How do the OpenPCR and the MJ Research machines compare?
The MJ machine cost us about 10 times more and has a bit more functionality. The advantages of the MJ machine has a higher capacity of 96 samples as opposed to 16 with the OpenPCR. The MJ can also do a temperature gradient so I can simultaneously test different annealing temperatures for different tubes. The MJ machine also did not require a computer. I think the MJ machine also has faster heat/cool speeds, so your run can be a little faster.
On the other hand, I like the OpenPCR interface a lot more. Since you use a PC, it's point and click, and type in the target temps and times. The stand-alone MJ machine uses an awkward interface with a hard to read display and unresponsive buttons.
On 01/21/2016 04:25 PM, Bryan Jones wrote:
> Myself and others in my academic research lab have used it regularly to do all kinds of experiments, including lots of
> site-directed mutagenesis, error-prone PCR, site-saturation mutagenesis, and to construct libraries using DNA-shuffling. I
> published some of my work last year citing OpenPCR (attached). I generally don't use our expensive mj research thermocycler at all
> anymore.
How do the two compare?
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