Abstract
Overview
The separation of nucleic acids is a necessary precursor to a wide range of
life science research and diagnostic techniques. Familiar methods such as
cloning/subcloning and Southern and Northern blotting frequently rely on the
electrophoretic separation of nucleic acid fragments generated by
amplification or restriction digestion. Recently emerging methods such as gene
silencing and miRNA analyses often hinge on the separation and sizing of short
polynucleotides isolated from cell or tissue samples or synthesized in vitro.
For some techniques, such as mutation detection or STR analysis, resolution in
the range of a few bases may be required. For other methods, like standard
cloning or Southern blotting, a resolution in the tens to hundreds of bases
may suffice.
Percepta' s 2008 Nucleic Acid Separation Dashboard™ dives deeply into the
characteristics of the market for nucleic acid separation products. This
Dashboard reveals key market indicators for the nucleic acids separations
market as a whole as well as for the following sub-segments:
- Analysis of amplified DNA (includes AFLP) Analysis of restriction digested
DNA (includes RFLP)
- Analysis of cRNA or total RNA quality
- Analysis of small RNA molecules Analysis of synthetic DNA or RNA
- STR analysis
- HLA typing analysis
- Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (includes mapping)
- Mutation detection (includes SSCP, DGGE)
Survey Methodology
In August of 2008, Percepta fielded the 23-question Nucleic Acid Separation
Survey to a subset of the company' s panel of life scientists. Individuals were
invited by e-mail to click through to a webpage at bioanalytix.com where the
survey was hosted. Invitations were delivered on August 19, 2008 and results
collected through August 26th. A total of 548 scientists completed the survey,
of which 526 are actively engaged in performing nucleic acid separation and 8
plan to perform nucleic acid separation in the next 12 months. Results based
on the aggregate of collected responses are revealed in this Nucleic Acid
Separation Life Science Dashboard™.
Respondent Demographics
Respondents from the academic, government and commercial market segments are
well represented, with 13.6% of respondents employed in an industry setting.
72.5% of respondents are from North America, while 24.8% reside in Europe.
Junior (Lab Tech, Grad Students), mid level (Post-Doc, Lab Manager) and senior
(Professor/PI, Group Leader) scientists are well represented in the data set,
with the most cited job titles being
Professor/Principal Investigator (19.2% of respondents), Scientist/Senior
Scientist (17.3% of respondents) and Post-Doctoral Fellow (14.6%).
A wide variety of scientific areas of specialization is also evident, led by
Molecular Biology (named by 34.9% of respondents as their primary area of
expertise) and Microbiology/Infectious Disease/Virology (named by 9.9% of
respondents). Biochemistry (9.7%), Genetics (8.6%), and Cell Biology (7.3%)
are the only other primary areas of specialization named by more than 6% of
respondents.
Small (1-5 scientists), medium (6-20 scientists) and large (>20 scientists)
laboratories are well represented: 39.6% of respondents work in labs where 1
to 5 people perform experiments; 47.1% in labs with 6 to 20, and the remaining
13.3% in labs with greater than 20 bench scientists.
