Gel Bead Handling

• Use one tube of Gel Beads per sample. DO NOT puncture the foil seals of tubes not used at the time.

• After removing the Gel Bead strip from the packaging, equilibrate the Gel Bead strip to room temperature for at least 30 min before use.

• Store unused Gel Beads at −80°C and avoid more than 12 freeze-thaw cycles.

  DO NOT store Gel Beads at −20°C.

• Snap the tube strip holder with the Gel Bead strip into a 10x Vortex Adapter. Vortex 30 sec.

• Centrifuge the Gel Bead strip for ~5 sec after removing from the holder. Confirm there are no bubbles at the bottom of tubes and the liquid levels look even. Place Gel Bead strip back in the holder and secure the holder lid.

• If the required volume of beads cannot be recovered, place the pipette tips against the sidewalls and slowly dispense the Gel Beads back into the tubes. DO NOT introduce bubbles into the tubes and verify that the pipette tips contain no leftover Gel Beads. Withdraw the full volume of beads again by pipetting slowly. DO NOT reuse pipette tips and do not combine aliquots to avoid cross contamination.