Rapid and Reproducible DNA Isolation from 1 ml of Whole Blood with Thermo Scientific KingFisher Flex

Sample preparation is often a limiting step for genomics and proteomics studies. Rapid and efficient isolation of nucleic acids, proteins and cells from complex biological matrixes is needed to get high quality starting material for various experiments. Thermo Scientific KingFisher, a magnetic bead based, automated purification system that provides a quick and easy solution to achieve high quality and reproducible results in purification of nucleic acids, proteins and cells with minimal hands-on time. This technology is based on magnetic rods which move particles through the various purification phases – binding, mixing, washing and elution. The KingFisher® is an open and flexible system, allowing the user to choose any available magnetic particle based purification kit suitable for the application.