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Long-term Collection & Preservation Cards

Ahlstrom GenSaver™ 2.0 and GenSaver™ Color 2.0 specimen collection cards are treated with new-to-market proprietary chemistry allowing long-term preservation of DNA at ambient temperature.  Ahlstrom-Munksjö GenSaver™ 2.0 specimen collection cards are specifically designed for collection and transport of microvolumes of biological samples and long-term preservation of DNA at ambient temperature.  DNA preserved on GenSaver™ 2.0 can be used even after 22 years of ambient storage to generate high quality STR and Next Generation Sequencing data.​

Key features: 

  • Long-term ambient preservation of DNA

  • Antimicrobial activity

  • Free of amplifiable human DNA

  • Free of DNase and RNase

  • Ready for automation: compatible with BSD 600 and other available punching systems

  • High quality NGS data

  • Customized and ready-to-use biosample collection cards

  • Compliant to ISO 18385

Applications:

  • Forensics

  • Human Identification

  • Paternity Testing

  • Animal genetic screening

  • Biobanking

  • Genomics

  • Molecular biology

  • Whole genome amplification

  • Plasmid screening

Different Solutions for Different Samples​

The card design and printing are customizable to better accommodate our customers’ needs in terms of automation, color coding and barcoding. The two colors available are suitable for the collection of various kinds of biosamples:​

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GenSaver™ 2.0 Specimen Collection Cards
(Package of 25 or 100)

GenSaver™ 2.0 (white cards) for the collection of easily identified samples such as whole blood and plant tissue samples.

GenSaver™ 2.0 Color Specimen Collection Cards (Package of 25 or 100)

GenSaver™ Color 2.0 (pink cards) for the collection of clear samples such as saliva, buccal cells, urine, bacterial cells (from colonies, glycerol stocks or bacterial cultures), tissue lysate, liquid biopsy or purified DNA.

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