VeraCode General Purpose Reagent (GPR) Universal Capture Beads provide a versatile substrate for assay development, offering a truly open platform that enables laboratories to develop multiplex assays based on their preferred multiplex and methodology. These highly stable glass microbeads are pre-immobilized at high density with a unique 23-mer capture oligonucleotide sequence. Each Universal Capture Bead is inscribed with a unique code that is used downstream to designate and track the specific analyte or genotype of interest in the multiplex reaction. VeraCode Universal Capture Beads are available in two formats, 48 individual bead types and two sets of 48-plex pre-pooled bead types, enabling laboratories and manufacturers of molecular tests to custom develop up to 144 distinct analytes in a single well.
The purchase price of the GPR Universal Capture Beads gives the customers the right to use them in diagnostic services and test kits without the need for additional royalties to Illumina. By offering these without any additional royalty, customers are provided the convenience and flexibility needed so they can concentrate on evolving their menu.
Designing a multiplexed genotyping assay with VeraCode GPR Universal Capture Bead Sets is made easy with VeraCode Assay Designer Software, an integrated design tool for single and multiplexed allele-specific primer extension (ASPE) assay designs. SNP and small insertion and deletion genotyping assay designs are scored for melting temperature, GC content, cross-reactivity within a multiplex and folding. Users can quickly create custom multiplex plates of pooled universal capture bead types using the convenient VeraCode bead kitting system which eliminates vortexing, pipetting, and centrifugation.