Testimonials

BMG LABTECH has countless satisfied customers. Here is what a few of them have to say....

"KaloBios is developing therapeutic antibodies to treat bacterial infections, inflammatory diseases and cancer. We routinely analyze candidate antibodies by ELISA and cell activity assays; the BMG LABTECH FLUOstar has become an essential tool for quantifying both fluorescent and luminescent signals. The instrument is easy to use and the integrated data analysis software enhances our workflow. The BMG LABTECH technical support has been prompt and excellent. Thanks BMG LABTECH!"
Ken Luehrsen, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Molecular Biology
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA

"Our laboratories have used several generations and models of BMG LABTECH plate reading fluorescence spectrophotometers. We have found them to be of the highest quality, extremely reliable, and very intelligently designed. Technical/assay support has been consistently excellent. We strongly recommend BMG LABTECH as the instrument of choice for the use of our products."
Donald L. Melchior, Ph.D.
The Fluorosome Company
1 Innovation Drive
Worcester, MA 011605, USA

"Our lab runs a high through-put siRNA screening core for a large institution, looking for new therapeutic targets using functional genomics.  To perform these assays on hundreds of 384-well plates weekly, we require multi-mode plate readers that provide fast measurements without compromising accuracy and reproducibility.  We have found that our generations of BMG plate readers not only meet our requirements, but exceed our expectations as well.  The latest software updates are extremely user friendly, and we have all of our data available at our fingertips in the proper format as soon as the plates are read.  In addition, we have never had any maintenance needs in the years we have owned the plate readers, and even our oldest model is still running strong and in full use every day."
John Kingston
Senior Research Assistant - Department of Experimental Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA

"Our BMG LABTECH FLUOstar OPTIMA plate-reader is the work-horse of the laboratory. We use it for real-time absorbance and fluorescence measurements, often at 60°C, with shaking, for up to 10 hrs at a time. It has never skipped a beat!"
Dr Heath Ecroyd,
NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow,
University of Adelaide. Australia

"The PHERAstar FS in the Burnham Institute’s HTS drug discovery center is capable of screening chemical compounds to discover novel prototypes for the next generation of medicines. Currently Burnham has 500,000 compounds for use in screenings. In September 2008, Burnham was established as one of four comprehensive screening centers as part of the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Molecular Libraries Probe Production Centers Network (MLPCN). This network allows scientists from around the country to use the expertise and resources of the screening centers to identify possible drug candidates.

Their PHERAstar FS is being used in a wide array of 1536-well screenings including Fluorescence Polarization with Rhodamine, time-resolved fluorescence with HTRF & LanthaScreen, AlphaScreen, fluorescence intensity with Fluorescein, as well as absorbance assays. The PHERAstar is unique in that it has a true spectrometer for absorbance measurements capable of reading all wavelengths (220-850nm) in 1nm increments, has dedicated lasers for TR-FRET & AlphaScreen assays, perform both top & bottom reading, and can use dual reagent injectors for kinetic assays.

Although Burnham has readers from several companies they have chosen to run most of their screenings on the BMG PHERAstar. The PHERAstar is easier to use with little training, works with any assay, and is a workhorse for the screening group with little downtime. It’s used for assay development implementation as well as for HTS screenings. There are actually three PHERAstars at Burnham in La Jolla; one on a standalone 50-plate stacker, one as part of their HTS robotic integration unit, and one in the Infectious & Inflammatory Disease Center. The robotic HTS unit uses a HighRes Biosolutions Staubli Unimation TX90 robot with nine docking stations."
Dr. Fu-Yue Zeng (HTS Team Leader)
Ian Pass (HTS operator)
Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA, USA

At Children's Hospital LA we've been using our BMG LABTECH LUMIstar for a few years now for high throughput, luciferase based, HIV inhibition assays and it's been a great resource. Switching from an antibody-based detection to the luciferase-based system was a huge boost in productivity and ease of use. The fast read time means that we can have several people in the lab doing fairly large experiments simultaneously and with a little bit of coordination everyone can have their data by the end of the day. The automated dual reagent injectors allow us to be doing other work while we collect data, pausing for only a few seconds to swap plates and re-start the protocol. We consider the LUMIstar a core piece of our lab now, up there with the freezer, incubator, and pipettes. After a few thousand reads we've only had one technical issue and the support we got from BMG LABTECH was top notch (our rep Lee came out and fixed it on-site). I'd definitely recommend the LUMIstar to anyone looking to add a luminometer to their lab setup.
Kyle Nakamura (Research Associate)
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Video Testimonials

0:47 min. Irene Hatzinisiriou Fluorescence Facility Manager Biochemistry Monash University CLAYTON, Australia	3:17 min. Rob Pike Monash University Clayton, Australia