Eco™ Real-Time PCR

Eco™ Real-Time PCR

July 27, 2010, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN - News) publicly announced its acquisition of Helixis and the launch of the Eco™ Real-Time PCR System, a novel platform that promises to extend the access of real-time PCR applications to the individual bench scientist. The Eco™ system sets new standards in performance and simplicity for qPCR, while offering unprecedented access to a wide range of applications at one-quarter of the price of other commercially available, similarly featured, real-time PCR systems.

The Eco™ Real-Time PCR system offers :

• True four-color multiplexing and High-Resolution Melting Analysis (HRM)
• Use of all standard Real-Time PCR chemistries, and ability to perform fast PCR using standard chemistries
• Industry leading data quality and reproducibility with well-to-well uniformity five times that of other commercially-available, far more costly Real-Time PCR systems
• A compact (approximately one cubic foot) design and 48-well plate format specifically tailored to the needs of the individual researcher
• Ease of use and installation by both experienced and novice Real-Time PCR users, plug and play set up, no calibration required
• An intuitive, icon-driven software interface with smart default protocols