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BMG LABTECH GmbH, Germany

BMG LABTECH offers high-end plate reader solutions for drug discovery and HTS. The plate readers provides best sensitivity, best flexibility and reliability. The integration of these microplate readers into robotic systems is easy; especially for the robot integration in high throughput screening (H more

Products Plate Readers

Boost your screening power with the ImageXpress Micro XL High Content Screening system

This system lets you image three times the acquisition area compared to conventional acquisition systems, delivering more statistically relevant results more

Multi-Technologie Microplate Reader with exceptional sensitivity

The Mithras operates with a dedicated optical path system (DOPS): for each reading technology there is an optimum optical system guaranteeing high sensitivity and wide dynamic range for all measurements more

NEW! Compact and Automated ELISA workstation: Crocodile

Crocodile is a miniWorkstation to fully automate 96-well ELISAs in a footprint similar to a typical ELISA reader more

News Plate Readers

• ITI Life Sciences signs commercialisation licence agreements with Edinburgh Instruments and Almac Sciences (Scotland) Ltd

  ITI Life Sciences announced the signing of two Commercialisation Licence agreements based on intellectual assets created during ITI Life Sciences' Fluorescence Lifetime Assay Programme, using fluorescence lifetime for 3-D cell-based assays and other applications. The first licence, signed with Alma more

• Tecan Opens New Application Development Center in Kobe, Japan

  Männedorf, Switzerland. Tecan, a leading player in the Life Sciences supply industry, officially opens its new Application Development Center in Japan on 1st October 2004. The facility will support the protocol development needs of customers in Japan and East Asia. In addition, the center will be us more

• PerkinElmer And BioImage Announce Collaboration For Cell-Based Screening Applications

  Boston, Mass and Copenhagen, Demark. PerkinElmer Inc. announced plans to collaborate with BioImage to develop cell-based assays on the PerkinElmer EnVision(tm) HTS multilabel plate reader platform. The commercial terms of the collaboration were not disclosed. Based in Denmark, BioImage is a leade more

White papers Plate Readers

• Growth of Campylobacter using BMG LABTECH’s FLUOstar Omega equipped with ACU
  

  Growth of the fastidious microorganism Campylobacter jejuni was monitored using a FLUOstar Omega microplate reader equipped with the Atmospheric Control Unit (ACU) for independent control of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Growth was found tob e optimal at 7 % O2 and 10 % CO2 more

• Analysis of Prostate Tumour Cell Invasion Using BD FluoroBlokTMand FLUOstar OPTIMA
  

  The FLUOstar OPTIMA is used for reading the BD Biosciences FluoroBlok(TM) tumour cell invasion system. In this application note we show that the results are comparable to the traditional invasion assays. The introduced method is fast, saving time and labour. The FLUOstar OPTIMA is able to take multiple readings over time at a user defined temperature more

• Dual Luciferase Reporter (DLR) Assay Certification on the Omega Series of Readers
  

  The Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay or DLR is widely used to study gene transcription and regulation. The DLR assay is a two step reaction that uses two luciferase enzymes, Firefly and Renilla. The Firefly reaction is initiated, followed by its quenching and the subsequent initiation of the Renilla reaction. more

Publications Plate Readers

• Staphylococcal alpha‐Phenol Soluble Modulins contribute to neutrophil lysis after phagocytosis

  Abstract Staphylococcus aureus community‐acquired (CA) MRSA strains are highly virulent and can cause infections in otherwise healthy individuals. The most important mechanism of the host for clearing S. aureus is phagocytosis by neutrophils and subsequent killing of the pathogen. Especially CA‐ more

• A novel fluorescent sensor for measurement of CFTR function by flow cytometry

  Abstract Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene cause cystic fibrosis. CFTR‐dependent iodide transport measured by fluorescent quenching of ectopically expressed halide‐sensitive yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) is widely being used to study CFTR functio more

• Artepillin C, a Major Ingredient of Brazilian Propolis, Induces a Pungent Taste by Activating TRPA1 Channels

  by Taketoshi Hata, Shigemi Tazawa, Shozo Ohta, Mee-Ra Rhyu, Takumi Misaka, Kenji Ichihara Brazilian green propolis is a popular health supplement because of its various biological properties. The ethanol extract of Brazilian green propolis (EEBP) is characteristic for its herb-like smell more

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