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BioTek Highlights Hybrid Microplate Reader Technology and Versatile Microplate Dispenser at Experimental Biology 2008

Agilent Technologies
13 Mar 2008

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BioTek Instruments, Inc., will display their newest microplate technology solutions in Booth No. 710 during Experimental Biology 2008, to be held April 6-8, 2008 at the San Diego Convention Center.

Patent-pending Synergy™ 4 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader with Hybrid Technology™ is the first in a class of new Hybrid Microplate Readers to combine filter-based and quadruple monochromator-based fluorescence detection technology in one instrument for unlimited flexibility in current and future microplate-based assays. The modular design of Synergy 4 allows detection of Fluorescence Intensity, Fluorescence Polarization, Time-Resolved Fluorescence, Luminescence, AlphaScreen® and UV-Visible Absorbance measurement techniques for enhanced versatility.

BioTek’s new liquid dispensing technology, the MicroFlo™ Select, is a compact all-in-one dispensing solution for volumes from 1 μL to 10 mL, with unlimited choice in microplate and microtube style, dispense parameters, and cassette sizes and settings. BioTek’s Precision™ XS, Microplate Sample Processor will also be presented during the exhibition.

Additional information on BioTek Instruments, Inc. or their products may be found on the article webpage.

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