BMG Labtech FLUOstar OPTIMA

Owned by Gyorgy Szabadkai
Last updated: Mar 19, 2016

Configurations:

  • Fluorescent mode, top and bottom illumination, filters: 
  • Luminescent mode, top detection
  • Environment control: temperature, CO2

Applications:

  • Ca2+ measurements (Fluo-4, Ca-Green, Rhod-2); Mitochondrial Ca2+ retention assay
  • Aequorin based assays (cytosolic, endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial Ca2+)
  • Luciferin based live cell timelapse or end-point assays (cytosolic and mitochondrial ATP) 
  • Absorbance based assays (mitochondrial swelling)