Extraction
Trust all of your DNA and RNA extraction needs to Sampled’s team of technical experts. Outsourcing your extraction needs to Sampled ensures you will always have high-quality nucleic acids for analysis no matter the sample type.
What is Extraction?
Extraction services offered by Sampled involve the retrieval of high-quality RNA and DNA from a client’s sample.
Obtaining high-quality nucleic acid is the first step in many of Sampled’s in-house analytical pipelines such as sequencing and microarrays. No matter the sample type, Sampled’s team of technical experts will ensure that the best quality RNA and DNA are extracted for optimal downstream results. We perform robust quality assurance to ensure an optimal downstream analysis.
Why Use Sampled’s Extraction Services?
Expertise
By choosing Sampled you are ensuring that your samples are in the best possible hands. Our team has vast experience in handling and extracting nucleic acid from a wide range of samples. No matter what your needs are, Sampled’s expert team can handle it.
Streamlined
Nucleic acid, especially RNA, is prone to degradation especially when it undergoes multiple freeze-thaw cycles which typically occur during shipment and processing. Outsourcing your extraction and analysis needs to Sampled means you only need to ship your sample once and let us take care of the rest. Our streamlined in-house system means fewer freeze-thaw cycles and more security with a documented and controlled chain of custody.
Tailored
We can perform different extractions depending on the type of samples you send us. For instance, some small samples of RNA may need to be extracted manually. Alternatively, the extraction of DNA from large cohorts can be automated to ensure there is minimal variation across samples. At Sampled, we are set up to maximize the yield of your sample. So if you have a small sample and are worried about losing out on RNA and DNA, send it to Sampled and we’ll handle it.
Quality Controlled
We perform quality control analysis on all of our extractions. If you send us pre-extracted nucleic acid, we will perform quality control to ensure that nothing has gone wrong during transport.
Extraction Applications
RNA and DNA are crucial to many fields of research. Thus, the applications for Sampled’s extraction services are nearly endless.
- Disease identification
- Diagnostics
- Drug discovery
- Pharmacogenomics
- Clinical trials
- Research studies
- Biomarker discovery
- Population health studies
- Novel genome assembly
- Agrigenomics
- Disease modeling
- Development modeling
How Does Extraction Work?
Sample Receipt
Samples can be received at room temperature or frozen and can be sent directly for processing or sent to storage until the client tells us what extraction and analysis they want.
Extraction
How the sample is processed will depend on the sample type and the timeline agreed with the client. At Sampled we have the capacity for the automated extraction with the Chemagic 360 from Revvity from a large number of samples, as well as manual extraction where appropriate.
Quality Control
After extraction, nucleic acids are sent for quality control to ensure they are suitable for downstream analyses. DNA is sent for functional quality control as another step to ensure quality.
Further Processing
After QC our team can immediately take the sample forward for analysis or send it to storage. Alternatively, we can ship the sample to the client or to a third-party of the client’s choosing. Our logistics team can organize all of the shipping leaving you free to work on your project.
Input Requirements for Extraction
Our team of experts at Sampled is prepared to handle any sample type and extract high-quality DNA and RNA from species including human, mouse, and rat.
Types of samples we handle include, but are not limited to:
- Blood
- Serum
- Plasma
- Saliva
- Tissue biopsies
- Hair
- Nail
- Stool
- Urine
- Semen
- Cell line samples/pellets
- Buccal swabs
- Nasopharyngeal swabs
All nucleic acid is sent for robust quality analysis to ensure the success of the extraction and the suitability for downstream analyses.
Find out more about our extraction services
Looking to extract DNA for a clinical study but lack the facilities and expertise? Get in touch with one of our experts today to find out how Sampled can help with all of your DNA and RNA extraction needs!
