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TECAN Spark® Multimode Microplate Reader
Item#: SparkThe Spark multimode microplate reader is a fully configurable platform that gives you the freedom to personalize your own Spark reader. Its flexible instrument design and range of cutting-edge technologies allow users to perform biochemical applications, including HTS assays such as HTRF® and ALPHA®. It also delivers specific value to cell labs, with a strong focus on live cell analysis and basic cell imaging applications. Additionally, the Spark is upgradeable, allowing you to add modules in the future.
- Absorbance – incl. UV/VIS spectra
- Fluorescence top & bottom - incl. spectra
- Inject and Read – simultaneous injection and FI bottom
- Time resolved fluorescence (TRF) – incl. spectra
- FRET
- TR-FRET
- Fluorescence Polarization (FP)
- Luminescence – glow, flash, multicolor, spectra
- AlphaScreen®, AlphaLISA® & AlphaPlex®
- Automated live cell imaging – cell counting and confluence
- Absorbance cuvette port
- NanoQuant plate
- Temperature control (RT+3°C – 42°C)
- Liquid injectors with reagent heater and stirrer
- CO2 & O2 control
- Evaporation protection (humidity cassette)
- Te-Cool™ (active temperature regulation 18-42 °C)
- Integrated lid handling
- QC tools for IQOQ services
- ELISA
- Low-volume DNA/RNA quantification
- Nucleic acid labeling efficiency
- Protein quantification
- HTRF®, LanthaScreen®
- Transcreener®
- DLR®
- BRET – including NanoBRET®
- Cell counting and viability
- Confluence assessments
- Cell migration and wound healing
- Ca2+ release assays