Flex Station 3

Flex Station 3

Location

B50 McCourtney

Typical Use

Read modes Absorbance Fluorescence (top/bottom read) Luminescence (top/bottom read) Time-Resolved Fluorescence (top/bottom read) Fluorescence Polarization (top read) HTRF (top/bottom read)
Wavelength ranges Abs: 200 - 1000 nm FL: 250 - 850 nm Lumi: 250 - 850 nm TRF: 250 - 850 nm FP: 400 - 750 nm
Wavelength selection Monochromator tunable in 1-nm increments
Absorbance photometric accuracy/linearity < ±1.0% and ±0.006 OD (0.0-2.0 OD)
Absorbance photometric precision/repeatability < ±1.0% and ±0.003 OD (0.0-2.0 OD)
Sensitivity top read optimized FL: 1 fmol/well in 200 μL FITC 96 well (< 5 pM), 2 fmol/well in 100 μL FITC 384 well (< 20 pM) Lumi: < 2 fg/well for firefly luciferase in 96 and 384 well TRF: 100 fM europium in 96 and 384 well FP: < 5 mP standard deviation at 1 nM fluorescein in 96 and 384 well
Light source(s) Xenon flash lamp
Detector(s) Silicon photodiode Photomultiplier tube
Read types (endpoint, kinetic, etc) Endpoint Kinetic Spectrum scan Well scan
Read times Abs: 17 seconds FL: 15 seconds Lumi: 17 seconds TRF: 15 seconds FP: 44 seconds
Plate type(s) 6-384 well plates
Temperature control Ambient + 4°C to 45°C

-from: https://www.moleculardevices.com/products/microplate-readers/multi-mode-readers/flexstation-3-reader

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