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Protocols

Plant

Sample Bead Type Speed Cycles Cycle Length(s) Tested Applications
Arabidopsis Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 20 RNA/Cells extraction
Grape fruit Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 30
Mosses Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 1 30 DNA extraction
Nuts Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6500 2 20
Peanuts Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 1 40
Pepper Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 1 40
Seaweed Glass (0.5 mm) 6000 2 50
Spinach leaf root Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 3 45
Tomato peel Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 3 45
Tomato pulp Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 30
Wheat embryo Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 30
Wheat leaf Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 45
Wheat root Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 3 45

Micro-organisms

Sample Bead Type Speed Cycles Cycle Length(s) Tested Applications
Bacillus subtilis Glass (0.5 mm) 6500 2 23 Vitamin isolation/HPLC
Bacillus subtilis Glass (0.5 mm) 6500 3 45 RNA Isolation to make cDNA
Bacteria solution Glass (0.5 mm)s 5500 3 30 Protein extraction
E. coli Glass (0.1 mm) 6000 2 (with 60s break) 20 Protein extraction
Spores Glass (0.5 mm) 6000 2 30

Tissue (animal)

Sample Bead Type Speed Cycles Cycle Length(s) Tested Applications
Animal lymph nodes Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6000 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Animal placentas Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6000 1 30 DNA extraction/PCR
Animal spleen Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6000 1 30 DNA extraction/PCR
Artery Ceramic (2.8 mm 6000 2 50 Relaxometry
Bovine brain Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6500 2 30 Prion protein extraction
Bovine lymphoid tissues Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6500 3 30 Prion protein extraction
Fish gonad Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6000 3 10 ELISA
Fish liver Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6000 3 10 ELISA
Frog skin Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6200 2-3 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Murine aorta Ceramic (2.8 mm) 5000 2 30 Protein extraction for ELISA or DNA extraction/PCR
Murine brain Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 10 Isolation of DNA
Murine brain Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 20 Isolation of RNA
Murine brain Ceramic (2.8 mm) 5500 1 20 HPLC MS/MS
Murine ear Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 20 Isolation of DNA
Murine ear Ceramic (2.8 mm) 5000 2 20 Isolation of RNA
Murine heart Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 15 Isolation of DNA
Murine heart Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 20 Isolation of RNA
Murine heart Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 30 HPLC MS/MS
Murine kidney Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 15 Isolation of DNA
Murine kidney Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 20 Isolation of RNA
Murine liver Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 15 Isolation of DNA
Murine liver Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 10 Isolation of RNA
Murine liver Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6000 1 30 HPLC MS/MS
Murine liver Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 5000 2 50 Protein extraction for ELISA
Murine lung Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 15 Isolation of DNA
Murine lung Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 20 Isolation of RNA
Murine lung Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6000 2 30 HPLC MS/MS
Murine lung Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 5000 2 50 Protein extraction for ELISA
Murine muscle Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 10 Isolation of DNA
Murine muscle Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 20 Isolation of RNA
Murine muscle Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6000 2 30 HPLC MS/MS
Murine salivary gland Ceramic (2.8 mm) 5000 2 50 Protein extraction for ELISA
Murine salivary gland Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6000 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Murine spleen Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 1 15 Isolation of DNA
Murine tail Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6500 3 20 Isolation of RNA
Rat heart Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6500 2 8 Enzymatic dosage
Rat heart Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6500 2 15 Drug concentration
Rat tail Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 3 20 RNA extraction
Sheep Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6000 2 30 DNA extraction/PCR
Virus from tissues (heart, spleen, pancreas) Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 3 5 RNA extraction

Tissues (human)

Sample Bead Type Speed Cycles Cycle Length(s) Tested Applications
Blood traces Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Blood traces on special paper (FTA) Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Breast tumor Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5500 1 20 RNA extraction
Hair Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 HPLC MS/MS
Human bones Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Human colon Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 2 50 Western blot
Human kidney Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 2 50 Western blot
Human liver Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 Forensic/Toxicology
Human lung Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 Forensic/Toxicology
Human mamma-CA Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 2 50 Protein arrays
Human muscle Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Human pancreas Ceramic (1.4 mm) 5000 2 50 Western blot
Human skin biopsies Ceramic (1.4 mm) 6300 6 23 RNA extraction
Human Teeth Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 3 50 DNA extraction
Mouth mucus Ceramic or Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PCR
Virus from tissues (heart, spleen, pancreas) Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 3 5 RNA extraction

Other

Sample Bead Type Speed Cycles Cycle Length(s) Tested Applications
Blood traces on clothes Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PC
Chewing gum Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PC
Cigarette filter Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PC
Small cigar filter Ceramic (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PC
Trace sample on cotton bud Metal (2.8 mm) 6500 2 50 DNA extraction/PC
Paracetamol Metal (2.8 mm) 5000 3 10 Microniaztion
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