Helix COVID-19 Assay

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Across
  1. 3. The reagent that contains dNTPs, transcription enzymes, and salt
  2. 5. The virus that causes COVID-19
  3. 6. A human endogenous control used to determine whether or not sample is present in a patient's test tube
  4. 7. The department that plates patient samples into a TBE-filled plate
  5. 9. ____control; found in wells A24 and D24 and contains SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a dilution buffer
  6. 12. The department that's responsible for adding a barcode to each sample tube
  7. 13. The technique we use to amplify select genes along a certain strand of RNA
  8. 15. ____control; found in wells M23 and P23; contains TBE and MS2 in saline
  9. 16. The reagent that contains the primer/probe sets
  10. 17. The exogenous control present in the NEC wells
  11. 18. a component of RT PCR whose fluorescence is read by the QuantStudio
Down
  1. 1. The brand of the large machine used to dispense samples into new plates during MakeSSP and MakeCOV2
  2. 2. The enzyme that transcribes mRNA into cDNA
  3. 4. A buffer solution that's present in every well of the SSP plates
  4. 8. The machine that detects the fluorescence signal produced during RT PCR
  5. 10. The machine that lyses cells in order to make the RNA inside accessible
  6. 11. a machine used for automated racking and decapping
  7. 14. The department that adds master mix to plated patient samples