Covaris M220

The Covaris M220 focused ultrasonicator is taken care of by the MBB Manager, Laboratory Operations. If there are any concerns, please contact the Manager (details below).

User manual

Quick Start Guide 

Quick Start Guide to DNA Shearing

Quick Start Guide to RNA Shearing

The Covaris M220 focused ultrasonicator is one of the NGS MiSeq suite of instruments, providing non-contact, mechanical processing for samples of 15-130ul in volume, including nucleic acid shearing, formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue extraction, cfDNA extraction, cell lysis, and tissue lysis and extraction.

Detailed Specs

No booking required. Users must provide their own tubes.

Location

MBB Department

Training must be obtained from the MBB Manager, Laboratory Operations.

Contact

Manager, Laboratory Operations

Phone:
 (604) 518-9066
E-mail: mbblabop@sfu.ca