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This 96 well system has four color capability. Perform standard quantitative PCR in less than 2 hours and fast quantitative PCR in 40 minutes. SYBR/FAM/TAMRA capable. Intuitive and flexible software guides new users through their real time PCR experiments. Medium throughput instrument. 

The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer offers advantages of sensitivity and accuracy for performing RNA separation, detection and quantitation, coupled with a rapid, automated system.

Autotechnicons make sample processing quick and painless. The various solutions used for processing tissue are placed into ten separate nylon beakers. These beakers are placed on the circular deck of the instrument. There are also two paraffin baths that are mounted on the deck. Each paraffin bath contains an internal heater that is thermostatically controlled.

Cellometer Auto is a simple to use, automated cell counter designed to improve accuracy, repeatability, and throughput compared to manual cell counting with a hemacytometer. The Cellometer is simple to use, can count hundreds of different cell types and measure cells using dye exclusion (Trypan Blue).

The Leica Frigocut 2800n cryostat is designed primarily for the demanding needs of cryosectioning systems in the field of biomedical, neuro-anatomical and pharmaceutical research. Particularly when working with delicate specimens, the precise specimen orientation and the specimen feed system via step motor guarantees reproducible sections of maximum quality.

The Leica Histo-Embedder is an all-in-one, fully programmable compact paraffin tissue embedding center that is co-localized with the Autotechnicon Tissue Processor.

The Leica RM2255 rotary microtome is designed for fully motorized sectioning of both paraffin- and resin-embedded specimens. Its two-in-one design concept, which allows motorized as well as manual sectioning, provides reproducible quality sections.

The Thermo Scientific NanoDropTM 1000 Spectrophotometer enables highly accurate UV/Vis analyses of 1 ul samples with remarkable reproducibility. The sample retention system eliminates the need for cuvettes and capillaries, which decreases the measurement cycle time. The high absorbance capability eliminates the need for most dilutions.

The SpectraMax® Plus384 spectrophotometer has a built-in cuvette port and microplate drawer so that both standard spectrophotometer and microplate reader applications can be done on the same instrument. Use any standard cuvette, 12 x 75 mm test tube, 96-well microplate. The instrument includes kinetic standard curve and temperature control. It is perfect for reading absorbance in 96-well plates.