Re: [DIYbio] Available PCR machines - comparisons and experiences?

personalPCR is now miniPCR.  I think personalPCR started with some people from templeman engineering, but years later, those 2 guys that were working on it started miniPCR and they sell units now and get press every so often in mass life science releases.  I emailed the guys about a month ago, they were friendly and nice, though I never ended up taking the trip into Cambridge to check out the machines.   I still want to...


On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:11 AM, jarlemag <jarle.pahr@gmail.com> wrote:
In the last few years, several low cost (in relative terms) PCR thermocycler designs have become available for purchase. I only have personal experience with one of these, OpenPCR. However, other alternatives include PersonalPCR (http://personalpcr.com/) and miniPCR (http://minipcr.com/). Does anyone have experience using more than one "low-cost" PCR design? If so, can you tell a little about the differences, advantages and drawbacks of each? As far as I know, OpenPCR is the only one to use a peltier element for cooling. Do you consider this an important feature?

I also noticed that Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra is on the team of both PersonalPCR and miniPCR. Does anyone know the signficance of this/the relation between these two? Is the design very similar? 

Lastly: Does anyone know the status of the LavaAmp project? There have been no official updates for a long time. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it is still under development and a reason being given for the lack of updates, but I can't recall the details. Does anyone know anything?

Best regards,
Jarle Pahr

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