• Fluorescence Intensity - including FRET and multilable applications
• Time-Resolved Fluorescence - including DELFIA®
• High-Performance Luminescence (flash and glow) - DLReady® certified
• UV/Vis Absorbance - with path length correction
The well-known versatile FLUOstar Optima is the perfect microplate reader for life science research laboratories in academia as well as in biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry.
It includes a unique combination of hardware functions and software features that enables straight forward running of all detection technologies:
• Onboard "smart" injectors dispense reagents and initiate kinetic events
• Versatile kinetic software features for endpoint, long-term and fast kinetic measurements
• Real-time kinetic monitoring
• 8-position excitation and emission filter wheels for multilabel applications
• Fast filter switching for rapid measurements of ratiometric assays
• Automatic optic switching (AOS) feature for detection mode changes and top / bottom reading
• "QuickStart" mode allows users to read plates with just 3 mouse clicks
• Impressive well-scanning feature allows cell-based assays to be performed with ease
• Dedicated luminescence measurement system
• Expanded temperature control up to 60°C
• Stacker and robot compatibility
The FLUOstar Optima supports a wide variety of microplate-based assays in all major application areas including biomolecular interaction monitoring, cell-based drug discovery assays, enzyme activity measurements, quantification assays, and reporter gene detection:
• Ca2+ measurements (e.g. Ca2+ Flux with Fura-2, Indo-1, or FLUO-3/4)
• Enzyme activity assays (caspase, protease)
• Biomolecular interaction assays (FRET / BRET assays)
• DELFIA® assays
• Immunoassays, ELISA
• Reporter gene assays: GFP, YFP, luciferase, dual luciferase, BRET
• ORAC and ABEL antioxidant assays
• Protein, DNA and RNA quantification (e.g. PicoGreen®, NanoOrangeTM, Bradford, Lowry, Absorbance 260/280)
For a list of BMG LABTECH application notes that can be performed on the FLUOstar OPTIMA, please click here.
For more information on the OPTIMA series, click here.
DELFIA is a registered trademark of PerkinElmer, Inc.
DLReady is a trademark of Promega Corp.
• Fluorescence Intensity - including FRET and multilable applications
