Windows
miniPCR v2.0 mini8/mini16 (Win 7 and up.) Bluetooth pairing (Win 10)
miniPCR v1.6 mini8 only (Win XP and higher)

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Mac
miniPCR v2.0 mini8/mini16
miniPCR v1.6 mini8 only

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iOS (iPad/iPhone)
miniPCR v2.0 mini16 only (free via Apple Store)

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Android
miniPCR v0.4 mini8 only (OTG adapter required)
miniPCR v2.0 mini8 (OTG cable) and mini16 (Bluetooth)

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Amazon Kindle Fire
miniPCR v2.0 mini8 (OTG cable) and mini16 (Bluetooth)

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Chromebook
miniPCR v1.4 mini8 only

• PCR Detection threshold sensitivity: miniPCR vs. Biorad S1000
• miniPCR vs. Biorad iCycler
• PCR comparative analysis of P. falciparum infection using miniPCR, Eppendorf Lightcycler and MJ Thermocycler
• Stability of PCR product at room temperature
• Fast PCR in 24 minutes with miniPCR

• Successful Amplification of DNA aboard the International Space Station (Boguraev et al., NPJ Microgravity, 2017).
• Real-time DNA barcoding in a rainforest using nanopore sequencing: opportunities for rapid biodiversity assessments and local capacity building. (Pomerantz et al., GigaScience, giy033, 2018. PDF.)
• Nanopore sequencing of long ribosomal DNA amplicons enables portable and simple biodiversity assessments with high phylogenetic resolution across broad taxonomic scale (Krehenwinkel et al., Biorxiv.org. PDF.)
• Rapid identification of infections (Park et al., Science Advances 2016, Vol.2 No.5)
• A simple, economical protocol for DNA extraction and amplification where there is no lab (Guevara et al., 2017) PDF
• Toward the Drug Factory Microbiome: Microbial Community Variations in Antibiotic-Producing Clean Rooms (Hamdy Amal M. et al., OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. February 2018, 22(2): 133-144)
• Paper-Based DNA Reader for Visualized Quantification of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections (Guan Wang et al., ACS Sens., 2018, 3 (1), pp 205–210)
• Performance of miniPCR^TM mini8, a portable thermal cycler (Kwon et al., 2016)
• PCR Heads into the field. (Technology feature, Nature Methods 2015, Vol. 12 No. 5)
• PCR: Thirty-five years and counting. (Science Magazine Technology Feature including miniPCR.)

• Animal health: PCR on the farm: Raising healthy animals
• Agriculture: Using genetics to grow better truffles (TED version here)
• DIY Bio: Engaging with molecular biology at home
• STEM Education: Transforming biotech education in the classroom
• Forensics: Bringing DNA analysis closer to the evidence
• Human health: Malaria detection in Nigeria using miniPCR
• Human health: Combating Ebola in Sierra Leone
• Human health: PCR diagnostics for mosquito-borne infections
• Biodiversity: From snakes to DNA sequences in 24 hours
• Biodiversity: Studying lemur genomes in the Madagascar forest (Case study. Publication.)
• Biodiversity: Real-time DNA barcoding in a remote rainforest using nanopore sequencing (Full-text PDF)
• Molecular Ecology in the Austrian Alps (student-led Wolbachia research)
• Microbiology: Sequencing microbes on the ocean floor (NASA collaboration)
• Space biology: Enabling DNA sequencing in space (NASA collaboration)
• Space biology: First DNA amplification aboard International Space station (watch video)
• Space Biology: Announcing results of first PCR in microgravity
• Synthetic biology: Bioengineering on a simulated mission to Mars
• Research: miniPCR™ in academic research labs

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