Windows      

• miniPCR v2.0 (Win 10, 64-bit)
  • Supports mini8 and mini16
  • French language support
  • Bluetooth pairing: download guide (Win 10)
• miniPCR v1.6 (Win XP and higher, 32- or 64-bit)
  • Supports mini8 only

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Mac                

• miniPCR v2.0
  • Supports mini8 and mini16
  • French language support
• miniPCR v1.6
  • Supports mini8 only

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iPad/iPhone  

• miniPCR v2.0 for iOS
  • mini16 only (free via Apple Store)

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Android         

• miniPCR v2.0
  • mini8 (OTG adapter required)
  • mini16 (Bluetooth or OTG)

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Amazon Fire 

• miniPCR v2.0
  • mini8 (OTG adapter required)
  • mini16 (Bluetooth)
  • French language support

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Chromebook 

• miniPCR v1.5 mini8 only
• miniPCR Chromebook Beta for mini16 (via Google Play Store)

• 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

• Portable and accurate diagnostics for COVID-19: Combined use of the miniPCR thermocycler and a well-plate reader for SARS-CoV-2 virus detection. (Gonzalez-Gonzalez et al., PLOS One, 2020)
• Next-generation technologies applied to age-old challenges in Madagascar. (Blanco et al., Conservation Genetics, 2020)
• A Scalable, Easy-to-Deploy, Protocol for Cas13-Based Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Material. (Rauch et al., BioRxiv, 2020)
• Influenza A Virus Field Surveillance at a Swine-Human Interface (Rambo-Martin et al., Clinical Science and Epidemiology, 2020).
• Portable sequencing as a teaching tool in conservation and biodiversity research. (Watsa et al., PLOS Biology, 2020)
• Nucleic acid detection aboard the International Space Station by colorimetric loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) (Rubinfien et al., FASEB BioAdvances, 2019).
• Next-generation in situ conservation and capacity building in Madagascar using a mobile genetics lab (Blanco et al., BioRxiv 2019).
• Validation of use of the miniPCR thermocycler for Ebola and Zika virus detection (Gonzalez-Gonzalez et al. PLoS One. 2019).
• Successful Amplification of DNA aboard the International Space Station (Boguraev et al., NPJ Microgravity, 2017).
• Backpack PCR: A point-of-collection diagnostic platform for the rapid detection of Brugia parasites in mosquitoes (Zaky et al., PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018).
• Gene expression studies using a miniaturized thermal cycler system on board the International Space Station (Montague et al., PLOS ONE, 2018).
• 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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