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Does anyone know why only three centrifuges are compatible with the Covaris G-tubes? (Eppendorf 5415R or 5424, and Eppendorf MiniSpin plus). We would rather not buy another centrifuge just to be able to use the G-tubes.
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You can contact Covaris Techsupport to get spinning conditions for your centrifuge. From my memory centrifuge must have fixed angle 45 rotor and be able to reach 14k xg in less than 13 sec. -
Thank you, you are correct, Covaris replied the same.Originally posted by nucacidhunter View Post
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I’m not a sequencing expert. I’m a purification scientist who uses NGS to evaluate workflows my group develops. With this perspective, we think about the sample first and the NGS workflow second. The sequencer is an exceptionally honest reporter, but it can only report on what you give it, so whether you get clean, interpretable data from an NGS workflow is largely determined before you begin.
Here are nine questions we think about, in roughly the order they matter, before...06-18-2026, 07:11 AM -
Data variability is still an issue in sequencing technologies despite the advances in reproducibility and accuracy of these platforms. But the problem does not originate in the sequencing itself, but in the previous steps, before the sample reaches the sequencer.
The first step is collection, followed by preservation and sample preparation for analysis. Most scientists overlook those steps, but not being careful might just be skewing the experiment’s results.
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