Table of Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Executive Summary
- Key Findings and Implications
- Nucleic Acid Separation Dashboard
- Survey Methodology
- Survey Invitation Text
- Respondent Demographics
- Frequency of Performance of Life Science Techniques
- Frequency of Performance of Various Nucleic Acid Separation Techniques
- Reaction Throughput and Market Segment Growth Rates
- Respondent' s Stated Price Per Reaction
- Total Market Size, Market Segment Sizes and Total Market Growth Rate
- Matrix/Method Used to Separate Various Types of Nucleic Acids
- Market Shares by Segment (Share of Mention)
- Required Resolution for Nucleic Acid Separation Experiments
- Required Throughput for Nucleic Acid Separation Experiments
- Time Required for Nucleic Acid Separation Experiments
- Customer Satisfaction and Interest in Switching Suppliers
- Product Features that Influence Purchasing Decisions
- Desired Changes to Nucleic Acid Separation Products
- Survey Questionnaire
Figures and Tables
- Figure 1: Respondent' s Place of Employment
- Figure 2: Respondent' s Country/Region
- Figure 3: Respondent' s Position/Job Title
- Figure 4A: Respondent' s Areas of Expertise/Specialization
- Figure 4B: Respondent' s Areas of Expertise/Specialization (Molecular
Biology Excluded)
- Figure 5: Number of Employees in Respondent' s Laboratories
- Figure 6: Percentage of Respondents Performing Various Life Science
Techniques at Least a Few Times per Year
- Figure 7: Percentage of Respondents Performing Nucleic Acid Separation
- Figure 8: Percentage of Respondents Performing Various Nucleic Acid
Separation Methods at Least a Few Times per Year
- Figure 9: Percentage of Respondents that Analyze Amplified DNA (Includes
AFLP)
- Figure 10: Percentage of Respondents that Analyze Restriction Digested DNA
(Includes RFLP)
- Figure 11: Percentage of Respondents that Analyze cRNA or Total RNA Quality
- Figure 12: Percentage of Respondents that Analyze Small RNA Molecules
- Figure 13: Percentage of Respondents that Analyze Synthetic DNA or RNA
- Figure 14: Percentage of Respondents that Perform STR Analysis
- Figure 15: Percentage of Respondents that Perform HLA Typing Analysis
- Figure 16: Percentage of Respondents that Perform Pulsed Field Gel
Electrophoresis (Includes Mapping)
- Figure 17: Percentage of Respondents that Perform Mutation Detection
(Includes SSCP, DGGE)
- Figure 18: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Analyze Amplified DNA
(Includes AFLP)
- Figure 19: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Analyze Restriction
Digested DNA7 (Includes RFLP)
- Figure 20: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Analyze cRNA or Total
RNA Quality
- Figure 21: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Analyze Small RNA
Molecules
- Figure 22: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Analyze Synthetic DNA or
RNA
- Figure 23: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Perform STR Analysis
- Figure 24: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Perform HLA Typing
Analysis
- Figure 25: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Perform Pulsed Field Gel
Electrophoresis (Includes Mapping)
- Figure 26: Method/Matrix Used by Respondents that Perform Mutation
Detection (Includes SSCP, DGGE)
- Figure 27: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Consumables for Pour-Your-Own
Agarose Gels
- Figure 28: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Instruments Used to Run
Pour-Your-Own Agarose Gels
- Figure 29: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Precast Agarose Gels
- Figure 30: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Instruments Used to Run
Precast Agarose Gels
- Figure 31: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Consumables for Separation of
Nucleic Acids by Capillary Electrophoresis
- Figure 32: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Capillary Electrophoresis
Instrumentation for Separation of Nucleic Acids
- Figure 33: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Consumables for
Microfluidics-Based Separation of Nucleic Acids
- Figure 34: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Instrumentation for
Microfluidics-Based Separation of Nucleic Acids
- Figure 35: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Consumables Used to Run
Polyacrylamide Gels
- Figure 36: Respondent' s Primary Supplier of Instruments Used to Run
Polyacrylamide Gels
- Figure 37: Resolution Required by Respondents that Analyze Amplified DNA
(Includes AFLP)
- Figure 38: Resolution Required by Respondents that Analyze Restriction
Digested DNA (Includes RFLP)
- Figure 39: Resolution Required by Respondents that Analyze cRNA or Total
RNA Quality
- Figure 40: Resolution Required by Respondents that Analyze Small RNA
Molecules
- Figure 41: Resolution Required by Respondents that Analyze Synthetic DNA
or RNA
- Figure 42: Resolution Required by Respondents that Perform STR Analysis
