Technical data
18 Edition 03.19 qTOWER
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Supported plastic products
96-well micro titer plates with optical film
8-well strips 0.2 ml with optical lids
0.2 ml individual vessels with optical lids
Sensitivity
1 nmol/l FAM at 30µl sample volume in a 96-well
PCR plate
Measuring time
96-well plate (single measurement, 6 colors) ap-
prox. 6 s
Measuring range
Dynamic range
Light source
Four high-intensity LEDs (blue, green, white, red)
Detector
Color filter modules
Color modules for all frequently used real-time
PCR dyes
Color module 1 (470 nm/520 nm)
Color module 2 (515 nm/545 nm)
Color module 3 (535 nm/580 nm)
Color module 4 (565 nm/605 nm)
Color module 5 (630 nm/670 nm)
Color module 6 (660 nm/705 nm)
Protein color module 1 (490 nm/580 nm)
FRET filter combinations:
FRET module 1 (470 nm/580 nm)
FRET module 2 (470 nm/670 nm)
FRET module 3 (470 nm/705 nm)
FRET module 4 (515 nm/670 nm)
FRET module 5 (470 nm/605 nm)
Software and PC
qPCRsoft
Control and analysis program
Analysis methods
Absolute quantification, relative quantification,
ΔΔCt method, allelic discrimination,
efficiency calculation, DNA melting curves,
POS/NEG analysis in the end point
Export functions
Excel, CSV, LIMS, GenEx, qBase
Data connection
PC software requirements
Minimum Pentium IV, > 1 GHz
Operating system