Purification of Genomic DNA from Saliva Using Oragene Discover Collection Kits and the Akonni TruTip Extraction System on the Hamilton Microlab STAR Liquid Handling Workstation: Rapid, High-Throughput Nucleic Acid Extraction

This application note discusses the simple and efficient TruTip^® automated extraction solution designed by Akonni Biosystems to isolate DNA from Oragene^® DNA saliva collection kits in preparation for downstream genetic testing. The tip-based extraction technology was paired with the advanced, proven and reliable Hamilton Microlab^® STAR liquid handling workstation to obtain high throughput sample processing. Results from reproducibility studies demonstrated high precision with low standard deviations and no cross-contamination.