Abstract:
The invention relates to water-soluble N,N-dialkylacrylamide-based high molecular weight random polymers and monomers laterally functionalised by molecules of interest and to the use thereof for preparing solid supports provided with at least one surface on which said polymers are adsorbed. Said invention also relates to the thus modified solid supports, to a method for the production thereof and to different uses thereof, in particular for immobilising molecules of interest or for carrying out chemical, biochemical or biological reactions. .
Abstract:
The invention concerns the field of microfluidics and in particular that of electrophoresis on a micro- or nanofluidic device. More particularly, the invention concerns the use of a reactive polymer coating adapted to be submitted to a phase separation under the influence of an external stimulation of chemical or physical type, to modulate the electrokinetic flows (electroosmotic or eletrophoretic flows during electrophoresis for example) in a micro- or nanofluidic device. The invention also concerns a method for varying the electrokinetic flows in such a device using said coating, as well as the micro- or nanofluidic devices comprising at least one channel or one capillary tube whereof the inner surface is covered at least partly with such a coating.
Abstract:
The present invention provides novel nucleic acid detection methods based on nucleic acid template-directed primer extension assays. Also provided are kits and genetic analysis methods. Included are microsequencing methods comprising detecting an incorporated nucleotide by measuring direct fluorescence intensity, fluorescence-based nucleic acid detection methods using oligonucleotide primers hybridizing to both complementary strands of a nucleic acid sample, and methods for decreasing background signal in nucleic acid template-directed primer extension assays.
Abstract:
The invention provides methods for the treatment of surfaces using surface adsorbing polymers, methods for decreasing the adsorption of organic materials onto the surface of treated devices or vessels, methods for performing fluid operations involving the treatment of surfaces, and apparatus and systems comprising the treated surfaces. Further, the present invention provides a method for treating the surface of microfluidics channel wherein the microfluidics surface is coated for deactivation and wherein this coating can be easily regenerated. The present invention also provides a method for treating the surface of a plastic device. The surface adsorbing polymers of the invention are particularly stable at temperatures and conditions required for biochemical reactions, especially in applications involving temperature cycling or polymerization of polynucleotides or polypeptides.