Chapter 2 Design the Standard Curve Experiment
Define the Experiment Properties
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Applied Biosystems 7500/7500 Fast Real-Time PCR System Getting Started Guide for Standard Curve
Experiments
Notes
Design
Guidelines
When you design your own standard curve experiment, you:
• Enter an experiment name that is descriptive and easy to remember. You can enter
up to 100 characters in the Experiment Name field. You cannot use the following
characters in the Experiment Name field: / \ > < * ? " | : ;
Note: The experiment name is used as the default file name.
• (Optional) Enter a barcode to identify the barcode on the reaction plate. You can
enter up to 100 characters in the Barcode field.
• (Optional) Enter a user name to identify the owner of the experiment. You can enter
up to 100 characters in the User Name field.
• (Optional) Enter comments to describe the experiment. You can enter up to 1000
characters in the Comments field.
• Select the instrument you are using to run the experiment:
– 7500 (96 Wells)
– 7500 Fast (96 Wells)
Note: You can use 7500 software v2.0 to design experiments for the 7500/7500
Fast instrument.
Note: To set the default instrument type, select ToolsPreferences, then select the
Defaults tab (default). In the Default Instrument Type drop-down list, select the
appropriate instrument.
For More
Information
For more information on:
• Completing the Experiment Properties screen – Open the 7500 Software Help by
clicking or pressing F1.
• Consumables – See “Supported Consumables” on page 4.
• Quantitation experiments – Refer to the Applied Biosystems Real-Time PCR
Systems Reagent Guide.