Invitrogen Qubit 4 - Description and Specifications

6 Qubit
™
4 Fluorometer User Guide
Product description
Qubit
™
4
Fluorometer
The Qubit
™
4 Fluorometer is a benchtop fluorometer that can be used for the
quantitation of DNA, RNA, microRNA, and protein, as well as for the measurement
of RNA integrity and quality using the highly sensitive and accurate fluorescence-
based Qubit
™
assays. Additionally, Ion Sphere
™
Particle quality can be evaluated on
the Qubit
™
4 Fluorometer using the Ion Sphere
™
Quality Control Kit prior to
performing a sequencing run on the Ion Personal Genome Machine
™
(PGM
™
)
Sequencer. You can also use the Qubit
™
4 Fluorometer to directly measure the
fluorescence of samples or to create new assays using the MyQubit software pre-
programmed into the instrument.
Features
•
Fast and highly accurate quantitation of DNA, RNA, and protein in less than
3 seconds per sample.
• Measure percentage of intact and degraded RNA in the sample in less than
5 seconds per sample.
• High levels of accuracy using only 1–20 µL of sample, even with very dilute
samples.
• Use of dyes selective for dsDNA, RNA, or protein minimizes the effects of
contaminants in the sample.
• Stores results from up to 1000 samples.
• Large, state-of-the-art color touchscreen for easy workflow navigation.
• Graphically displays up to 20 data points for quantitation assays.
• Instrument indicates samples that are in the extended range or out of range in
the graph, as well as in the simple sample output screen.
• Saves sample data as a CSV (comma separated value) file.
• Exports data to a USB drive or directly to your computer via a USB cable.
• On-board Reagent Calculator provides instructions to prepare Qubit
™
working
solution using your sample and standard inputs.
• Allows easy definition and saving of assay preferences.
• Instrument user interface can be personalized to show only the frequently used
assays, to add new assays, including user-defined assays created with the
MyQubit software and web tool, and to display in the language of your choice
including English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, simplified Chinese and
Japanese.