Endpoint PCR - Tips & Tricks for set-up and optimization

Dr. Steffen Riethmueller 05. octobre 2022

We will discuss how PCR results are influenced by multiple factors during set-up, including PCR consumables and the reaction itself.

Key learning objectives:

Ideal PCR set-up including primer design and template DNA selection
PCR pipetting technique
How to minimize evaporation
Important features of a thermal cycler
PCR optimization

Date & Time:

Wednesday, 05 Oct 2022, 16:00 PM (CEST)
Duration: 60 minutes

Speaker:

Dr. Steffen Riethmueller, Application Specialist, Eppendorf SE

Bio Speaker:

Dr. Steffen Riethmüller is Application Specialist focusing on thermal cyclers and mixers at Eppendorf SE in Hamburg, Germany. He studied technical and applied biology in Bremen and wrote his master thesis at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg. During his PhD at the Institute of Biochemistry in Kiel he characterized the soluble IL-6R (which is associated with chronic inflammatory diseases) with the help of PCR and other techniques. Before joining Eppendorf, he was working as a Postdoc at the Pharmaceutical Institute in Kiel.

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