Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Alexandre Daviet

Dwight Livingston

Alyssa Shedlosky

Rohini Rao

Edward Carrese

Ben Hopwood

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a fixed magnet assembly that can be implemented into automated platforms for performing polynucleotide extraction from biological samples and preparing the polynucleotides into an amplification-ready form. The fixed magnet assembly can be used to provide magnetic energy to a container containing magnetic particles and a reaction mixture of polynucleotides, in order to bring about a separation of the magnetic particles from the reaction mixture. This can prevent or reduce magnetic particle carryover in the prepared amplification-ready sample, thereby improving amplification results.

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Alexandre Daviet