Endy:Victor3 plate reader

Introduction

The Endy lab has a Perkin Elmer Victor3 plate reader with 2 dispenser pumps. If you are interested in trying our plate reader or finding out more about it, contact Barry. The machine can make the following classes of measurement -

• Time-resolved fluorometry
• Fluorometry
• Photometry
• Luminometry
• Fluorescence polarization
• LANCE

We have a variety of filters to be used with these measurements, they are described here. If you haven't used the machine before, have a look at this overview of using the plate reader. If you have used this machine or similar machines, have a look at some of the usage notes and data analysis pages listed below. All contributions are welcome.

Plate reader schedule

Protocols

Programming a basic protocol

Protocol editing

Creating and choosing labels

What is a label?
Detection limits and linear range
Setting an appropriate lamp energy
Absorbance labels
Changing filter slides

Running a protocol

Arranging samples

Counteracting evaporation in long time courses

Data Analysis

Basic data analysis
Calculating fluorescent protein synthesis
Measuring PoPS
Background measurements
Measurement variation
Plate variation
Anecdotal
Converting from absorbance to OD600
Data analysis tools

When things go bad

• Instrument serial number - 4206012
• Perkin Elmer Contact - 8007624000 (add a 91 prefix from an MIT phone). Choose option 3 and option 3 again to talk to tech. support.
• Endy:Victor3 Service History