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# Automated Nuclei Isolation from Diverse Plant Tissues Using the Singulator 200

Plant single-cell work has long been held back by the rigid cell wall and by slow, operator-dependent manual nuclei prep — this University of Minnesota Genomics Center study shows the Singulator 200 automating that isolation into a standardized workflow across diverse plant species and tissues.

A University of Minnesota Genomics Center team evaluated the Singulator 200 for automated, standardized single-nucleus isolation across pennycress, soybean, corn, and tobacco — from leaf, root, and flower tissue, using just 50–150 mg of input. Frozen leaf tissue yielded results comparable to fresh, confirming the workflow for stored and field-collected samples and producing nuclei suitable for downstream 10x Genomics snRNA-seq. The note also reports candidly where the method excelled (soft flowers and standard leaves) and where recalcitrant tissues such as corn leaf and soybean needed further optimization.

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- Four species, three tissue types, fresh and frozen — how the automated workflow was evaluated across pennycress, soybean, corn, and tobacco, spanning leaf, root, and flower tissue.

- Frozen tissue matched fresh — pennycress leaf yielded 7.00 × 10 5 nuclei from frozen versus 6.57 × 10 5 from fresh at 50 mg, showing freezing did not compromise recovery and validating the workflow for stored and field-collected samples.

- Only 50–150 mg of input tissue — the Singulator method needs far less starting material than conventional protocols, making it well suited to rare or developmentally restricted samples.

- Automated mechanical disruption and filtration — the Singulator 200 automates the disruption and filtration steps that are otherwise tedious, low-throughput, and highly operator-dependent, standardizing a step that drives batch effects between operators.

- Yield tuned to tissue type — soft pennycress flowers scaled nearly 5-fold from 50 to 150 mg (1.41 × 10 6 to 6.91 × 10 6 nuclei), while tougher, fibrous tissues such as corn leaf and root recovered fewer nuclei — with practical recommendations for each.

- Nuclei ready for 10x Genomics snRNA-seq — AO/PI-stained, LUNA-FX7-counted preparations suitable for downstream single-cell applications such as 10x Genomics snRNA-seq on the Chromium platform.

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