SPECTROstar Omega - UV/Vis Absorbance Spectrophotometer Microplate Reader

The SPECTROstar Omega can record both a photometric spectrum (220-850 nm) down to a resolution of 1 nm and absorbance values at fixed user-defined wavelengths. Similar to a monochromator, but much faster, the spectrometer allows you to capture the UV/Vis spectrum of a sample within one second per well - no scanning needed. The speed of the spectrometer and the easy work-up in the software provide users with unmatched flexibility that can be used to optimize absorbance settings for all your experiments:

Belonging to the Omega microplate reader series, the SPECTROstar Omega absorbance microplate reader provides the following outstanding features:

Onboard "smart" injectors dispense reagents and initiate kinetic events even when reading full spectra (e.g. monitoring protein denaturation or the increase of different products in an enzymatic assay over time)

Precise temperature control up to 60°C and multi-mode shaking capability

Template manager for transferring standards, building complex data processing protocols and using default templates

Versatile kinetic software features for endpoint, long-term and fast kinetic measurements

Real-time kinetic monitoring

Plate capacity up to 384-well

"QuickStart" mode allows users to read plates with just 3 mouse clicks

Stacker and robot compatibility

Upgradeability to multidetection reader:
Due to the absolutely modular concept of the Omega microplate reader series, the SPECTROstar Omega absorbance microplate reader is entirely upgradeable to a multidetection microplate reader. Whenever the need for fluorescence and luminescence based experiments arrives, have the SPECTROstar Omega upgraded to a FLUOstar Omega or even to the POLARstar Omega with Simultaneous Dual Emission and Fluorescence Polarization detection mode.

Applications:

260/280 nm DNA quantitation (Application Note 168)

Protein quantitation (e.g. Bradford (Application Note 158), Lowry, BCA (Application Note 171)

Reporter gene assays (e.g. ß-Gal, SEAP)

Cell proliferation and apoptosis

ELISA, enzyme immunoassays (e.g. alkaline phosphatase, horseradish peroxidase) (Application Note 169)

Enzyme activity assays: Monitoring absorbance changes in cellular co-factors NADH and NADPH (Application Note 170) allowing the determination of enzymatic activity

Reaction optimization (metallation of porphyrin in twelve different solvents) by parallel kinetic studies (Application Note 178)

Microbial growth (Application Note 140)

Protein aggregation (Application Note 135)

For a list of BMG LABTECH application notes that can be performed on the SPECTROstar Omega absorbance microplate reader, please click here.

For more information on the Omega series of microplate readers, click here.