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| Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) |
| Veeco |
Sells Bioscope II and Bioscope SZ Atomic Force Microscopes |
| Agilent |
Agilent has a range of Atomic Force Microscopes depending on the sample size as well as the application. |
| Analytical Ultracentrifugation (AUC) |
| Beckman |
Sells Optima and ProteomeLab XL-A and XL-I. |
| Aviv |
Aviv Biomedical started selling the fluorescence detection system (FDS), developed by CAMIS, in March 2006. This optical system can be installed in existing Beckman XL-A and XL-I ultracentrifuges by Aviv. |
| Circular Dichroism (CD) |
| Aviv |
Aviv Biomedical has been selling CD equipment since the 1970s and produced their own in the 1980s. |
| Jasco |
Has one Circular Dichroism machine, the J-815, as well as their own anaylitical software. |
| Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) |
| Beckman |
Developed the first CE machine in 1989 and now supplies a number of anaylitical platforms which have a foundation in CE. |
| Sebia Electrophoresis |
Recently partnered with Beckman Coulter. Sebia has two CE systems the CAPILLARYS 2 and MINICAP. |
| Agilent |
They have diode array detection in CE, the extended light-path capillaries, automated fraction collection, capillary electrochromatography (CEC), high sensitivity detection cells, and fully integrated solutions for CE/MS. |
| Unimicro Technologies, Inc. |
For CEC applications (combines micro-HPLC and capillary electrophoresis). CEC offers high efficiency, high selectivity, high resolution and fast speed. |
| Flow Cytometry (FC) |
| Beckman-Coulter |
Manufactures a number of FC systems. |
| Guava |
Specializes in FC systems. Produced the first commerical benchtop microcapillary flow cytometer. Founded in 1998 and located in the Bay Area. |
| Invitrogen |
Has a few very useful flash movies dedicated to the understanging of the principles and data analysis of Flow Cytometry. |
| Luminex |
Manufactures systems which utilize FC technology. |
| Fluroescence Polarization (FP) |
| Invitrogen |
A useful reference website which provides information on the principles of FP. |
| ISS |
Another helpful website that gives both the principles and applications of FP. |
| Fluroescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) |
| Invitrogen |
Technical notes regarding the conditions for FRET as well as a number of applications. |
| Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTIR) |
| Bruker |
Bruker Optics offers high-resolution FT-IR spectrometers for all your routine and research |
| Thermo |
Thermo Scientific sells a number of FT-IR spectrometers as well as FT-IR supplies and accessories. |
| Light Scattering (LS) |
| Wyatt |
Developed the very first commercially avialable LS equipment over 30 years ago. Now it is the only company to develop both its own Light Scattering hardware and software. |
| Brookhaven Instruments Limited |
Since 1990, Brookhaven in the UK has been supplying and supporting instruments and related accessories for the characterizaiton of colloids, fine particles and, polymers. |
| Malvern |
Malvern has an extensive range of material characterization and rheological instrumentation |
| Membrane Confined Electrophoresis (MCE) |
| CAMIS |
Not commercially available yet but CAMIS is open to contract analysis of charge or larger endeavors. MCE can be used with antibodies or any pure protein or DNA/RNA sample. |
| Mass Spectrometry (MS) |
| Agilent |
Sells a number of both LC/MS machines as well as one GC/MS model. Also has MS accessories and software. |
| Thermo |
Sells a range of Mass Spectrometers including: LC/MS, GC/MS, Process Mass Spectrometers, ICP-MS and Advanced Mass Spectrometers (which include High Resolution GC/MS, FTICR-MS, Thermal Ionization MS, Isotope Ratio MS, Glow Discharge MS and Orbitrap MS). |
| Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D) |
| Q-sense |
The leading provider of QCM-D based systems. They offer two base systems with five optional modules and a broad range of sensor crystals. |
| Resonant Acoustic Profiling (RAP |
| Akubio |
Leading developer and provider of systems for real time analysis of biomolecular behavior, using acoustic detection technology. Their proprietary RAP technology provides robust, cost-effective class leading sensitivity for the detection and measurement of protein and small molecule interactions. |
| Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) |
| Rigaku |
This Japanese company offers four products which utilize SAXS technology. Their applications range from biological molecules to polymers and gels. They are the world's leading X-ray analytical instrumentation company. |
| Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) |
| PerkinsElmer |
Offer three systems which utilize SERS: a Dispersive Raman Spectrometer, a Raman Microscope and a Fiber Optic Raman Analyzer. |
| Raman Systems |
ith its roots at Boston University's Photonics Research Center, Raman Systems, Inc. offers three products each designed with a specific end-user in mind. |
| Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) |
| Biacore |
The Biacore systems utilize SPR to provide data without the use of labels. |
| Biosensing Instrument |
Two models are offered by Biosensing Instrument Incorporated, the BI-2000 and BI-2000G both of which use SPR. They also offer a number of sensor chips for their instruments. |
| Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) |
| Olympus Microscopy Resource Center |
An extended list of background information as well as interactive tutorials, references and web resources. |
| Nikon MicrscopyU |
Provides information on TIRF Microscopy, both how it works as well as various applications. |
| Kinetic Exclusion Assay (KinExA) |
| Sapidyne Instruments |
The Sapidyne KinExA system is a simple and relatively new method for measuring solution interactions. |
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