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RNA Resource Center

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RNA Bench Guide

This step-by-step guide provides comprehensive knowledge about how to stabilize, isolate and quantify high-quality RNA.

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Back to RNA basics

Resources to refresh your RNA knowledge

On-demand Webinars

Kit selection tools

Check out our interactive selection wheels to find the optimal kit for your experiment:

Extraction tips

Quality control

Following RNA isolation, quality control (QC) is an important step to ensure that your RNA is high quality and can be used for reliable, reproducible and correct results. QC also contributes to ensuring accuracy and saving time and costs.

PCR, dPCR and NGS

Obtaining high-quality RNA is just the first step for downstream applications, such as RT-PCR, digital PCR and RNA-seq. Discover QIAGEN’s innovative portfolio of PCR, dPCR and NGS solutions and learn about the workflows for RNA analysis and interpretation.

Featured products

Save time with RNeasy Plus Kits

Upgrade to RNeasy Plus Kits for fast and convenient RNA extraction from cells or tissues, with effective removal of genomic DNA. Get high-quality total RNA in minutes using fast and easy-to-use extraction protocols and swap time spent on routine work for more important things. To learn more, check out the video and take a look at the infographic below.

QIAwave RNA Mini Kit
61% less plastic and 38% less cardboard
For a more eco-friendly alternative for extracting total RNA from cells, tissues, and yeast.
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miRNeasy TissueCells Advanced Mini Kit
For phenol-free purification of microRNA and total RNA from tissues and cells
For purification of up to 12 μg genomic, mitochondrial or viral DNA from blood and related body fluids.
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RNAprotect Tissue Reagent
For immediate stabilization of RNA in tissues
Immediately stabilize RNA in tissue samples to preserve the gene expression profile.
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QIAcube Connect
For fully automated nucleic acid extraction with QIAGEN’s spin-column kits
Automate over 80 QIAGEN kits with over 140 standard protocols for the most frequently used applications.
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RNA workflow configurator

Different types of RNAs form such a fascinating and yet sophisticated world. Which are the tools to achieve each step of the study?

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Codon Frenzy

Have you tried the game yet? If not, test your memory on amino acid sequences through our interactive game and see how well you can avoid all the stop codons.