The direct PCR approach delivers convenience in DNA amplification by enabling PCR to be performed directly from crude samples. This method eliminates the need for sample purification or extraction, offering specific advantages over the traditional PCR workflow. Thermo Scientific Direct PCR products greatly simplify gene detection, genotyping, or sequencing workflows, allowing you to go from sample to PCR in a single step. After this webinar, you should know if direct PCR is right for your application or sample, know how to best optimize conditions for Direct PCR and learn how direct PCR enables new approaches to genotyping.
Topics covered
- Direct PCR workflow and technology
- When is direct PCR the appropriate choice for your workflow?
- Optimizing direct PCR performance with challenging samples
- Emerging methods for genotyping with direct PCR
About the presenters
Marija Navickaite, MSc
Product Manager, Molecular Biology
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Marija obtained an undergraduate degree in biochemistry, followed by a MSc degree in human genetics. She joined Thermo Fisher Scientific as an R&D scientist and has worked extensively on the development of new Thermo Scientific products, including polymerases. Marija is a product manager for the Thermo Scientific gene detection portfolio and has managed the direct PCR products as well as other PCR-based product lines since 2013, bringing the newest Thermo Scientific PCR technologies to researchers.
Shanna Sawatzki
Senior Technical Sales Specialist, Molecular Biology
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Shanna obtained her undergraduate degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Cornell College. Following this she spent 4 years in research at the University of Iowa and the University of Washington studying gene function, protein interaction, and viral gene therapy in transgenic mouse models of muscular dystrophy. Shanna has 9 years of experience helping scientists further their molecular biology research as a Technical Sales Specialist with Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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