Prepare a calibration TaqMan
™
Array Card
Required materials to prepare calibration TaqMan
™
Array Card
Unless otherwise indicated, all materials are available through
. "MLS" indicates that
the material is available from
or another major laboratory supplier.
Item
Source
Calibration kit
ViiA
™
7 Array Card Spectral Calibration Kit, includes the following
components:
• Empty TaqMan
™
Array Cards
• FAM
™
dye
• VIC
™
dye
• ROX
™
dye
• ROI dye mix
• Background buffer
• FAM
™
/ROX
™
dye
• VIC
™
/ROX
™
dye
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Equipment and consumables
Centrifuge with custom buckets and card holders, one of the following:
• Sorvall
™
centrifuge
• Multifuge
™
centrifuge
• Megafuge
™
centrifuge
Contact your local sales office
TaqMan
™
Array Card Sealer
Contact your local sales office
Blank balance TaqMan
™
Array Cards
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Pipette, 200 µL with tips
MLS
Permanent marker or pen
MLS
Powder
‑
free gloves
MLS
Safety glasses
MLS
Fill the calibration TaqMan
™
Array Cards
For detailed instructions to prepare a TaqMan
™
Array Card, see Appendix C, “Detailed procedures for
IMPORTANT!
Wear powder-free gloves while creating the calibration array cards.
Chapter 7
Calibrate and verify instrument performance
Perform ROI/uniformity, background, dye, and normalization calibrations for the TaqMan
™
Array Card block
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™
6 Pro Real-Time PCR System and QuantStudio
™
7 Pro Real-Time PCR System User Guide