Is your lab eyeing any other new molecular testing technologies coming down the pipeline?

We've probably worked with every platform available. ...

One of the new platforms that I really liked is a system [from Québec City, Canada-based startup] GenePOC. That's very clever. It's very small, ... the computer is built into the cycler. The problem with a lot of these platforms is you need a separate computer, and then you need [some other piece of equipment], and have to stack multiple units — that's a nightmare...

The GenePOC can run eight cartridges at a time and each cartridge can multiplex up to 12 analytes, and it only takes an hour. It's minimal [hands-on time]. You put a sample in the loading bay, you snap the cassette closed, load it in the machine, and then turn it on.

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