Choosing a PCR machine

[david l gillespie]

On 22 Aug 1995, Breuning group account wrote:

> Colin Rasmussen (crasmussen at anat.med.ualberta.ca) wrote:
> : In article <4187os$948 at warp.cris.com>, mhollowa at cris.com wrote:
> 
> : > sabah hussain <shussain at rvhmed.lan.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> : > >Dear netters. I am in the process of buying a thermocycler.
> : > 
> : > Whatever you get, get something with a heated bonnet.  Not having to use an 
> : > overlay is a big benefit.  
> : > 
We just bought a PE geneamp 2400, which is a 24 tube version of the 9600. 
It has new software and is set up better then the 9600. We have been very 
pleased with it, and it was $3,400. If you don't need to do a large 
number of samples at once, it is a good choice.

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