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Nucleic Acid Fluorometry (Qubit)

Fluorometric concentration assays are generally more accurate than spectrophotometric/UV-Vis absorbance (ie. Nandrop) measurements because they are less affected by common contaminants (ie. Proteins, RNA, or DNA).

This method is recommended NGS library assessments and for any application that requires higher accuracy in concentration estimates than can be acheived with Nanodrop.

 

Request Form:
Qubit Request [1]

 

Equipment Used: Qubit Flex Fluorometer [2]Qubit® 2.0 Fluorometer [3]


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/aac/facilities/genomics/services/nucleic-acid-fluorometry-qubit

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/aac/facilities/genomics/documents/aac-qubit-analysis-request-form [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/aac/facilities/genomics/equipment/qubit-flex-fluorometer [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/aac/facilities/genomics/equipment/qubit%C2%AE-20-fluorometer