CLIQS 1D Pro Case Studies and Evidence
CLIQS 1D Pro is used worldwide to turn complex 1D gel and bioanalyzer outputs into reliable, comparable data for decision making in agriculture and food safety. On this page, you can explore how leading institutions apply the software in real projects and download full case study PDFs.
University of Florida – Microbial Communities in Sustainable Agriculture
Researchers at the Environmental Sciences Institute and University of Florida are investigating bacterial and fungal communities as indicators of success in sustainable agriculture and plant disease management. Their work compares microbial communities across crop rotations, fertilizer treatments and irrigation regimes.#
Challenge
Pooling and running multiple gels introduced distortion, and existing tools were hard to use, locked to proprietary formats, or lacked the analytical depth needed for robust community comparisons.
Solution
By combining ARISA-PCR with CLIQS 1D Pro (in this study referenced under the older name Phoretix), the team can analyze a wide range of gel images and directly compare images from different experiments in a single workflow. They can also export data matrices for downstream statistical analysis, turning images into quantitative datasets rather than purely visual records.
Impact
- Faster, more consistent analysis of gels across multiple experiments.
- Quantitative outputs suitable for robust statistical testing.
- A versatile, easy-to-use platform for environmental microbial fingerprinting.
“By combining ARISA-PCR with this software, we have a versatile tool that can analyze all types of images, allowing the comparison of images from different experiments; it is very quick and easy to use. More importantly it allows me to easily export the data matrix for further statistical analysis.
This means our images are no longer just visual, but, we can extract data that can be used in statistical tests.”
“In our case using ARISA (on an Agilent Bioanalyzer platform) and TotalLab’s CLIQS 1D Pro software has enabled us to perform robust experiments. My advice for any interested user is simple; download the fully functional trial version, try it and you will be impressed. A search of the impressive list of scholarly articles that cite the software will definitely inform you of its ability.”
Royal Society for Public Health / CCFRA – Rapid Wheat Varietal Identification
The Royal Society for Public Health’s CCFRA Food Research Association developed a rapid, objective method for wheat varietal identification at flour mills. The goal was to help millers make confident intake decisions based on reliable varietal screening.
Challenge
Mills required a standardized approach to varietal discrimination that was fast enough for intake use yet objective and reproducible across sites.
Solution
The team deployed the Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer together with CLIQS 1D Pro’s automated pattern matching capabilities. This combination provided a standardized, reproducible workflow for varietal discrimination in a routine industrial setting.
Impact
- Total analysis time under 50 minutes, making the workflow suitable for mill intake.
- Increased confidence in accepting or rejecting grain consignments.
- Adoption of the combined system by multiple UK mills for screening wheat deliveries at intake.
“Our study has demonstrated that using the Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer with the CLIQS 1D Pro system offers a standardized, objective method for rapid varietal discrimination. The ease of use and total analysis time of less than 50 minutes makes it most suitable for mill intake use. The optimized system will enable millers to make more confident decisions in accepting grain consignments, and could become widely adopted as an effective policing tool within the grain industry. A number of UK mills have purchased the combined systems for screening wheat deliveries at intake.”
Explore More CLIQS 1D Pro Resources
CLIQS 1D Pro is used in microbial typing, food authenticity verification, environmental microbiology and more. To dig deeper into typical workflows and applications, you can explore these additional guides:
- Bacterial Community Fingerprinting Protocol
- Pattern Matching & Dendrogram Generation in CLIQS 1D Pro
- How to Match Bands Across Your 1D Database
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