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Artemis – High Performance HTRF® Microplate Reader

BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES GmbH & Co. KG
17 Nov 2008
Emily
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The Artemis K-101 has been designed for optimum performance with CISbio´s HTRF® reagents. The HTRF® approved instrument is extremely easy to use and guarantees superior performance even with demanding applications.

Dedicated Optics
The internal reflection epi-fluorescence optics paired with selected excitation and emission filters and a sensitive detector operated in single photon counting mode ensures best performance with low background and high sensitivity comparable to laser-based systems.

HTRF® compatible
The instrument has been validated for all of CISbio´s HTRF® reagents. Any HTRF® assay based on either the Europium or the new Terbium cryptates can be measured with superior performance. The HTRF® assay platform from CISbio offers the researchers a highly sensitive, robust technology for the detection of biological interactions such as G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR), kinase and imflammation biomarkers among others.

Easy-to-use software
The Artemis is completely controlled by the MicroPlateReader software package. The user is able to adjust the numbers of flashes and thus the respective reading times per well and plate. The HTRF® ratio calculation derived from the donor and acceptor signals, a patented method to correct for quenching and sample interferences, is automatically performed. Even standard curves can be calculated with the software.

Specifications:
Measurement technology: HTRF®
Light source: High energy Xenon flash lamp
Detection System: Single photon counting PMT, 620 and 665 nm filters, sequential measurement
Plate formats: 96 and 384 well
Dynamic range: > 2000 % dF high std
Sensitivity: < 10 pg/mL TNFα
Reading time: 150 s (96 well, 20 flashes)
Software incl. HTRF® ratio calculation
Interface: USB 2.0
Power supply: 100/110/240 VAC; 50/60 Hz max. 200 VA
Dimensions: 440 mm(W) x 450 mm(D) x 250 mm (H)
Weight: 16 Kg
Certifications: CE; HTRF® compatible

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