PCR inefficiency
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Break away from PCR inefficiency —add SimplicityTM to your workflows

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Laboratories are in a constant struggle to maintain profitability—to decrease turnaround times, increase throughput, and cut operational expenses. That’s a challenge, particularly when hidden reagent costs threaten to cut into your bottom line.

Common sources of hidden costs in PCR

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  • 10% or more of prepared master mix volume is lost during plating. That’s reagent wasted and costs you have to factor in to your pricing.

  • Competitor per-assay pricing may not include master mixes, plates, or consumables, and DOES NOT include technician time and effort.

  • Assay volume makes a difference. Larger reaction volumes require more master mix, driving up the per-reaction cost.

  • If a 96-well or 384-well reaction plate is not filled with samples, you are adding to the cost-per-sample in wasted reagents.

Our Simplicity PanelsTM are pre-pipetted PCR assays provided in unique 96 well break-away plates, or in 384 well plates for optimal price per result for your laboratory. Reduce reagent consumption and streamline assay set-up—select the number of panels needed and simply add your samples. Controlled reagent costs and improved workflow efficiencies lead to increases in lab profitability.

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PCR Workflow

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Traditional Workflow

Molecular Designs Simplicity PanelsTM

Step 1

Make master mix

Master mix costs & challenges
  1. Trained personnel required for master mix preparation
  2. Personnel time dedicated to making master mix
  3. Dedicated equipment for master mix preparation (liquid handlers, clean air workstations, pipettes, centrifuges)— requires regular calibration, maintenance, and lab space
  4. Costs of consumables (pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, tubes)
  5. A greater chance for error or contamination when adding together multiple reagents
  6. More difficult to conduct investigations into failures when the workflow is complex
  7. Careful inventory management to maintain adequate reagent or consumable supplies
  8. Supply chain complexity: multiple vendors and variable lead times
  9. Technical and scientific support available
  10. Overages of reagents needed to fill appropriate number of wells
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Step 1

No master mix assembly required

Order ready-to-use plates containing a complete master mix—all primers, probes, enzymes included.

Step 2

Prepare PCR plate

PCR plate preparation costs and challenges
  1. Trained personnel required for plating master mix
  2. Personnel time dedicated to plating
  3. Dedicated equipment for plate preparation (liquid handlers, clean air workstations, pipettes, centrifuges)— requires regular calibration, maintenance, and lab space
  4. Costs of consumables (pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, tubes)
  5. A greater chance for error or contamination when adding master mix to the PCR plate, particularly with multi-target panels
  6. Technical and scientific support available
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Step 2

No plating of master mix required

All reagents are pre-plated in breakaway plates, letting you select the number of columns you need and keep the unused reagents for the next run.

 

 

Step 3

Add samples (standard PCR plate)

Sample addition costs and challenges
  1. Standard 96-well plates must be filled with samples to maximize reagent ROI
  2. Holding samples for batching in order to maximize reagent use increases turnaround times
  3. Samples stored for batching may degrade, leading to repeat sampling or inaccurate results
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Step 3

Add samples (breakaway PCR plate)

A simple 2-step PCR workflow increases lab productivity and profitability.
  • Decrease turnaround times.
  • Increase assay throughput
  • Lower error rate
  • Better user experience for lab staff.
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Step 4

Start assay

Traditional Workflow

Step 1

Make master mix

Master mix costs & challenges
  1. Trained personnel required for master mix preparation
  2. Personnel time dedicated to making master mix
  3. Dedicated equipment for master mix preparation (liquid handlers, clean air workstations, pipettes, centrifuges)— requires regular calibration, maintenance, and lab space
  4. Costs of consumables (pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, tubes)
  5. A greater chance for error or contamination when adding together multiple reagents
  6. More difficult to conduct investigations into failures when the workflow is complex
  7. Careful inventory management to maintain adequate reagent or consumable supplies
  8. Supply chain complexity: multiple vendors and variable lead times
  9. Technical and scientific support available
  10. Overages of reagents needed to fill appropriate number of wells
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Molecular Designs SimplicityTM Panels

Step 1

No master mix assembly required

Order ready-to-use plates containing a complete master mix—all primers, probes, enzymes included.

Traditional Workflow

Step 2

Prepare PCR plate

PCR plate preparation costs and challenges
  1. Trained personnel required for plating master mix
  2. Personnel time dedicated to plating
  3. Dedicated equipment for plate preparation (liquid handlers, clean air workstations, pipettes, centrifuges)— requires regular calibration, maintenance, and lab space
  4. Costs of consumables (pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, tubes)
  5. A greater chance for error or contamination when adding master mix to the PCR plate, particularly with multi-target panels
  6. Technical and scientific support available
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Molecular Designs SimplicityTM Panels

Step 2

No plating of master mix required

All reagents are pre-plated in breakaway plates, letting you select the number of columns you need and keep the unused reagents for the next run.

 

Traditional Workflow

Step 3

Add samples (standard PCR plate)

Sample addition costs and challenges
  1. Standard 96-well plates must be filled with samples to maximize reagent ROI
  2. Holding samples for batching in order to maximize reagent use increases turnaround times
  3. Samples stored for batching may degrade, leading to repeat sampling or inaccurate results
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Molecular Designs SimplicityTM Panels

Step 3

Add samples (breakaway PCR plate)

A simple 2-step PCR workflow increases lab productivity and profitability.
  • Decrease turnaround times.
  • Increase assay throughput
  • Lower error rate
  • Better user experience for lab staff.
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Step 4

Start as

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Watch our unique plating process in action

Plates are loaded with PCR reagents in precise and optimal quantities.

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Our assays are designed to run on most PCR platforms.

We currently offer 12 different Simplicity PanelsTM, with 8 antimicrobial resistance assays available as panel add-ons and multiple other panels in development.

Download the PCR Cost Infographic

Are you ready to learn more about ways you can control reagent costs, boost efficiency, and improve laboratory profitability?