4PCR Programs
Running an Incubation
56 Agilent SureCycler 8800 Setup and User’s Guide
Running an Incubation
The Incubate function is useful for setting up the instrument to run a
single- temperature incubation for either a specified period of time or
indefinitely.
To set up and run an incubation
1 From the Home screen, press Incubation.
2 In the Incubation T
emperature field, enter the temperature of the
incubation.
3 Specify the duration of the incubation:
• If you want the instrument to hold the incubation temperature for a
specif
ic lengt
h of time, select the Hold For option and enter the
desired duration time in hours : minutes : seconds.
• If you want the instrument to hold the incubation temperature
in
definitely, select the Infinite option.
4 Press OK to be
gin the incubation.