Product News: BioTek Features Unique Microplate Instrumentation and Applications at MipTec 2013

The patent pending Cytation™3 combines automated digital microscopy and conventional microplate detection into a modular, compact platform that offers both qualitative and quantitative cellular analysis in a streamlined workflow. Multi-channel fluorescence and brightfield imaging are available and the system’s multi-mode detection mode features BioTek’s patented Hybrid Technology™ with filter- and monochromator-based reader optics.

The 405 Touch Microplate Washer features intuitive and powerful software through the use of a new color touch screen interface. The 405 Touch is ideal for applications including cell- and bead-based protocols in 96- and 384-well microplates, while the new Verify™ technology automatically checks for clogged tubes to prevent assay failure. Walk-away automation for both instruments is available with BioStack™ Microplate Stacker.

BioTek will present four unique application posters at Miptec that outline new workflows with recently release products:

• Multiplexed Assay for IL-6 secretion and Cell Viability using an Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cell Line
• Induction and Inhibition Studies of Hypoxia and Oxidative Stress in Immortalized Keratinocytes
• Investigation of Cell Migration using a High Density Cell Exclusion Assay and Automated Microplate Imager
• Automated Tissue Culture Cell Fixation and Staining in Microplates