Acoustic energy mediation of genetic fragmentation

Abstract

Method and apparatus for controlling acoustic treatment of a sample to mediate a tagmentation process used on double stranded DNA.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for processing a sample containing genomic material, comprising:
 providing a sample in a vessel, the sample including double stranded DNA material with segments having a starting base pair length, the sample having a starting viscosity;   subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to reduce a viscosity of the sample to a reduced viscosity that is less than the starting viscosity and to cause random shearing of the segments of double stranded DNA material in the sample to form fragments of the double stranded DNA material having a base pair length of less than the starting base pair length; and   providing a hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase and oligonucleotide material with the fragments of double stranded DNA material to cut the fragments of double stranded DNA material with the Tn5 transposase and insert oligonucleotide material into the fragments of double stranded DNA material at areas cut by the Tn5 transposase.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of providing a hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase and oligonucleotide material with the fragments of double stranded DNA material occurs before the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to mix the hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase, oligonucleotide material, and the fragments of double stranded DNA material after the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to cause shearing.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of providing a hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase and oligonucleotide material with the fragments of double stranded DNA material occurs after the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to mix the hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase, oligonucleotide material, and the fragments of double stranded DNA material after the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to cause shearing.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the oligonucleotide material includes synthetic oligonucleotides. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sample has a volume of about 15 microliters. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the vessel has a volume of about 100 microliters. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the starting base pair length is in excess of 10000 bp. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the fragments of the double stranded DNA material have a base pair length less than 3000 bp. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the fragments of the double stranded DNA material have a base pair length between 1000 bp and 1500 bp. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy reduces a viscosity of the sample so as to enhance enzyme interaction that occurs during the step of providing a hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase and oligonucleotide material. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the subjecting step is performed over a time period of 30-200 seconds. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of providing a hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase and oligonucleotide material with the fragments of double stranded DNA material occurs after the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to mix the hyperactive mutant of Tn5 transposase, oligonucleotide material, and the fragments of double stranded DNA material after the step of subjecting the sample to acoustic energy to cause shearing.