Lab Equipment 

The VICTOR Nivo system is a high-performance filter-based multimode microplate reader equipped with all major detection technologies:

• Absorbance
• Luminescence
• Fluorescence intensity
• Time-resolved fluorescence
• Fluorescence polarization
• Alpha

It’s a compact, light-weight multimode plate reader designed for life science research laboratories performing routine low-throughout assays, or assay development work, with diverse application requirements.

The VICTOR NIVO system’s software has a modern, workflow-oriented user interface which is easy to learn and use and includes pre-written application protocols to get users productive quickly. In addition, MyAssays Desktop Standard software is provided for data analysis.

The browser-based control software is independent of operating system, so it can be controlled via a variety of touchscreen devices, for example Windows or Mac OS PCs or tablets.

The VICTOR Nivo microplate reader can be operated via WiFi or a network connection, enabling experiments to be set-up, run and monitored remotely, such as from outside a biosafety cabinet or from a neighbouring lab.

Detection Technologies

At the heart of the VICTOR Nivo multimode plate reader is a dynamic wheel system with space for up to 32 filters, enabling the detection of a multitude of different dyes. Filters are exchanged between the inner and outer wheels, so any individual filter can serve either the excitation or emission light path. As a result, there’s no need to install new filters when switching between assays, and filters are locked in place, so they can’t get lost in the lab – ideal for multi-user environments. When fully-loaded, the filter system provides the flexibility to detect many dyes with better sensitivity and greater cost-effectiveness than a monochromator.

For absorbance measurements using the VICTOR Nivo multimode plate reader, there is a choice of either a filter- or a spectrometer-based system. With the spectrometer-based plate reader, full spectrum absorbance measurements are ultra-fast – 230 to 1000 nm at selectable resolutions (2.0 nm, 5.0 nm, 10 nm) in less than 1 second per well.

Up to eight discrete wavelengths can be detected at once in a single measurement with no wavelength switching, and the spectrometer-based VICTOR Nivo system also allows the detection of a wide range of dyes or measurement of samples with unknown absorbance spectra.

Features & Benefits

• Compact, lightweight multimode plate reader which frees-up bench space and is easy to move into a biosafety cabinet or another lab
• Internal dynamic filter wheel system, with space for up to 32 filters, provides ready access to filters for a large number of dyes
• For absorbance, choice of filter-based detection for best sensitivity or spectrometer for wavelength flexibility
• Top and bottom reading of all standard technologies (absorbance, luminescence, fluorescence intensity, time-resolved fluorescence and fluorescence polarization), bottom reading only for Alpha; with high performance for plate formats from 1 to 1536-wells
• Optional dispenser for applications such as fast kinetics, flash luminescence assays, or dual addition assays
• Integrated temperature control (up to 65 °C) and optional gas control unit to keep cells viable during long term kinetic assays
• Browser-based software enables the plate reader to be controlled from a variety of devices – PC, laptop or tablet
• Can be controlled via network or WiFi to facilitate remote working and data access