 0.15 40 NGRL (Wessex)
AutoGen Automated nucleic acid isolation system NA-3000EU Salt precipitation 7.00 30 NGRL (Wessex)
Chemagen Chemagic Chemagen Seperation module 1 paramagnetic beads 20.00 40 NGRL (Wessex)
Gentra
Puregene® AUTOPURE LS® automated DNA extractor Salt precipitation 20.00 50 NGRL (Manchester)
Qiagen   EZ1 paramagnetic beads 0.35 30 NGRL (Wessex)
Roche   MagNA Pure Compact paramagnetic beads 1.00 40 NGRL (Wessex)

Chemistries suitable for automation
Chemagen
Chemagic1K Chemagen Seperation module 1, TECAN, PSS Magtration paramagnetic beads 1.00 30 NGRL (Wessex)
Chemagen
Chemagic5K Chemagen Seperation module 1,TECAN, PSS Magtration paramagnetic beads 5.00 30 NGRL (Wessex)
Chemagen Chemagic10K Chemagen Seperation module 1,TECAN, PSS Magtration  paramagnetic beads   10.00 30 NGRL (Wessex) 
DRI CST TECAN paramagnetic beads     40 NGRL (Wessex)  
Macherey Nagel
NucleoBond CB TECAN anion exchange 20.00 20 NGRL (Wessex)
Macherey Nagel
NucleoSpin Blood L TECAN silica membrane 2.00 30 NGRL (Wessex)
Macherey Nagel
NucleoSpin Blood XL TECAN silica membrane 10.00 30 NGRL (Wessex)
Promega Wizard® Genomic DNA Kit Biomek FX, TECAN precipitation 10.00 50 NGRL (Wessex)

*Automation options given are links between companies as stated by them. Many of the above chemistries could be automated on other platforms.

**where more than one chemistry from one supplier is listed only a representative sample of kits available will be evaluated.

Evaluation report – “Automated DNA Extraction Methodologies” (download)

Useful links :

Agowa http://www.agowa.de
AutoGen http://www.autogen.com
Beckman http://www.beckman.com
Bioline http://www.bioline.com
Chemagen http://www.chemagen.de
CyBio http://www.dewb-vc.com/en/success/cybio_ag.html
DRI http://www.dri-dna.co.uk
Eppendorf http://www.eppendorf.com
Gentra http://www.gentra.com
Hamilton http://www.hamiltoncompany.com
Macherey Nagel http://www.macherey-nagel.com
Millipore http://www.millipore.com
MWG http://www.THE-MWG.com/
Perkin Elmer http://las.perkinelmer.com
Promega http://www.promega.com
PSS Bio Instruments http://pssbio.com
Qiagen http://www1.qiagen.com
Roche http://www.roche.com
Sias http://www.sias.biz/
TECAN http://www.tecan.com/









Last Updated: 21 July, 2008 by G. Watkins
 
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