{"product_id":"erna-functional-activity-monitoring-3-samples","title":"eRNA Survey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeDNA\u003c\/strong\u003e tells you an organism's genetic material was somewhere in the system at some point. Environmental \u003cstrong\u003eRNA\u003c\/strong\u003e tells you an organism is alive, metabolically active, and here today. RNA begins degrading within minutes to hours of leaving a living cell, and that fragility is exactly what makes it informative: a positive eRNA signal cannot come from a long-dead cell or from water that drifted in last week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also means eRNA cannot be collected the way eDNA is. Valid eRNA sampling requires high-volume pumped filtration to concentrate enough viable transcript signal, and immediate on-site chemical preservation to lock the snapshot before it breaks down. That is what the Osprey platform, supplied by our genomics partner, is built to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold in sets of three. Three sampling locations is the minimum order, for the same reason it is on the eDNA Survey — one point is not a picture of a lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou keep the raw sequence files, archived and reprocessable as reference libraries improve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on methodology: eRNA analysis is not an EPA-approved method. It is a research-grade ecological tool, and results are not suitable for regulatory or compliance use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Pulse Toolbox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45900676989107,"sku":"E-RNA-001","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/4070\/6483\/files\/lake_trout_lake_pulse.jpg?v=1770017998","url":"https:\/\/toolbox.lakepulse.co\/products\/erna-functional-activity-monitoring-3-samples","provider":"Lake Pulse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}