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Assay Chip

By ONI (Oxford Nanoimaging)

Assay Chips should be brought to room temperature before opening and must be used upon opening. Do not store opened chips for later use. Once the Assay Chip is removed from the packaging, incubate it in a humidity chamber. This reduces the risk of evaporation and bubble introduction during the protocol. ONI recommends using a designated humidity chamber such as Simport Stain Tray M918-2™. This will provide three advantages: a humid environment to avoid evaporation from the lane inlet and outlet, protection of the sample from light, and avoiding chip movement during pipetting. Humidity chambers can be made with available lab equipment (such as slide storage boxes or dark-colored plastic freezer boxes) provided they meet the advantages listed above. Liquid should always be added to the inlet hole makered “IN”. To create a seal and ensure constant liquid delivery, insert the pipet tip at a 90° angle, hold the pipet vertically, and press down firmly before you begin dispensing liquid. If liquid spills out of the inlet, press the pipette tip down harder to ensure a full seal. Ensure that liquid is flowing into the chip lane by watching the meniscus during liquid deposition. It is important to minimize the introduction of bubbles when pipetting. To reduce bubbles, we suggest using p20 or p200 pipette tips, only pipetting to the first stop, and keeping consistent pressure until the pipette tip has been removed from the inlet (to reduce backflow). As you pipet liquid into the inlet hole, the liquid will flow through the lane and exit through the outlet marked “OUT”. We suggest removing excess liquid as it flows out of the outlet using a vacuum aspirator, by placing it gently next to the outlet hole. If you do not have access to an aspirator, use a laboratory dust-free wipe to remove excess liquid. Regardless of method, ensure there is minimal spillover from one lane outlet to another. Lanes should contain liquid throughout the entire experiment. If there are bubbles within the lane, or liquid has been inadvertently removed, wash the lane with 100 µL of Wash Buffer to dislodge bubbles and reintroduce the intended liquid.

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