Spectrofluorometer (FLuoromax 4 with MicroMax 384)

Imagen equipment by default
Kind of infrastructure
Singular equipments
Typology
Elementary, molecular and isotopic characterization / separative techniques
University
Beira Interior (UBI)
Application / Industrial sector
Health
Description of equipment

The spectrofluorometer Fluoromax 4 available at CICS-UBI is equipped with MicroMax 384 (microwell-plate reader able to accept plates with up to 384 wells) and measures fluorescence of liquid samples in high throughput screening, with detection of emission spectra out to 1700 nm and time correlated single photon counting lifetime measurements of 25ps. The sensitivity of this spectrofluorometer is generally reported as a minimum measurable concentration of a fluorophore (commonly Fluorescein), or the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of the Raman scattering peak of water. Example of applications are monitoring molecule stability and folding of nucleic acids or proteins to identify targets for structure-based drugs, kinetic studies, measurement of smaller samples to detect smaller changes and absolute quantum yields.

Location
Institute
CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Universidade da Beira Interior
Features
Contact
Email
cics-laboratorios@fcsaude.ubi.pt