Automatic DNA analyser
- Made:
- 1999 in Foster City and United Kingdom
- maker:
- Applied Biosystems Inc.
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License3700 DNA Analyser, serial number 100000552
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3700 DNA Analyser, serial number 100000552
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3700 DNA Analyser, serial no. 100000552, made by PE Biosystems, Foster City, California, United States, May 1999.
When this automatic DNA analyser was made in May 1999 it was the fastest machine on the market. Without automated machinery, scientists working on the Human Genome Project would not have completed the project within just thirteen years. The project, which aimed to sequence the chemical structure of human DNA and identify the genes that determine heredity, was completed in 2003. This machine was made by P E Biosystems, now part of Life Technologies.
Details
- Category:
- Biochemistry
- Object Number:
- 2001-603
- Materials:
- steel (metal), plastic (unidentified), zinc (metal), aluminium (metal) and electronic components
- Measurements:
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overall: 1330 mm x 760 mm x 760 mm,
- type:
- dna sequencer
- credit:
- Applied Biosystems Limited
