Agilent BioTek Epoch Microplate Spectrophotometer
The Agilent BioTek Epoch microplate spectrophotometer has monochromator-based optics, for a filter-free, wide wavelength range for UV-Vis absorbance measurements. These measurements can be done in many microplate formats and in 2 µL samples when the available Take3 microvolume plate is used.
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Great instrument with good software that is easy to use with thousands of students
Analyse biological molecules, Measure enzyme kinetics
We use few of these instruments with thousands of undergrad students every year. The instrument and software are easy to use and to configure to automatically generate, analyze and save results that our students can easily access.
Review Date: 27 Sept 2023 | Agilent Technologies
Highly sensitive and user friendly equipment
Plant-microbe interaction
The instrument is user friendly, highly sensitive and flexible to be used for plant and microbial samples. The equipment also provides adjustable settings and gives reproducible results.
Review Date: 30 Jun 2021 | Agilent Technologies
A great addition to my lab; thank you BioTek.
Biotechnology
Epoch is a highly effective machine, especially for our need i.e analytical biotechnology. We are using it for quantitative assays, enzyme kinetics and developing immunoassays. We are grateful to manufacturers and suppliers for their post-installation services, quality of the product, ease of use, and easy to use software. The results we are obtaining are far better and more reliable than the simple spectrophotometer we were using before. The reproducibility and fidelity are 100% guaranteed. My lab group is thanking me for selecting this item. I have saved money by purchasing Epoch Microplate Spectrophotometer.
Review Date: 25 May 2020 | Agilent Technologies
Hassle free usage & zero requirement after sales service helps us concentrate on the science.
Cell biology and in vitro assays
Super compact, handy and easy-to-use software makes it the best instrument for day-to-day laboratory research activities. Moreover, low maintenance costs and zero-effort post-sale service makes it very easy and quick for us to live hassle-free and concentrate on only the science. Proud to have used this for the last 5 years.
Review Date: 13 Apr 2019 | Agilent Technologies
Great instrument, reliable and robust like a tank!
Analysis of Fluorescent Dyes, Antibody-Dye Conjguates, Antibody-Peptide Conjugates, Nanomaterials, e
This became our go-to instrument. I have to say it is night-and-day better in pretty much every way than our previous Spectrophotometer. It is MUCH more suited for a commercial R&D or Production environment than the previous instruments. It is faster, more reliable, is able to output formatted data tables, etc. The large degree of customization in reporting saved a HUGE amount of time and trouble, allowing us to have all of the relevant information right at our fingertips instead of requiring manual calculation. Couple this with the damn reliable reads and it became an all around winner. Day-to-day variability was almost razor sharp and performing dilutions was much more reproducible than with our previous instruments. After learning the software, pretty much everyone in the company preferred our instrument and two other labs ended up getting them as well. I liked it so much that I have spec'd it as the replacement at my new company.
Review Date: 24 May 2017 | Agilent Technologies
Urinalysis
It's been somewhat frustrating to use. We haven't been able to determine whether it is user error or the machine, but we are still struggling to get reliable results.
Review Date: 24 Jun 2015 | Agilent Technologies
Very easy to use and quite accurate.
Review Date: 27 Jan 2014 | Agilent Technologies
UV-Vis Microplate Spectrophotometer
Epoch is a nice plate reader that can read microplates of various formats, up to 384 wells. It is a pretty robust instrument, we've had it for three years now with frequent use, hasn't needed any service. The instrument can do wavelength scans as well. Software (Gen5) is easy to use, and also very versatile. For example, you can do time course experiments, and can save frequently used protocols and experiments. You can select easily what cells to read and there is option for some data manipulation as well. Another useful feature of Gen5 is to export dataset to Excel with a single mouse click. It was quite a pricey instrument back then, more expensive than competitors, but in my experience it has been good value for the money because of the high reproducibility, wavelength accuracy, robustness and versatility of the instrument, as well as the nice features of the software. I'd recommend this instrument for any lab that needs a UV-Vis microplate reader.
Review Date: 16 Apr 2013 | Agilent Technologies
The Agilent BioTek Epoch microplate spectrophotometer has monochromator-based optics, for a filter-free, wide wavelength range for UV-Vis absorbance measurements. These measurements can be done in many microplate formats and in 2 µL samples when the available Take3 microvolume plate is used.
Epoch is controlled with the Agilent BioTek Gen6 data analysis software with simple programming and powerful data analysis. This robust, low-maintenance microplate absorbance reader is a cost-effective system. Reliability and ease of use ensure time savings in laboratory workflows.
Analytical performance of nucleic acid microvolume quantification using the Epoch Spectrophotometer System
Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA are derived from a variety of biological sources for potential use in downstream applications such as sequencing and gene expression analysis. This application note demonstrates the analytical performance of the Agilent BioTek Epoch spectrophotometer system and especially the Agilent BioTek Take3 multivolume plate with regard to linear dynamic range, limit of detection, precision, and accuracy using microvolume samples to verify its broad applicability to nucleic acid quantification. Comparative data were derived on an Epoch spectrophotometer system and a NanoDrop; performance was shown to be equivalent.
A Novel Food Freshness Assay Based on ATP Depletion Part 2
This application note discusses the use of the BioTek Precision XS Liquid Handler and the Epoch Microplate Spectrophotometer to validate automation and monochromator detection of a Freshness Assay. In addition, the Epoch 2 has been verified to produce equivalent calculated results for the assay. Challenge test data using a variety of sample matrices and experimental conditions suggest that the combination of BioTek instrumentation and the Freshness Assay offer an effective screening and analytical tool for diverse seafood freshness testing requirements, typical of many food quality control or research environments.
A Novel Food Freshness Assay Based on ATP Depletion Part 1
This application note demonstrates the validation and application of automated liquid handling and monochromator detection for a newly released Freshness Assay for testing animal muscle tissue (tested on fish/seafood). Our validation data indicate that the NovoCIB Precice® Freshness Assay is amenable to BioTek automated liquid handling instrumentation and monochromator detection of NADH at 340 nm in 96-well microplate format offering standard operating procedure efficiency and diverse workflow, throughput, and detection options in most any laboratory environment.
Multi-Volume Based Protein Quantification
Many of the studies that probe protein structure and function rely on upstream quantification to ensure suitable results. This application guide from BioTek describes methods for multi-volume based protein quantification.
Spectrophotometric Nucleic Acid Quantification in Microplates and Micro-Volumes
There are fluorometric and spectrophotometric methods for nucleic acid quantification. The former is used for applications requiring high sensitivity due to minute available amounts of nucleic acid; the latter is more conventionally used from common nucleic acid extraction procedures. In this application guide discusses spectrophotometric methodology as performed in microplate instrumentation and in specialized micro-volume accessories.
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