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Quansoft’s Plate Layout Editor
is a flexible platform for defining
a plate layout.
In this editor, it is possible to set the name and value of samples used for a standard curve. When
placing standards in the layout, the user will be asked to fill in the value of each standard in the
Well Information table. To assign units to these standards, such as copies/well or ng DNA, options
are available in the drop-down list, or a custom unit can be defined. As with the experiment files, a
copy can be stored as a template saved in a .
qpla format.
3.2.2.3 Program Editor
The Program Editor is the part of Quansoft where the user can define the temperatures, hold times
and reading parameters to be used in the PCR run. The minimum requirement in order to start a
run on PrimeQ is for the experiment to have a valid thermal cycling program – other settings such
as plate layout and analysis method can be defined and/or changed post-run. These files can be
saved to the Program Library in a
.qprg format.
Quansoft’s Program Editor
provides a simple approach to
defining the thermal cycling
program and dye reads.
3.2.2.4 Results Editor
This editor displays the results data. Clicking on the Experiment tab allows analysis settings to be
redefined or report options to be changed. The role of this editor will be examined more closely in
Chapter 4.