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The Most Sensitive High-Throughput Screening Microplate Reader – See it at analytica 2016!

BMG LABTECH
26 Apr 2016
Alex Waite
Editorial Assistant

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analytica 2016 sees the European premiere of the PHERAstar FSX® – BMG LABTECH’s new reference multi-mode microplate reader for HTS. Unbeatable sensitivity is combined with unmatched flexibility and high speed – in all plate formats up to 3456-well. You can see this innovative new reader and find out more information in Hall A3, Booth #311.

The Ultimate Instrument for High-throughput Screening Applications

Built upon the highly successful PHERAstar FS platform, the improved features of the PHERAstar FSX make it superior to any other microplate reader currently on the market. The reader performs all leading non-isotopic detection technologies with ease and at high speed. Unmatched sensitivity and speed in fluorescence intensity and fluorescence polarization detection modes make the PHERAstar FSX the most sensitive reader around. In addition, an ultra-high dynamic range for luminescence measurements enables higher flexibility and more precise results.

Simultaneous Dual Emission for Alpha Technology

In order to maximize efficiency, screening facilities must constantly strive to increase throughput and minimize sample expenditure, while controlling costs. To meet these requirements, BMG LABTECH has pioneered the technique of Simultaneous Dual Emission detection in microplate readers. The PHERAstar® FSX can now also perform Simultaneous Dual Emission detection for AlphaPlex™ - increasing throughput significantly by cutting read times in a half.

The successful CLARIOstar® Monochromator Plate Reader

In addition to the new PHERAstar FSX, BMG LABTECH will also be showcasing its other readers, including the hugely successful CLARIOstar® with ACU. With its innovative LVF Monochromators™, the CLARIOstar® offers unsurpassed versatility in a microplate reader, thanks to continuously-adjustable bandwidths and wavelengths. The perfect plate reader for assay development.

More information is available at www.bmglabtech.com or at Booth #311 in Hall A3.

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