ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A REACTION VESSEL AND A SAMPLE MATRIX, SAMPLE MATRIX COMPRISING AN UPPER ADSORBENT LAYER AND A LOWER LATERAL FLOW LAYER

摘要

An assembly and related methods are described for the preparation and processing of samples in molecular biology assays and nucleic acid amplification reactions. The assembly allows rapid and easy processing with reduced sample handling compared to known sample preparation apparatus and methods. The assembly comprises a reaction vessel, a sample matrix and a lid. The invention further provides an integrated punch to punch out discs of the sample matrix into the reaction vessel (without handling); thereby reducing the sample handling required to generate the final amplified nucleic acid product.