Picotiter plates are flat plates with multiple wells used as small test tubes. It is a miniaturised version of the microtiter and nanotiter plates that are standard tools in analytical research. Picotiter plates are used in the DNA sequencing strategy first exploited by a spin-off company (454 Life Sciences) and commercially available on the market.[1] The picotiter plate platform enables parallel sequence analysis of 1.7 million of separate DNA fragments and thus is capable of sequencing entire genomes within a couple of hours. Titerplates can be produced from photosensitive glass, such as Foturan from SCHOTT Corporation.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-20.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Micromachining of Photostructurable Glass-Ceramics". Retrieved 29 October 2015.


Categories