Magnet Assisted Transfection (MATra)

Magnet Assisted Transfection (MATra)

Greatly improved transfection rates in just a few minutes

Magnet assisted Transfection is a new, easy-to-handle and highly efficient method to transfect cells in culture.

Using this new technique nucleic acids, such as plasmid DNA, oligonucleotides or siRNA, are in a first step associated with magnetic particles. Exploiting magnetic force the full nucleic acid dose is then rapidly drawn towards and delivered into the target cells leading to efficient transfection.

Advantages compared to standard transfections

Greatly improved transfection rates
Low vector doses
No toxicity
Easy protocol
Up to several thousand fold increased levels of transgene expression after short-term incubation with the transfection reagent
Functional with serum and serum-free
Successfully used on many and also critical cell lines (e.g. primary and neuroblastoma cells)
No need for expensive instruments (like electroporator or particle gun)
Highly cost-effective