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Zymo Research is a globally established biotechnology company and an industry leader in epigenetics, microbiomics and the emerging field of next-generation sequencing. With international facilities and a global distribution network, Zymo Research enables academic and biomedical researchers to make cutting-edge discoveries. While the company offers some of the most technologically advanced products in the industry, everything is driven by the fundamental belief that "the beauty of science is to make things simple".

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Sample collection and stabilisation

DNA/RNA Shield™

• Nucleic acid preservation (at ambient temperature; cold free).
• Pathogen inactivation (bacteria, fungi, parasites & viruses).
• Streamlined purification (no reagent removal, universal compatibility, automated).

DNA/RNA Shield™ Collection Devices

Blood Collection Tube
Evacuated blood tube (16 x 100 mm) filled with 6 ml DNA/RNA Shield™ for direct collection of 3 ml whole blood (human or animal).

Fecal Collection Tube
15 ml container (pre-filled with 9 ml DNA/RNA Shield™) for direct collection of up to 1 g and/or 1 ml stool. Collection spoon included in container screw cap.

Microbe & Tissue Lysis Tubes
2 ml collection tube (prefilled with 1 ml DNA/RNA Shield™) and BashingBeads™ for collection and homogenisation of microbial or tissue samples.

Swab and collection tube
5 ml screw cap container (12 x 80 mm) filled with 1 ml DNA/RNA Shield™ and a sterile swab for sample collection.

RNA Purification

Direct-zol™ RNA Miniprep Kit

• Easy to use: No phase separation or precipitation steps
• NGS-ready: Ultra-pure RNA without phenol carryover. No DNA contamination (DNase I included).
• Non-biased: Complete RNA recovery with no loss of miRNA.

Quick-RNA™ Miniprep Plus Kit

• Broad range: Extract total RNA (including small/micro RNA) from any sample.
• DNA-free: Includes a column for removing genomic DNA and DNase I.
• NGS-ready: RNA is ready for all downstream applications including next-gen sequencing, RT-qPCR, hybridisation, etc.

RNA Clean up

RNA Clean & Concentrator™-5

• NGS-ready: RNA is ready for all downstream applications including next-gen sequencing, RT-qPCR, hybridisation, etc.
• Ultra-pure: Eliminate impurities and inhibitors in 5 minutes.
• Maximum recovery: Recover >90% and elute in as little as 6 µl.

DNA/RNA Co-Purification

Quick-DNA/RNA™ Miniprep Plus

• Highest yields: Efficient isolation of genomic DNA and total RNA (including miRNA) from any sample source.
• NGS-ready: DNA/RNA is ready for all downstream applications including next-generation sequencing, RT-qPCR, hybridisation, etc.
• Single cell detection: Ready for high sensitivity assays down to a single cell (6 µl elution volume).

DNA Genomics DNA Isolation

Quick-DNA™ Miniprep Plus Kit

• Quick & easy: Simple 20 minute procedure.
• Highest yield: Recover 3x more DNA.
• Ultra-pure: Ready for qPCR, next-gen sequencing, arrays, etc.

Quick-cfDNA™ Serum & Plasma Kit

• High throughput: Purify ≤ 10 ml of serum or plasma and elute with 35 µl.
• Highest yields: Consistently purify > 30% more cfDNA.
• Ultra-pure: Ready for qPCR, next-gen sequencing, etc.

DNA Clean up & Gel DNA Recovery

DNA Clean & Concentrator^®-5 Kit

• Fast & easy: Purify and concentrate DNA in 2 minutes.
• Highly concentrated: Elute in as little as 6 µl.
• Ultra-pure: Ready for next-gen sequencing, PCR, ligations, etc.

Zymoclean™ Gel DNA Recovery Kit

• Superior yields: Recovers 80% of DNA from agarose gels.
• Highly concentrated: Elute in as little as 6 µl.
• Ultra-pure: Ready for next-gen sequencing, PCR, ligations, etc.

DNA Plasmid DNA Purification

ZymoPURE™ Plasmid Kits (Mini, Midi, Maxi, Giga)

EZ-Load™ technology replaces slow gravity flow columns with rapid binding and washing using a vacuum or centrifuge. The EZ-Elute™ system eliminates time-consuming alcohol precipitation steps by enabling elution of highly concentrated plasmid DNA from a spin column using a microcentrifuge. The EndoZero™ Spin-Column removes endotoxins with a simple 1 minute spin.

• Fastest: Simple 20 minute Midi/Maxipreps.
• Highest yield: 6x more plasmid.
• Ultra-pure: EndoZero™, vaccine grade, and transfection ready

E. coli competent cells

Mix & Go!™ Competent Cells (DH5 Alpha)

• Easy 20 second transformation: No heat shock! Just add DNA and spread.
• High transformation efficiency: Achieve 108 - 109 transformants per µg plasmid DNA.
• Versatile: Excellent for general cloning, blue-white screening and plasmid isolation.

Microbiomics Microbial Analysis

ZymoBIOMICS® Microbial Community Standard

• Microbiome standard: Mock microbial community of well-defined composition.
• Identify bias: Contains both tough-to-lyse and easy-to-lyse organisms.
• Accurate characterisation: Ideal for validation, optimisation and quality control of complete microbiome workflows.

ZymoBIOMICS® Microbial Community DNA Standard

• Microbiome DNA standard: Eight bacterial and two yeast genomes.
• Identification of bias in library preparation methods: The DNA has a wide GC range of 15-85%.
• Accurate composition: Ideal for validation, optimisation and quality control of microbiome workflows.

ZymoBIOMICS® DNA Miniprep Kit

• Microbiomics-grade DNA extraction: Unbiased cell lysis for accurate microbiome measurements and certified low bioburden.
• Ultra-pure: Inhibitor-free DNA from any sample, ready for qPCR, NGS, etc.
• Simple 20 minute workflow: No precipitations or long incubations.

Quick-DNA™ Fecal/Soil Microbe Miniprep Kit

• Boost your detection: Included BashingBeads™ ensure complete lysis of difficult to lyse samples.
• Inhibitor-free: Ready for qPCR, next-gen sequencing, arrays, etc.
• Simple workflow: Lyse, purify on column and filter to remove PCR inhibitors.

Quick-16S™ NGS Library Preparation Kit

• Fast & easy: Only 1.5 hours of hands-on time. No TapeStation® analysis or AMPure® clean-up.
• Accurate: Real-time PCR reduces PCR chimera formation up to 10-fold.
• Increased coverage: Novel primers increase phylogenetic coverage of bacteria and archaea, enabling species-level resolution for human microbiome profiling.

Epigenetics

EZ DNA Methylation-Lightning^® Kit

• Streamlined process: Ready to use conversion reagent is added directly to the DNA. Purified bisulfite converted DNA in < 1.5 hours.
• High quality: Bisulfite converted DNA has > 99.5% conversion efficiency with reduced fragmentation.
• NGS-ready: Low DNA input makes it ideal for preparing whole genome or targeted enrichment bisulfite libraries for methylation analysis

ChIP DNA Clean & Concentrator^® Kit

• Fast: 2 minute DNA clean up of any step in a standard ChIP protocol.
• High quality: Ultra-pure, concentrated ChIP DNA can be eluted in as little as 6 µl.
• Ready to use: The DNA is ideal for PCR, arrays, DNA quantification, Southern blot analysis, sequencing and other molecular applications.

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