Supplemental procedures
Set up and test the Ion Chip
™
Minifuge
Note:
The Ion Chip
™
Minifuge is only required when using the Ion OneTouch
™
2
System for template preparation. Ion Chef
™
Instrument users do not require an Ion
Chip
™
Minifuge.
The Ion Chip
™
Minifuge (Cat. No. 4479672 or 4479673) is used to load sequencing
chips manually for use on Ion PGM
™
, Ion Proton
™
, and Ion GeneStudio S5 sequencing
platforms. To accommodate the larger chip size, Ion Proton
™
and Ion GeneStudio S5
sequencer users must:
• install the Ion S5
™
/Ion Proton
™
Rotor and Buckets (Cat. No. 4482578).
• test the minifuge to confirm that no liquid is lost during centrifugation.
before using the minifuge to load chips for the first time.
Note:
The following protocols may also be used to convert the Ion Chip
™
Minifuge
back for use with Ion PGM
™
sequencing chips.
1.
Grasp the existing rotor and pull straight up to remove the rotor from the motor
shaft.
1
1
Motor shaft
C
Install the Ion
S5
™
/Ion Proton
™
Rotor and Buckets
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