The National Agricultural Research and Development Institute (NARDI) in Fundulea
relies on electronic multichannel pipettes from INTEGRA Biosciences to streamline its liquid handling workflows
These pipettes help the institute’s phenotyping and genotyping laboratory to extract and analyze DNA from hundreds of samples each day as part of a scientific approach to tackle the current challenges in agriculture
NARDI Fundulea is recognized as the main agricultural research center in Romania
and has developed over 400 cultivars of field crops – including sunflower
barley and soybeans – in its breeding program
the institute conducts a variety of genetic diversity and association studies for important agronomic traits
The facility introduced its first VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipette to the laboratory in 2015
and the pipettes quickly became an integral part of laboratory workflows
We investigate many different genomic and phenotypic markers in crops that we harvest from local fields
and our results help our in-house breeders to create new plant varieties with desirable traits
This requires us to perform a large number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays – as well as more specific types of genotyping experiments
such as competitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) assays – which involve many liquid handling steps
We therefore rely on our VOYAGER pipettes – with their unique
motorized tip spacing adjustment – to efficiently and simultaneously transfer multiple samples between different labware sizes and formats
&ldquo;We use the VOYAGER pipettes to perform both simple liquid handling steps and for dispensing and mixing <a href="/life-sciences/What-is-Nucleic-Acid.aspx" class="linked-term">nucleic acid</a> samples
Decreasing the number of repetitive steps we must perform when pipetting reduces the likelihood of human error
while pipetting multiple samples at once improves our throughput and allows us to keep track of our samples more easily
Issues such as climate change aren&rsquo;t going away
and we plan to expand our range of VOYAGER pipettes as we look to help the agricultural industry overcome&nbsp;these challenges in the future,&rdquo; Daniel concluded
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