MagMAX™ Kit Family

MagMAX™ Kit Family

The Ambion® MagMAX™ family of products provides consistent and reliable nucleic acid purification using silica-magnetic particle technology. Magnetic beads offer many benefits for isolating RNA from cells, tissue, or blood, and viral RNA from cell-free samples. The technology at the core of the MagMAX™ product line:

Binds RNA more efficiently than silica-membrane methods
Higher, more consistent RNA yields
RNA can be eluted in as little as 20 µL of nuclease-free water, resulting in more concentrated RNA

MagMAX™ nucleic acid isolation kits were developed to extract both genomic and viral nucleic acid from diverse sample matrices including cells, tissue, blood and cell-free media. Use the table below to find the MagMAX™ Kit to best fit your needs. So whether your needs center on gene expression analysis, small RNA research, microarray profiling, or anything in between, there's a MagMAX™ product to fit your workflow.

Demonstrating the MagMAX™ Express Particle Processor

MagMAX™ Express Instrument Downloads

MagMAX™ Express 24-well instruments with serial numbers lower than 700-381 and MagMAX™ Express-96 instruments with serial numbers lower than 710-573 were shipped with Version 1 protocols only. If your instrument's serial number is EQUAL TO OR HIGHER than these numbers, your instrument already has the Version 2 protocols.

Customers who have validated specific scripts should continue using the versions that they validated. Both Version 1 and Version 2 scripts are provided on this page to enable customers to save an archived copy, update Version 1 instruments to Version 2, or revert a Version 2 instrument to Version 1.

Instructions for Loading Protocols onto Instrument (.ppt)

Version 3 Scripts for Part Numbers 4462359, AMB1836-5, AM1836

MagMAX Express
MagMAX Express-96 Deep Well (low sample volume)
MagMAX Express-96 Deep Well (high sample volume)

NOTE: Version 3 scripts are identical to Version 2 scripts, except for a slower elution shaking speed in Version 3.

NEW! Version 2 Downloads

Version 2 Guides

Protocol Info and Plastics Guide (.xls file)

NOTE: Refer to this guide to determine which specific protocols belong in which category below

Version 2 Protocols (.kf2 files grouped by application/kit)