Programming
This section gives instructions for the two methods of programming the Alpha Cycler systems. The first
method uses the
Program Wizard
to automatically generate a program based on a few user defined
parameters. The second method is accessed through the
New program
button from the Home Screen
and allows the user to control every element of the program.
Note:
When programming an Alpha Cycler protocols are built with a
steps and stages
structure.
Individual steps can be created and a collection of those steps make up a stage. Stages have a number of
cycles applied to them and all steps in a stage will cycle the specified number of times before progressing
to the next stage. Protocols can have multiple stages comprising multiple temperature steps.
USING THE PROGRAM WIZARD
The Program wizard allows users to automatically generate a protocol based upon the following
criteria:
• Primer Sequence or Tm’s
• Length of amplicon
• Template source (bacterial, eukaryote or plasmid)
• Special considerations
Special considerations has a series of options which accommodate for the use of hot start Taq polymerases,
adjusts the temperatures based upon the amplicons A/T and G/C bias and will allow for the user to add
a touchdown PCR stage as a means of improving specificity.
• From the Home Screen select
Program wizard
.
The Program wizard consists of four steps which require user input in order to generate a suitable
protocol. The first step is to specify the melting temperature either from the primer sequences of from
the Tm values.
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