MGI’s biosafety level 2 facility allows experienced staff to manage a variety of accepted specimens. The extracts are completed with either the Promega Maxwell or the Qiagen Qiacube. Both allow for a quick automated handling of specimens, producing the best quality results.
Available nucleic acid isolation
- DNA isolation
- RNA isolation
- DNA/RNA dual isolation
- DNA/RNA/miRNA isolation
- Others – please inquire
Accepted specimens
- Whole blood
- Cell cultures
- Buccal swabs
- Fresh-frozen tissue: cell pellets, sections, biopsies, cores
- Frozen prepared embedded fresh tissue: curls, punches, slides
- FFPE: blocks with H&E slide, curls/sections/ribbons/slices, punches/cores, slides
- Fecal material