摘要:
With respect to a sequencer pretreatment device and a method thereof, an object is to provide reliable pretreatment for analyzing a large-scale base sequence. Using is a sequencer pretreatment device including a suction and discharge mechanism, a nozzle head having a nozzle for detachably mounting a dispensing tip, a container group for accommodating various liquids including magnetic particle suspension, a moving mechanism for causing the nozzle relative movement with respect to the container group, and a magnetic unit capable of exerting a magnetic field to the mounted dispensing tip, the method is configured to include an extraction step of mixing a sample, extraction reagent solution, and magnetic particle suspension in the container group and extracting nucleic acid, a fragmentation producing step of fragmentating the nucleic acid by mixing with fragmentation solution accommodated in the container group and producing, from the fragmentated nucleic acid, a fragment of a base sequence having the number of bases corresponding to a sequencer using magnetic particle suspension using the sequencer pretreatment device, and an amplification pretreatment step of dispensing a predetermined volume of solution containing the produced fragment into the reaction vessel using the sequencer pretreatment device.
摘要:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for analyzing, in detail, the epigenetic state of stem cells. The present invention provides a method for identifying stem cells, which comprises analyzing the patterns of methylation and demethylation of chromosomal DNA extracted from test stem cells, and correlating the analyzed patterns with the properties of the test stem cells.
摘要:
In relation to an automated nucleic acid processor and an automated nucleic acid processing method using a multi function dispensing unit, processing involving extraction and amplification of the nucleic acid, can be consistently, quickly and efficiently conducted at a low cost with the use of a multi function dispensing unit, while saving user's trouble without expanding the scale of the device. The multi function dispensing unit includes: a nozzle head provided with a suction-discharge mechanism and nozzles detachably provided with dispensing tips; a container group having, at the very least housing parts for liquids and reaction containers for housing an amplification solution; a transfer mechanism that makes an interval between the nozzles and the container group relatively movable; a temperature controller whereby temperature control of the interior of the reaction vessels is possible; sealing liquids and/or sealing lids that are transportable to the reaction vessels using the nozzles, and which make the amplification solutions housed in the reaction vessels sealable within the reaction vessels; and a sealing control part that controls the suction-discharge mechanism or the transfer mechanism, such that the sealing liquid and/or the sealing lids seal the amplification solution within the reaction vessels when the housing of the amplification solution in the reaction vessels is completed.
摘要:
Signal lights from probe beads are localized for simultaneous detection or quantification of plural species of target substances. The present invention provides an analysis method for simultaneously detecting or quantifying plural species of target substances by measuring the light emission from plural carriers within a single container from outside of the container, these carriers comprising a plurality of substances that are respectively immobilized thereon for capturing the plural species of target substances, wherein the light emission from a desired carrier is selectively received by measuring the emission from the carriers through an optical filter. The present invention also provides an analysis kit for simultaneously detecting or quantifying plural species of target substances by measuring the light emission from plural carriers within a single container from outside of the container, these carriers comprising a plurality of substances that are respectively immobilized thereon for capturing the plural species of target substances, which comprises the plural carriers and an optical filter for selectively receiving the emission from a desired carrier.
摘要:
An object is to provide a micro plate treating device and micro plate treating method capable of handling a larger number of kinds of solution or suspensions or a larger volume of solutions or suspensions per work area by use of a normalized micro plate without enlarging the scale of the device. The micro plate treating device comprises a micro plate having wells arranged in a matrix form, one or two or more nozzle heads each having nozzles capable of sucking and discharging a fluid and arranged in a matrix form, and moving means capable of moving relatively an interval between the micro plate and the nozzle heads, wherein tips of all the nozzles are configured to be permitted to be simultaneously inserted into some of the wells in the micro plate, at least one of the row interval or the column interval of the nozzles is set to a natural number multiple of the row interval or the column interval of the corresponding wells, the natural number being two or more, and at least one of the row number or the column number of all the corresponding nozzles is one to the natural number of the row number or the column number of the wells.
摘要:
The invention relates to a light measurement apparatus for a reaction vessel, and a light measurement method, whereby the optical state on the inside of a reaction vessel can be measured efficiently and reliably. The light measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of linking portions to which is provided front ends of light guide portions that optically connect with the interior of the reaction vessel that is linkable with reaction vessels; a connecting end arranging body that has an arranging surface that arranges and supports along a predetermined path, a plurality of connecting ends to which is provided back ends of the light guide portions, in which the front ends thereof are provided to the linking portions, the connecting ends are provided corresponding to the respective linking portions; a measurement device that has measuring ends that are successively optically connectable with the respective connecting ends, and in which light based on the optical state is receivable by means of optical connections between the connecting ends and the measuring ends; and a light guide switching mechanism that successively optically connects the respective connecting ends and the respective measuring ends.
摘要:
A biological material fixed carrier treatment apparatus (10) comprising a nozzle head (84) that has one or a plurality of consecutive nozzles (117) that perform suction and discharge of gas; a suction and discharge mechanism that performs suction and discharge of gas via the nozzles; one or two or more biological material fixed carrier enclosing tips (35) that are installed or are installable to the nozzles, in which a fixed carrier, to which biological material is fixable or is fixed, is enclosed within a narrow tube that possesses an opening, through which fluid inflow and outflow is possible by means of said suction and discharge of gas, and that is narrower than said nozzle; a stage to which a liquid storage section group, in which a variety of liquids are stored or are storable, is provided; a movement device that relatively moves said nozzle head with respect to said liquid storage section group; and a control section that is adapted to controls the amount, the speed, the frequency, the time, or the position of the suction and discharge of said nozzles based on; the structure of said biological material fixed carrier enclosing tip, the material conditions comprising the type of biological material that is fixed to the carrier or is present within the fluid, the concentration, the amount of liquid, and the coordinate position containing the storage position of the liquid, and the processing contents, and adapted to control the temperature control based on the processing contents, wherein a temperature raising and lowering body (71) that raises and lowers the temperature as a result of a signal from the exterior is provided in the vicinity of , making contact with, or able to be in the vicinity of or making contact with, the outside of said narrow tube of said biological material fixed carrier enclosing tip.
摘要:
The invention relates to a reaction container and a method for producing the reaction container, and provides a low-cost reaction container which is capable of consistently, quickly, and efficiently performing a process that includes a reaction such as extraction or amplification of a nucleic acid, while saving user's trouble without increasing the scale of the device. The reaction container is configured to comprise: one or two or more housing parts for reactions comprising: a narrow-mouthed piping part in which a reaction reagent or a portion thereof is housed or is housable; a wide-mouthed piping part that is communicated with the narrow-mouthed piping part and provided on an upper side of the narrow-mouthed piping part, and has an aperture that is wider than an aperture of the narrow-mouthed piping part; and a punchable film provided such that it partitions an interval between the wide-mouthed piping part and the narrow-mouthed piping part.