The Centre of Excellence for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research at Cardiff University's Department of Haematology has utilised the Chameleon V bench-top microplate reader from Lablogic Systems.
One of the main advantages of the reader, according to postdoctoral research fellow Dr Paul Hole, is its sensitivity.
It is said to give a good signal-to-noise ratio even at very low signal levels.
Hole said the researchers have been using the instrument for several months and have been pleased with the data that has been generated.
He said the reader was robust with a small footprint that could be easily accommodated within the laboratory.
The instrument is said to be able to accommodate a wide variety of applications and provides a level of future-proofing should the researchers require additional components at a later date.
Dr Alex Tonks, senior lecturer, said he was pleased with the professionalism of Lablogics's sales executive and engineering staff, as well as the after-sales care package that was negotiated.
The Chameleon V is a sensitive and versatile microplate reader.
It is a compact and modular platform on which both radiometric and non-radiometric assays can be carried out with equal ease.
Customers choose whichever combination of its seven measurement technologies best suits their purposes: liquid scintillation counting; direct mode luminescence; filter mode luminescence; fluorescence intensity; fluorescence polarisation; time-resolved fluorescence and absorbance.
For luminescence, the Chameleon offers a combination of dual PMT design and direct optics.
It can read Microtiter plates from six to 384 wells and there are options for well scanning and multiplexing.
All models are supplied with Mikrowin Lite 2000 instrument control software and a built-in linear shaker.
