dPCR and qPCR: Which is right for my project?

Join us for an engaging dPCR Academy session designed to help you confidently navigate between digital PCR (dPCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR). While both technologies are powerful tools for nucleic acid analysis, understanding their strengths, limitations, and complementary roles is key to achieving the most accurate and impactful results.

In this session, our experts will:

• Break down the fundamental differences between qPCR and dPCR, including sensitivity, precision, and quantification approaches.
• Highlight research scenarios and applications where one method may be preferred—such as high-throughput expression studies with qPCR versus rare mutation detection, copy number variation, and absolute quantification with dPCR.
• Show how the two technologies can be used together to strengthen workflows, validate findings, and provide deeper biological insights.
• Share real-world examples of how researchers are applying both qPCR and dPCR to advance oncology, infectious disease monitoring, cell & gene therapy, environmental surveillance, and more.

Whether you’re designing your first experiment, optimizing existing assays, or evaluating the right technology for your lab’s future, this session will provide a practical framework to help you choose wisely. Discover how qPCR and dPCR can complement—not compete—and learn how to leverage both for higher quality, reproducible results that move your research forward.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the technical difference between dPCR and qPCR

• Learn which technology to consider based on your scientific approach

• Explore real-world examples on how the technologies compliment each other