Managing Your PTC Tempo Thermal Cycler

Thermal cyclers are essential equipment for laboratories running polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for sequencing, cloning, gene expression studies, mutagenesis, and other applications.

The PTC Tempo thermal cycler runs conventional PCR and is available in the following block configurations:

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96-well for most general PCR applications

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96-deepwell for volumes up to 125 µl

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384-well for larger throughput needs

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48/48 dual block to allow two independently controlled protocols to be run at the same time

Tip: To access the PTC Tempo Thermal Cycler Instrument Guide, which contains comprehensive information on setting up and using the instrument, see Additional Info.

To enable the BR.io functionality for your PTC Tempo thermal cycler, you must link your instrument to the web application using an Ethernet or wireless connection. For information on linking your PTC Tempo thermal cycler, see Linking Your Instruments.

Important: If you experience issues with linking your instrument to BR.io, or with any of the BR.io functions, you might need to add the BR.io domains to the Allowed list. For more information, see Adding BR.io Domains and contact your system administrator for assistance.

After the link is established, you can

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Use BR.io to create, view, and edit your conventional PCR protocols

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View the instrument status on the BR.io Home and Instruments pages

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Start a run on the instrument and view the in progress run on the BR.io Home and Files pages

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View completed run details and a completed run report in BR.io. You can also download the run report in PDF format

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Create organizations and share projects with other members of an organization. For more information about organizations, see Data Sharing in the Data Sharing help.