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The ELx800™ is designed for applications within the clinical, biotechnology research and pharmaceutical laboratory. Its compact footprint and proven robust design makes it an ideal solution for many microplate based biological assays. The ELx800 can be controlled by Gen5 software, expanding the reader’s capabilities to include kinetics and well area scanning measurements. Gen5 offers unsurpassed data reduction capability as w…

The Agilent BioTek Epoch microplate spectrophotometer has monochromator-based optics, for a filter-free, wide wavelength range for UV-Vis absorbance measurements. These measurements can be done in many microplate formats and in 2 µL samples when the available Take3 microvolume plate is used. Epoch is controlled with the Gen5 software interface, with simple programming and powerful data analysis. This robust, low-maintenance…

BioTek’s PowerWave HT microplate spectrophotometer is designed for use in a myriad of applications, from direct quantitation of nucleic acids using automated pathlength correction to full-scale high throughput operations that demand speed, accuracy and reliability. With rugged hardware, proven optical performance and a very small footprint, the PowerWave HT is uniquely designed to provide the most application flexibility whil…

Agilent BioTek Synergy H1 is a modular multi-mode microplate reader, with monochromator-based optics and filter-based optics. The patented Hybrid Technology offers flexibility and sensitivity across a broad range of applications. The modular platform allows upgrading to expand functionality as your laboratory workflows change. Synergy H1 offers continuously variable bandwidth monochromators for fluorescence excitation and e…

Practical imaging for cell-based assay screening

Harnessing innovative positive displacement pipetting to simplify protein crystal optimization 

Unlocking the potential of genomics with miniaturized, automated liquid handling 

The StarBright Blue 520 Fluorophore is an ultra-sensitive polymer-based fluorophore with an excitation maximum at 488 nm and emission maximum at 520 nm. The StarBright Fluorophore is made up of multiple light-absorbing and -emitting monomers which provide an exceptionally bright signal compared to most traditional fluorophores.

Accurate, reproducible total counts of mammalian cells and live/dead ratios in one simple step — get results in only 30 sec. Eliminate the tedious task of counting cells with a microscope and hemocytometer and reduce cell count variability.

The FDSS/μCELL is a kinetic plate reader with an integrated dispensing head and imaging-based detector. Simultaneous dispensing into the entire 96/384-well plates and simultaneous detection of the kinetics of the fluorescence or luminescence intensity allow quick measurements with no time lag for the 96/384-well format. The technologies employed in the FDSS series are integrated into a compact body, enabling simple-touse…