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Scienion SciREADER FL2

Nov 03, 2016

Scienion has launched the sciREADER FL2, a high resolution imaging technology for total multiplexing solutions. The reader is equipped with up to three fluorescent channels it can be applied for all common used blue, green, and red fluorescent dyes that are excited using LEDs with specific wavelengths. It also contains 96 well plates for standard fluorescence single parameter assays and multiplexed arrays. The software allows automated spot finding, image analysis, and evaluation of single arrays or array batches, the company said.

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