STAR Q AS Instruments Brochure 12/2016 3 Complete workflow automation To achieve the most efficient workflows using the STAR Q AS Instruments and to ensure that downstream detection of your DNA profiles keeps pace with your assay setup, a QIAgility® platform can be incorporated for capillary electrophoresis (CE) plate setup, enabling automation of the complete workflow up to capillary electrophoresis. With this workflow four plates of 96 samples can easily be processed each day, by a single analyst, working a typical 8-hour day. Assay setup STR analysis CE plate setup Instruments • STAR Q Punch AS Instrument • STAR Q Swab AS Instrument Kits • Investigator 24plex GO! Kit • Investigator IDplex GO! Kit • Investigator ESSplex SE GO! Kit Instrument • QIAgility Workflow overview of STAR Q Punch AS and Swab AS