Contamination can ruin your day or even week. Data is not valid, a lot of cleaning must be done and supplies are wasted. Precious time and even samples can be lost. Prevention is the best strategy!

To give you a better insight into our SolisFAST® qPCR range’s inhibitor tolerance capabilities, we have put together a white paper. It includes results from different tests, shows the real-life application possibilities and feedback from our partners about the SolisFAST® qPCR products.

Anyone even only slightly familiar with Greek mythology knows about the chimera - a mythological creature with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail with the head of a serpent. What ancient Greeks came up with thousands of years ago hasn’t disappeared in the modern world. This time around the chimeras aren’t just part of stories, but actually exist in the world with us, for example chimeric enzymes.

Use of alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) surfactants such as nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) and octylphenol ethoxylates (OPEs), which include Triton X-100, has been banned in the European Union due to their ecotoxicity. While the permission to use Triton X-100 was extended due to the COVID pandemic, the use of it will become restricted on December 22, 2023.