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  • nCounter Analysis System
  • nCounter Gene Expression Assays
  • nCounter Single Cell Expression Assay
  • nCounter Plex-Squared Assay
  • nCounter miRNA Expression Assays
  • nCounter miRGE Assay
  • nCounter CNV CodeSets
  • nCounter lncRNA Assay
  • nCounter ChIP-String Assay
  • nCounter Leukemia Fusion Gene Panel


nCounter® Products Overview


Analysis System

nCounter® Analysis System

Fully automated and easy-to-use, the nCounter Analysis System provides everything you need to cost-effectively complete your projects in record time.

  • Strong analytical performance - sensitive, precise, and quantitative
  • Single tube multiplexing - up to 800 genes or regions, no amplification required
  • Easy-to-use - fully automated, intuitive user interface
  • Flexible samples - small samples from a variety of sources, including FFPE
  • Quality assurance - GMP compliant / ISO 13485 certified

Gene Expression Assays

nCounter® Gene Expression CodeSets

Gold-standard levels of sensitivity, precision, and linearity for up to 800 transcripts in a single-tube assay.

  • Analyze the expression levels of up to 800 genes simultaneously
  • Superior precision compared to qPCR
  • Directly assay tissue, blood lysates, and FFPE extracts in a simple workflow

Single Cell Expression Assay

nCounter® Single Cell Expression Assay

Highly multiplexed, single tube assay allows the analysis of 20 – 800 genes and frees you from the constraints of fixed format microfluidic platforms.

  • More Genes: Analyze multiple pathways for up to 800 genes
  • High Sensitivity: Eliminate sample splitting, minimize amplification - get better data from every cell
  • Digital Counting: Determine fractional fold changes - eliminate the variability of analog data
  • High Throughput: Analyze hundreds of samples per day

Plex-Squared Assay

nCounter® Plex2™ for Gene Expression CodeSets

Multiplex hundreds of targets and multiple samples in a single tube.

  • Customizable to study size: measure 20 - 400 targets in a single tube
  • Superior precision compared to qPCR: no replicate data points required
  • Directly assay tissue, whole-blood lysates, total RNA, cell lysates, and FFPE samples

miRNA Assays

nCounter® miRNA CodeSets

Highly sensitive, miRNA transcriptome-level multiplexing, with single-base resolution - no amplification required.

  • Multiplexed target profiling of miRNA transcriptomes in a single reaction
  • High level of sensitivity, specificity, precision, and linearity
  • Cancer research, neurobiology, developmental biology, and stem-cell research

miRGE Assay

nCounter® miRGE™ CodeSets

Provides the ability to simultaneously profile both miRNAs and mRNAs in
a single reaction.

  • Simultaneously profile miRNA and mRNA expression in a single reaction
  • Fewer pipetting steps and less preparation time means fewer errors
  • Profile FFPE samples as well as other difficult sample types

CNV CodeSets

nCounter® CNV CodeSets

Interrogate up to 800 regions of the human genome with superior reproducibility, accuracy, and linearity.

  • Better, faster results with less effort than PCR or arrays
  • Lowest hands-on time of any platform
  • Profile up to 800 regions of the human genome in a single reaction

lncRNA Assay

nCounter® lncRNA Assay

Study focused sets of up to 800 lncRNAs with high precision and less hands-on time than any other platform.

  • High precision, digital quantification of lncRNAs in a single reaction
  • Analyze up to 800 lncRNAs in a single reaction with no amplification
  • Compatible with FFPE crude cell lysates and other challenging sample types

ChIP-String Assay

nCounter® ChIP-String Assay

Read-out method designed to measure dsDNA fragments that have been enriched via chromatin immunoprecipitation.

  • Accurate differentiation and quantification of enriched DNA
  • Excellent correlation with ChIP-Seq results
  • Analyze up to 800 loci with 15 minutes of hands-on time

Leukemia Fusion Gene Panel

nCounter® Leukemia Fusion Gene

Profile a comprehensive set of fusion genes which result from balanced translocations in different leukemia sub-types.

  • Profile a comprehensive set of fusion genes in different leukemia subtypes
  • Includes probes for 11 wild type and 12 leukemia-related biomarkers
  • 15 minutes of hands-on time per run

nSolver Software

nSolver™ Analysis Software

The nSolver Analysis Software is a data analysis program that offers nCounter users the ability to quickly and easily QC, normalize, and analyze their data without having to purchase additional software packages. The nSolver software also provides seamless integration and compatibility with other software packages designed for more complex analyses and visualizations.

  • Quickly import and export data to and from all nCounter assays
  • Easily design, save, and edit user-defined experiments
  • Perform customized normalization and fold change measurements