A massively parallel PicoTiterPlate™ based platform for discrete picoliter-scale polymerase chain reactions

We demonstrate successful, simultaneous polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of up to 300 000 discrete reactions in a novel platform, the PicoTiterPlate™. In addition to elevated throughput, the PicoTiterPlate™ based amplifications (PTPCR) can be performed in extremely small volumes: individual reactions volumes are as low as 39.5 pL, with a total 15.3 μL reaction volume for the entire PicoTiterPlate™. The bulk PTPCR product can be recovered and assayed with real‐time PCR, or discrete PTPCR products can be driven to solid supports, enabling downstream applications such as translation/transcription or sequencing.