Standalone Devices

NEXUS provides access to state-of-the-art standalone devices for sample preparation and assay readout. They are available in our user lab and registered users can reserve individual devices directly on our device booking page.

Please contact us by e-mail to create an openIRIS-account and arrange a training.

Integratable Standalone Devices

acoustic high-throughput liquid handler (mounted on MicroCart)

- assay miniaturization in a broad range of applications
- transfer from 384-well and 1536-well microplates
- accurate, precise, contact-free acoustic transfer in volumes > 2.5 nL
- fastest transfer speed available for acoustic liquid handling

whole well High Content Imager (mounted on MicroCart)

- 3 laser system (405, 488, 640 nm)
- 4 channel fluorescence detection
- 96-, 384 or 1536-well microplates

- Applications:
    - cell cycle analysis
    - 3D cell culture assays
    - rare event detection
    - multiplexed cell health assays
    - cell signaling

Plate Reader (mounted on MicroCart)

- Absorption (230 – 1000nm), scan-bar
- Fluorescence Intensity – Top Reading (230 – 850 nm)
including TRF and TR-FRET/HTRF
- Fluorescence Intensity – Bottom Reading (230 – 850 nm)
- Luminescence
- ALPHA Screen

High-throughput real-time PCR platform (mounted on Table)

- 96- or 384-well plates

- Applications:
    - Gene Quantification
        - Gene detection
        - Absolute quantification
        - Relative quantification/gene expression analysis
    - Genetic Variation Analysis
        - Melt-curve genotyping with labeled probes
        - Endpoint genotyping
        - High-Resolution Melting (HRM)
    - Multiple Plate Analysis