SpectraMax

Associates of Cape Cod (ACC) and MDS Analytical Technologies Collaborate to Offer a More Robust LAL Endotoxin Assay Platform

...es. "Our pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers performing tests on the spectramax instrument platform can now increase their capital asset utilization by running LAL assays on spectramax readers. In addition, they can leverage the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant sy...

SpectraMax in Medical Products

SpectraMax 190

Description:... The spectramax 190 spectrophotometer is ideal for most life science applications, especially DNA analysis. For aqueous solutions, our patented* PathCheck sensor tech...
Company:Molecular Devices Corporation

SpectraMax M2 multi-detection microplate reader w/ dual-mode cuvette port

Description:... spectramax M2 is a dual-monochromator, multi-detection microplate reader with a dual-m...ry-low-throughput assays into medium-high-throughput microplate assays. The spectramax M2 allows faster, more precise results and reagent savings. In addition, co...
Company:Molecular Devices Corporation

SpectraMax in Biological Technology

Verifying Multichannel Pipettor Performance with Standard Dispense Solutions in the SpectraMax Plus (MaxLine Application Note #28)

INTRODUCTION Pipettors often fail to meet the manufacturers stated specifications 1- 5 and pipetting is a major source of laboratory error even when the pipettor is operating properly. Accuracy and precision specifications typically provided by pipettor manufacturer...

Using the SpectraMax Plus for USP Dissolution Calibration (MaxLine Application Note #27)

INTRODUCTION Calibration of a dissolution apparatus is necessary to produce accurate results for dissolution testing of pharmaceutical dosage forms and to allow comparison between batches and between laboratories. USP requirements for calibration are given in the Appa...

UV Absorbance Measurements in SpectraMax Microplate Spectrophotometers MaxLine Application Note #32)

Evelyn McGown, Ph.D. Molecular Devices Corporation. 7/99 In 1994, Molecular Devices introduced SPECTRAmax , the first microplate reader equipped with a monochromator, rather than bandpass filters, for wavelength selection. It was also the first microplate reader capable of m...

Microdetermination of Phosphorus Using the SpectraMax Plus Microplate Spectrophotometer: Choice of Microplate, Cuvette, or Test Tube Assay Formats (MaxLine Application Note #24)

INTRODUCTION Most spectrophotometric methods for inorganic phosphorus (Pi) analysis are based on the color formed upon the reduction of a phosphomolybdate complex. The classic (and still widely-used) method is that of Fiske and Subbarow 1 , in which the reduction is c...

PathCheck Applied to Measurement of Protein Solutions in the SpectraMax Plus Microplate Spectrophotometer (MaxLine Application Note #26)

INTRODUCTION Protein concentration is commonly estimated by measuring the absorbance at 280 nm and calculating the concentration using the extinction coefficient of the protein. The procedure is feasible because extinction coefficients are typically obtained using sta...

Using the OligoGreen Oligonucleotide Quantitation Reagent in the Gemini XS, Gemini EM and SpectraMax M2 Microplate Readers (MaxLine Application Note #21)

By Yan Zhang., Molecular Devices Corporation, 1311 Orleans Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Introduction This application note describes how to use the OliGreen Quantitation Kit from Molecular Probes in the Gemini XS, Gemini EM and SpectraMax M2 mic...

Using the NanoOrange protein kit in the Gemini XS, Gemini EM and SpectraMax M2 microplate readers (MaxLine Application Note #22)

By Yan Zhang, Molecular Devices Corporation, 1311 Orleans Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089. INTRODUCTION This application note describes how to use the NanoOrange Protein Quantitation Kit from Molecular Probes in the Gemini XS, Gemini EM and SpectraMax M2 ...

Measurement of Molecular Beacons in the SpectraMax Gemini Spectrofluorometer (MaxLine Application Note #36)

Evelyn McGown and Michael Su October 1999 Molecular beacons are fluorogenic oligonucleotide probes developed by Kramerand associates to detect specific nucleic acids in homogeneous solutions. 1 4 They are single-stranded oligonucleotides that exist in a hairpin shape becau...

Measurement of Green Fluorescent Protein in the SpectraMax Gemini XS Spectrofluorometer (MaxLine Application Note #44)

Simon Lydford 1 and Thomas Giller 2 1 Molecular Devices Limited and 2 Axovan Ltd. INTRODUCTION GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) is an extremely stable protein of 238 amino acids produced by the jellyfish Aequorea victoria 1 that fluoresces in the lower green r...

LIVE/DEAD Viability/Cytotoxicity Assay for Animal Cells Using the SpectraMax Gemini XS Fluorescence Microplate Reader (MaxLine Application Note #43)

Anne T. Ferguson, Ph.D. Molecular Devices Corporation INTRODUCTION This application note describes the use of the SPECTRAmax GEMINI XS from Molecular Devices to study the performance of the LIVE/DEAD Viability/Cytoxicity Assay Kit for animal cells....

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