Sample Preparation

  1. Please follow the RNA purification and quality control guidelines.
  2. Please bring your RNA in the following concentrations and amounts:
    • Total RNA: Minimum concentration 1 µg/µl; maximum concentration 1.5 µg/µl in DEPC-water or Qiagen RNase-free water. Please submit a total amount of 12-15 µg.
    • mRNA: Minimum concentration 0.2 µg/µl; maximum concentration 2 µg/µl in DEPC-water or Qiagen RNase-free water. Please submit a total amount of 0.2-5 µg.
    • cRNA: Fragmented & labeled cRNA: minimum concentration 0.5 µg/µl; maximum concentration 2 µg/µl in fragmentation cocktail. Please submit a minimum of 20 µg of fragmented cRNA.
    • Unfragmented cRNA: minimum concentration 0.6 µg/µl; maximum concentration 2 µg/µl in DEPC-water or Qiagen RNase-free water.

Concentrating under vacuum without heat is preferred over ethanol precipitation.

 

 

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