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PHERAstar Plus Advanced High-Throughput Screening Microplate Reader By BMG LABTECH Raises Microplate Reader Standards
March 19, 2008
BMG LABTECH, GmbHThrough the integration of technological advancements in optics and electronics, BMG Labtech extends the functionality of its popular HTS PHERAstar microplate reader with its latest entry, the PHERAstar Plus.
The PHERAstar Plus delivers Advanced HTRF® / TR-FRET, Advanced Luminescence, and Advanced Fluorescence Polarization reading. The PHERAStar Plus takes advantage of the new powerful data analysis software package MARS to extend microplate reader versatility.
"HTS researchers will appreciate and demand the new standard set by the PHERAstar Plus' simultaneous dual emission with leading detection technologies utilizing fluorescence intensity / FRET, fluorescence polarization, time-resolved fluorescence / TR-FRET, laser-based AlphaScreen, luminescence / BRET, and UV/Vis absorbance." noted Lori Vetter for BMG Labtech. A fourfold increase in luminescence sensitivity and a market leading Z´ and ratio performance for HTRF® / TR-FRET measurement are available.
Real-time for assay optimisation reaches a new level with the release of the PHERAstar Plus. Demonstrations are available at upcoming conferences attended by BMG Labtech including the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biomolecular Sciences. St. Louis, MO beginning Monday April 7, 2008.
HTRF® is a registered trademark of Cisbio international.
SOURCE: BMG LABTECH, GmbH
