A microplate reader is used to detect and measure biological, chemical, or physical events in microplates. Microplates are flat plates containing multiple wells; each well can hold small volumes of samples.
Microplate readers are commonly used in biomedical research, clinical diagnostics, and drug discovery to measure various signals, including absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence.
The applications of microplate readers include:
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA)
- Drug discovery
- DNA quantification and genotyping
- Protein quantification and expression
- Cellular assays
Overall, microplate readers are versatile instruments used in many applications that require detecting and quantifying signals in microplates.
They are highly automated, allowing for high-throughput screening of large sample sets, and are essential tools in many areas of research and development.