RTP-based Tecan US has introduced Safire2, a fully modular monochromator-based microplate detection system with a full range of high speed fluorescence techniques. Safire2 enables high throughput screening and assay development to be performed on one instrument.

Carl Severinghaus, President, Tecan US remarked, “Safire2 was developed to meet the needs of today’s drug discovery laboratories that require speed, sensitivity and flexibility. The industry has been eagerly waiting for a time and cost-saving automation solution like Safire2 that eliminates the need to switch instruments when moving from assay development to high throughput screening.”

With Safire2, detection modules are available for top and bottom fluorescence intensity measurements, fluorescence polarization studies and multi-channel absorbance and luminescence measurements. This microplate detection system has a variety of options to fit application requirements, and will enable researchers to perform the latest biomolecular assays for primary or secondary screening, such as molecular interaction assays, kinase assays, protease assays or highly sensitive G-protein-coupled receptor assays. Another key feature is that consecutive measurements in different fluorescent modes may be made with the shortest possible time interval between measurements.

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