• Simple—collect images in no time with an intuitive user interface
• Practical—print cell images and place them in your notebook
• Accessible—capture fluorescent cell images at your bench, not in the darkroom

Designed in collaboration with fluorescence microscope users, the FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station integrates microscope optics, a wide-screen LCD monitor, an onboard computer, camera, and software to capture high-quality three-color fluorescent cell images right at your bench in just a few clicks of the mouse.

The FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station features three fluorescence channels that correspond to the wavelengths of the most commonly used dyes (DAPI, FITC, and Texas Red® dye) and fluorescent proteins used in stem cell research, as well as a relief phase-contrast channel—each available with the click of a mouse. The open-stage design makes it easy for users to image slides, multi-well culture dishes, or even T-75 flasks, facilitating quick visual checks of stem cell cultures. And because the FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station incorporates an ambient-light shield, it can sit right on your lab bench, not in some distant darkroom. An accessory printer may also be purchased that produces adhesive-backed images for your notebook.

The FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station offers fast results, with no warm-up or cool-down periods required and no confusing changeable filters to manage. Additionally, the intuitive software interface was designed with easy-to-use image capture and processing functions and access to detailed information on over 160 cell-imaging reagents in 20 application areas, including sample images of stained cells and step-by-step protocols.

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Figure 1. Live H9 human embryonic stem cells were cultured in a 24-well dish and stained with alkaline phosphatase indicator (green) for pluripotency and NucBlue™ Live Cell Stain. Stained cells were imaged on the FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station.

• ABfinity™ stem cell recombinant antibodies are screened to be sensitive and specific
• Consistent performance for your assays
• Consistent product from lot to lot

ABfinity™ recombinant rabbit antibodies are produced from specific recombinant clones, so antibody performance is consistent over time. Lot-to-lot variability, commonly a problem with polyclonal products, is minimized with ABfinity™ antibodies.

Over the past year we have released several new ABfinity™ recombinant antibodies to support stem cell research. These antibodies recognize both internal and external targets in several different stem cell types. In addition to the monoclonal versions, we offer oligoclonal versions of several of these specificities. Oligoclonal ABfinity™ products are a mixture of recombinant monoclonal antibodies and offer the improved signal strength you get with polyclonal antibodies, combined with the highly reproducible results you get from monoclonals.

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• Use the Primary Antibody Search Tool

Figure 2. Immunocytochemical analysis of HeLa cells incubated with Hiwi Rabbit Recombinant Oligoclonal Antibody and stained with (a) Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit (green); (b) DAPI nuclear stain (blue); and (c) Alexa Fluor® 594 phalloidin actin stain (red). (d) A composite image from all three fluorescent channels.

ABfinity™ Stem Cell Antibody Selection Guide

*WB = Western blot, ICC = Immunocytochemistry

Gibco® recombinant proteins offer:

• High biological activity
• High purity
• Proven compatibility with Gibco® media

 
We have recently released BMP-4, activin A, and TPO manufactured using a human expression system. This helps ensure that the resulting proteins are highly bioactive, with the same processing as normally seen in the native human protein.

Gibco® cytokines and growth factors are high-purity recombinant proteins with high bioactivity. Gibco® growth factors are of the highest quality because each protein is analyzed for purity along with structural homogeneity to help ensure a biologically active protein is produced. And Gibco® cytokines and growth factors have been bioassayed with Gibco® media. Get your cytokines and growth factors from the media company you use and trust.

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