Department of Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
213 Mueller Laboratory
University Park, PA, 16802

Sequencing:

All templates and primers must be diluted in water (not buffer)

 

For Plates:

Use only the non-skirted PCR plates and seals from PGC Scientific

Template Requirements:

Template Concentration Volume
Plasmid DNA 200-300 ng/ul 2 ul
PCR up to 400 bases 20 ng/ul 2 ul
PCR 400-1000 bases 40 ng/ul 2 ul

Primer Requirements:

Template Concentration Volume
Plasmid DNA 1 uM 2 ul
PCR up to 400 bases 1 uM 2 ul
PCR 400-1000 bases 1 uM 2 ul

Add 2 ul of template and 2 ul of primer to the plate (unless you are using NAF supplied primers)

The concentration of the primers should be 1uM

Fill out and submit a sample sheet in tab delimited .txt format (Note: Sample names cannot contain hyphens in the sample sheet

Excel sample sheet template

 

For Tubes:

Samples should be submitted in 1.6 or 0.8 ul eppendorf tubes

Template Requirements:

Template Concentration Volume
Plasmid DNA 200-300 ng/ul 5 ul
PCR up to 400 bases 20 ng/ul 5 ul
PCR 400-1000 bases 40 ng/ul 5 ul

Primer Requirements:

Template Concentration Volume
Plasmid DNA 1uM 5 ul
PCR up to 400 bases 1uM 5 ul
PCR 400-1000 bases 10 uM 5 ul

Primers available from NAF: T7, T7Term, T3, SP6, M13 Universal, M13-40, M13-47, M13 Reverse, M13 Reverse-48. Gal4AD, Gal4BD, Poly dT mix.

Plates cost $174.38 each regardless of how many samples they contain

Tubes cost $7.03 each