Re: AppliedBiosystems vs Beckman-Coulter

Hi people!

Will somebody help me to make right choice?
The problem is like that: I'm going to get sequencer for my genotyping laboratory and I've got 2 options to choose between - ABI 3500 and GenomeLab (from Beckman).

So which one would you recommend to obtain?

Some people say that GenomeLab uses the chemistry that is too fastidious in terms of PCR product purity - due to (probably) poor ability of Beckman proprietary Taq polymerase to incorporate ddNTPs.
That is in contrast to nearly completely "adjusted" Taq polymerase produced by Applied Biosystems.
Again, these are only rumours.

So, does anybody know anything more precise about all this stuff?

Thank you in advance!

Hi there.

Can I suggest a third option?
Did you ever considered buying a refurbished instrument? Maybe a 3130 or even a 3730.

Cheers

Bill