EPOCH2: Excellent Plate Reader for Expert or Novice

Montana State University
Animal & Range Sciences
Laboratory Manager

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Company:

BioTek

Product Name:

EPOCH2 Plate Reader/Spectrophotometer

Catalog Number:

EPOCH2

The EPOCH2 plate reader gives the versatility and user-friendly software to develop just about any kind of assay (wavelength scan: 200-999nm) in a matter of minutes. It has excellent control of temperature (up to 65 c), and assay type. This is the only plate reader our lab needs.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Assays of all kinds (mostly in 96 well plates)

Starting Material

Any ELISA, or other fluorescence-based assay (kit etc)

Protocol Overview

Easy to set up a protocol and run; no need to spend more than a few minutes developing conditions to run your assay

Tips

Be prompt in incubation times

Results Summary

Excellent reproducibility; ability to set blanks, control wells, standard curve for calculation and auto analysis in EPOCH2 software.

Features Summary

Versatile, user-friendly, excellent system

Additional Notes

Good tech support from BioTek as well.

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Summary

The Good

Wavelength scanning, software capabilities.

The Bad

Haven't found it yet.

The Bottom Line

Best plate reader I've used in 30 years of lab work; the only plate reader our lab will ever need. I highly recommend it!

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