Overview
Nucleic acid purification is one of the few basic methods ubiquitous among scientists using molecular biology techniques to investigate processes such as gene expression, genetic diversity, protein function and molecular interactions. The Nucleic Acid Purification Dashboard was developed from responses to a 20-question survey of 506 scientists predominantly located in North America and Europe. This Dashboard reveals key market indicators for the nucleic acid purification market as a whole as well as for the following sub-segments:
- Gel extraction
- Post-reaction cleanup (i.e. PCR, enzyme digestion)
- Plasmid DNA minipreps (1-2 ml culture)
- Plasmid DNA midipreps (5-50 ml culture)
- Plasmid DNA maxipreps (100 ml culture or more)
- Genomic DNA from cells or tissue
- Genomic DNA from whole blood
- Genomic DNA from FFPE tissue
- Total RNA from cells or tissue
- Total RNA from whole blood
- Total RNA from FFPE tissue
- mRNA
- microRNA
Percepta’s 2011 Nucleic Acid Purification Dashboard™ is a deep dive into the characteristics and dynamics of the market for nucleic acid purification products. This 2011 Dashboard provides a snapshot of the current market landscape that can be compared with data from the 2009 Nucleic Acid Dashboard, providing an ongoing story of how the market is adapting to new products, new competitors, acquisitions and new sales and marketing strategies.
Survey Methodology
In July of 2011, Percepta fielded the Nucleic Acid Purification Survey to a subset of the Percepta BioAnalytix™ Panel of life scientists. Individuals were invited by e-mail blast to click-through to a webpage at perceptabioanalytix.com where the survey was hosted. Invitations were delivered beginning on July 16, 2011 and results collected through July 29, 2011. A total of 506 scientists participated in the survey, of which 486 are actively engaged in performing nucleic acid purification and 12 plan to use nucleic acid purification methods in the next 12 months. Results based on the aggregate of collected responses are revealed in this Nucleic Acid Purification Dashboard.
Important Note: This report only includes analyses related to the research market for nucleic acid purification products and not the market for products used in diagnostic assays.
Respondent Demographics
Respondents from the academic, government and commercial market segments are well represented. 52.0% of respondents work at universities/colleges/medical schools; 8.3% are employed at hospitals/medical centers. 14.0% of respondents work for biotechnology companies; 8.5% are employed by pharmaceutical companies. Overall, 24.7% of respondents work in industrial laboratories and 72.9% of respondents work in academic laboratories.
67.6% of respondents are from North America (61.7% in the United States and 5.9% in Canada), while 31.4% reside in Europe.
Junior, mid-level and senior scientists are well represented in the data set, with the most cited job titles being Scientist/Senior Scientist (33.4% of respondents) and Professor/Principal Investigator (16.0%).
A wide variety of scientific areas of specialization is also evident, led by Molecular Biology (indicated by 28.3% of respondents as their primary area of expertise), Cell Biology (12.8%) and Biochemistry (12.5%).
Small (1-5 scientists), medium (6-20 scientists) and large (>20 scientists) laboratories are well represented. 46.3% of respondents are from laboratories where between 1 and 5 scientists perform nucleic acid purification. 42.9% of respondents work in labs where between 6 and 20 people isolate nucleic acids while the remaining 10.9% are from labs where more than 20 people perform nucleic acid isolation.
The three most common primary organisms that scientists work with when performing nucleic acid purification are: human (indicated by 38.3% of respondents), bacteria (29.6%) and mouse (16.0%)
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