Mr. Terry L. Rusch Profile

Terry L. Rusch

Principal Engineer at LGC Douglas Scientific

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2003 Paper

Instrumentation for continuous array genotyping of short insertion/deletion polymorphisms

Terry Rusch, William Dickinson, Jian Che, Kim Fieweger, Jon Chudyk, Mitchel Doktycz, Adong Yu, James Weber

Proceedings Volume 4966, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483474

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Sensors, Head, Polymers, Signal detection, Argon ion lasers, Genetics, Objectives, Medical research

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 1996 Paper

Scanning fluorescence detector for high-throughput DNA genotyping

Terry Rusch, Jeremy Petsinger, Carl Christensen, David Vaske, Robert Brumley, John Luckey, James Weber

Proceedings Volume 2680, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237620

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Head, Luminescence, Sensors, Objectives, Bandpass filters, Argon ion lasers, Microscopes, LabVIEW, Lasers

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A new scanning fluorescence detector (SCAFUD) was developed for high-throughput genotyping of short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs). Fluorescent dyes are incorporated into relatively short DNA fragments via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and are separated by electrophoresis in short, wide polyacrylamide gels (144 lanes with well to read distances of 14 cm). Excitation light from an argon laser with primary lines at 488 and 514 nm is introduced into the gel through a fiber optic cable, dichroic mirror, and 40X microscope objective. Emitted fluorescent light is collected confocally through a second fiber. The confocal head is translated across the bottom of the gel at 0.5 Hz. The detection unit utilizes dichroic mirrors and band pass filters to direct light with 10 - 20 nm bandwidths to four photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). PMT signals are independently amplified with variable gain and then sampled at a rate of 2500 points per scan using a computer based A/D board. LabView software (National Instruments) is used for instrument operation. Currently, three fluorescent dyes (Fam, Hex and Rox) are simultaneously detected with peak detection wavelengths of 543, 567, and 613 nm, respectively. The detection limit for fluorescein-labeled primers is about 100 attomoles. Planned SCAFUD upgrades include rearrangement of laser head geometry, use of additional excitation lasers for simultaneous detection of more dyes, and the use of detector arrays instead of individual PMTs. Extensive software has been written for automatic analysis of SCAFUD images. The software enables background subtraction, band identification, multiple- dye signal resolution, lane finding, band sizing and allele calling. Whole genome screens are currently underway to search for loci influencing such complex diseases as diabetes, asthma, and hypertension. Seven production SCAFUDs are currently in operation. Genotyping output for the coming year is projected to be about one million total genotypes (DNA samples X polymorphic markers) at a total cost of

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