Applied Biosystems 3500 Series Genetic Analyzer

LifeTechnologies has launched a genetic analysis system designed to optimise data quality and deliver increased reliability, performance, quality assurance and ease of use specifically for forensic DNA testing laboratories.

The Applied Biosystems 3500 Series Genetic Analyzer is the latest advancement in the company’s line of capillary electrophoresis (CE) DNA sequencing systems and has been validated to support a specific feature set and workflow for human identification (HID) applications.

The 3500 Series integrates HID analysis steps from instrument set-up to size-called preliminary data review, enabling significantly improved system performance and overall HID workflow efficiency. Hardware enhancements such as improved thermal control and a redesigned polymer pump and delivery system enable faster run times as well as high precision and accuracy. Integrated data analysis tools provide real-time assessment of data quality to dramatically streamline sample processing.

The system’s novel consumable design incorporates the ability to view, track and report critical information with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and helps enable consistent instrument set-up, performance and maintenance.