- Figure 43: Resolution Required by Respondents that Perform HLA Typing
Analysis
- Figure 44: Resolution Required by Respondents that Perform Pulsed Field
Gel Electrophoresis (Includes Mapping)
- Figure 45: Resolution Required by Respondents that Perform Mutation
Detection (Includes SSCP, DGGE)
- Figure 46: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Analyze
Amplified DNA (Includes AFLP)
- Figure 47: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Analyze
Restriction Digested DNA (Includes RFLP)
- Figure 48: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Analyze cRNA
or Total RNA Quality
- Figure 49: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Analyze
Small RNA Molecules
- Figure 50: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Analyze
Synthetic DNA or RNA
- Figure 51: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Perform STR
Analysis
- Figure 52: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Perform HLA
Typing Analysis
- Figure 53: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Perform
Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (Includes Mapping)
- Figure 54: Separation Throughput Required by Respondents that Perform
Mutation Detection (Includes SSCP, DGGE)
- Figure 55: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Analyze Amplified
DNA (Includes AFLP)
- Figure 56: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Analyze
Restriction Digested DNA (Includes RFLP)
- Figure 57: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Analyze cRNA or
Total RNA Quality
- Figure 58: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Analyze Small RNA
Molecules
- Figure 59: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Analyze Synthetic
DNA or RNA
- Figure 60: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Perform STR
Analysis
- Figure 61: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Perform HLA Typing
Analysis
- Figure 62: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Perform Pulsed
Field Gel Electrophoresis (Includes Mapping)
- Figure 63: Completion Time Required by Respondents that Perform Mutation
Detection (Includes SSCP, DGGE)
- Figure 64: Percentage of Respondents That Have Switched Suppliers in the
Last Six Months
- Figure 65: Most Important Features of Products for Nucleic Acid Separation
Experiments
- Table 1: Respondent' s Areas of Expertise/Specialization - Values for
Figures 4A and 4B
- Table 2: Frequency of Performance of Various Life Science Techniques
- Table 3: Frequency of Co-Performance of Various Life Science Techniques
- Table 4: Frequency of Performance of Nucleic Acid Separation Methods
- Table 5: Frequency of Co-Performance of Life Science Techniques with
Nucleic Acid Separation Methods
- Table 6: Frequency of Co-Performance of Nucleic Acid Separation Methods
with Life Science Techniques
- Table 7: Median and Average Monthly Throughput for Nucleic Acid Separation
Techniques
- Table 8: Percentage of Respondents Separating Various Numbers of Nucleic
Acid Samples (Lanes) Per Month
- Table 9: Projected Growth in the Performance of Various Nucleic Acid
Separation Techniques
- Table 10: Median and Average Price Per Sample for Nucleic Acid Separation
Products
- Table 11: Estimated 2008 Global Market Size for Nucleic Acid Separation
Product Categories
- Table 12: Estimated 2009 Global Market Size for Nucleic Acid Separation
Product Categories
- Table 13: Matrix/Method Used to Separate Various Types of Nucleic Acids
- Table 14: Market Share Leaders for Consumables for Pour-Your-Own Agarose
Gels by Market Segment
- Table 15: Market Share Leaders for Instruments for Pour-Your-Own Agarose
Gels by Market Segment
- Table 16: Market Share Leaders for Consumables for Precast Agarose Gels by
Market Segment
- Table 17: Market Share Leaders for Instruments for Precast Agarose Gels by
Market Segment
- Table 18: Market Share Leaders for Consumables for Capillary
Electrophoresis by Market Segment
- Table 19: Market Share Leaders for Instruments for Capillary
Electrophoresis by Market Segment
- Table 20: Market Share Leaders for Consumables for Microfluidics-Based
Separation of Nucleic Acids by Market Segment
- Table 21: Market Share Leaders for Instruments for Microfluidics-Based
Separation of Nucleic Acids by Market Segment
- Table 22: Market Share Leaders for Consumables for Polyacrylamide Gels by
Market Segment
- Table 23: Market Share Leaders for Instruments for Polyacrylamide Gels by
Market Segment
- Table 24: Market Share Leaders for Nucleic Acid Separation Products
- Table 25: Resolution Required for Separation of Various Nucleic Acid
Separation Methods
- Table 26: Throughput Required for Various Nucleic Acid Separation Methods
- Table 27: Completion Time Required for Various Nucleic Acid Separation
Methods
- Table 28: Percentage of Respondents Satisfied with Various Nucleic Acid
Separation Products and Reasons for Dissatisfac tion
- Table 29: Most Important Features of Products for Nucleic Acid Separation
Experiments