miRNA Expression Profiling - Step 1: Quality Control
(1) RNA - An aliquot of each submitted sample will be subjected to capillary electrophoresis on an Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 (examples of electropherograms are shown below);
(2) Lab processing - With each group of samples analyzed, the lab will include a control sample comprised of a mixture of synthetic microRNA's (reference panel), each of which is a target of one of the assays. The results from this control sample establish whether any systematic error has occurred in the processing and analysis of the sample group.