Equipements & Technologies

Equipements & Technologies

Equipements & Technologies de la plateforme ARPEGE

PHERAstar FS

Responsable technique : Damien Maurel

Applications :

  • Interactions protéine-protéine,
  • Interactions ligand-récepteur,
  • Dosage second messager…
MODULE/FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
Detection Modes Fluorescence, TR-FRET/HTRF®, AlphaScreen®
Measurement Modes Top and bottom reading,
Endpoint and Kinetic measurements,
Sequential Multi Excitation measurements,
Sequential Multi Emission measurements,
Simultaneous Dual Emission measurements,
Real-time ratiometric measurements,
Well Scanning
Microplate Formats Up to 384-well plates, user-definable
Light Sources High energy xenon flash lamp,
Nitrogen Laser (337 nm),
Solid state Laser for AlphaScreen®.
Detectors Four photomultiplier tubes, optimized for different detection modes
Z-Adjustment Automatic focal height adjustment (0.1 mm resolution)
Excitation 337 nm, 485 nm, 640 nm, 680 nm
Emission 490 nm, 520 nm, 550 nm, 570 nm,
620 nm, 665 nm, 680 nm.
Decay TR-FRET decay measurement in real time with 2 µsec resolution
Sensitivity TRF
25 fmol/L europium (0.5 amol/well) (384),
100 fmol/L europium (0.8 amol/well) (1536).
HTRF®
Reader Control Kit (Eu) after 18h (384),
Delta F > 1100 % (High Calibrator),
Delta F > 25 % (Low Calibrator).
AlphaScreen®
< 100 amol / well (384)
Read Times 1 flash
14 s (384), 27 s (1536)
10 flashes
38 s (384), 1 min 52 s (1536)
50 flashes
1 min 29 s (384), 5 min 18 s (1536)
Incubation +5°C above ambient up to 45°C
Reagent Injection Up to 2 built-in reagent injectors
Injection at measurement position (6 to 384-well)
Individual injection volumes for each well (3 to 350 µL)
Variable injection speed up to 420 µL / s
Up to four injection events per well
Reagent back flushing
Shaking Linear, orbital, and double-orbital with user-definable time and speed