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Analyze the chips

The following materials are required to image loaded Digital PCR 20K Chips on the

QuantStudio

3D Digital PCR System.

• Prepared Digital PCR 20K Chip (from the previous section)

• Isopropanol

• Gloves, powder-free, nitrile

• Cleanroom-grade, low-lint polyester wipes

For optimal efficiency when running large numbers (>6) of Digital PCR 20K Chips,

follow the guidelines below:

• Run the Digital PCR 20K Chips in alphanumeric order (according to chip ID) to

help avoid mistakes when entering sample information.

• If you are running multiple chips, you can run the next chip in the series when

the touchscreen displays the Analyzing Chip screen .

To prepare the instrument for imaging data, edit data destination and file name

settings before loading a chip into the instrument.

Set the destination for the imaging data:

From the Main Menu of the QuantStudio

3D Instrument, touch , then

touch Data Destinations.

In the Data Destinations screen, touch the desired destination for the

imaging data.

You can configure the QuantStudio

3D Instrument to upload the imaging

data to a USB drive, a network file server, or the cloud data storage service.

Materials

required

Guidelines for

high-throughput

analysis

Prepare the

instrument for

imaging data

Chapter 4 Analyze the Prepared Chips

Analyze the chips

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