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FLUOstar OPTIMA - high-performance fluorescence plate reader with 4 detection modes


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  • 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 plate 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


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The FLUOstar OPTIMA is an upgradeable plate reader that supports a wide variety of microplate-based assays in all major application areas. Some of these areas include 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)


dlrFor a list of BMG LABTECH application notes that can be performed on the FLUOstar OPTIMA fluorescence plate reader, please click here.

For more information on the OPTIMA plate reader series, click here.
 


DELFIA is a registered trademark of PerkinElmer, Inc.
DLReady is a trademark of Promega Corp.