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FEATURED NEW PRODUCTS
Optimize Cell Viability Assays for Multicolor Panels — LIVE/DEAD® Fixable Dead Cell Stain Sampler Kit
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Detect Apoptosis with Nuclear Chromatin Staining — Vybrant® DyeCycle™ Violet/SYTOX® AADvanced™ Apoptosis Kit
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New Mouse Targets for Flow Cytometry—Primary Anti-mouse Monoclonal Antibody Conjugates
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| CD103, hamster anti-mouse, FITC | 500 µg/1 mL | HMCD10301 |  |
| CD103, hamster anti-mouse, PE | 100 µg/1 mL | HMCD10304 | |
| CD107a (LAMP-1), rat anti-mouse, FITC | 500 µg/1 mL | RMCD107A01 | |
| CD107b (LAMP-2), rat anti-mouse, FITC | 500 µg/1 mL | RMCD107B01 | |
| CD154, hamster anti-mouse, FITC | 500 µg/1 mL | HMCD15401 | |
| CD154, hamster anti-mouse, PE | 100 µg/1 mL | HMCD15404 | |
NEW APPLICATIONS
Count Blood Cells with the Countess™ Automated Cell Counter
The Countess™ Automated Cell Counter
The Countess™ Automated Cell Counter uses trypan blue staining combined with a sophisticated image analysis algorithm to provide accurate cell and viability counts in just 30 seconds. The algorithm also measures the average size of live, dead, and total cells to give you all the data you need from your cell cultures without using a hemocytometer.
Counting Blood Cells is Now Faster and Easier
The Countess™ Automated Cell Counter has also been used to accurately count blood cells including peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), red blood cells (RBCs), and white blood cells (WBCs) from lysed whole blood and Ficoll preparations. Because the Countess™ instrument uses trypan blue staining, the viability of WBCs is easily determined, while platelets and noncellular debris are unstained and excluded from the count. It should be noted that the Countess™ instrument does not differentiate between WBC types and that viability information is not available for RBCs.
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- Learn More about the Countess™ Automated Cell Counter
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| Countess™ Automated Cell Counter | each | C10227 | |
Countess™ Automated Cell Counter Starter Kit | 1 kit | C10310 | |
| Countess™ Automated Cell Counter Lab Starter Kit (includes 1 cell counter and 101 boxes of slides) | 1 kit | C10311 | |
| Countess™ Cell Counting Chamber Slides | 50 slides (100 counts) | C10228 | |
| Countess™ Cell Counting Chamber Slides | 500 slides (1,000 counts) | C10312 | |
| Countess™ Cell Counting Chamber Slides | 1,250 slides (2,500 counts) | C10313 | |
| Countess™ Cell Counting Chamber Slides | 2,500 slides (5,000 counts) | C10314 | |
| Countess™ Cell Counting Chamber Slides | 5,000 slides (10,000 counts) | C10315 | |
DEPARTMENTS
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The FluxOR™ Assay Enables Analysis of Electric Pulse–induced Membrane Nanopores
Lipid nanopores can form a stable, ion channel–like conduction pathway in cell membrane.
Pakhomov, A.G. et al. (2009) Biochem Biophys Res Commun (manuscript accepted).
Can electrical pulses induce ion-selective membrane disruption?
It is widely known that electric pulses can cause the formation of pores in cell membranes; the phenomenon is the basis for electroporation, an established technique for introducing substances into cells. In their recent study, Pakhomov and colleagues describe the formation and properties of very small membrane pores—"nanopores"—following the application of nanosecond electric pulses (nsEPs).
Methods
Electrophysiological observations of nanopore behavior were performed through the use of a modified FluxOR™ assay, wherein the uptake of thallium ion (Tl+) by nsEP-treated cells was monitored via an increase in the Tl+-dependent fluorescence emission of the FluxOR™ probe.
Results
In response to applied nsEPs, both GH3 cells (characterized by the presence of multiple endogenous ion channel types) and CHO-K1 cells (which express relatively few endogenous channel types) exhibited an increase in whole-cell conductance and inward current rectification. Nanopores are so called because the group demonstrates them to be mostly impermeable to the fluorescent probe propidium iodide, setting an effective upper pore size limit of ~1 nm. nsEP-induced nanopores were stable for many minutes, and eventually dissipated either by spontaneous resealing or by the formation of larger, propidium-permeant pores.
The group suggests that nanopores could result through a number of mechanisms in addition to the application of nsEPs, and their relatively long lifetime merits their consideration as an alternative ion-selective pathway that could impact the interpretation of other studies of transmembrane ion flow.
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| FluxOR™ Thallium Detection Kit *for 10 microplates* | 1 kit | F10016 | |
| FluxOR™ Thallium Detection Kit *for 100 microplates* | 1 kit | F10017 | |
Online Technical Webinars
 | Free online technical webinars You are invited to join us for a series of biweekly technical webinars from the comfort of your desk. The webinars will initially focus on imaging-related applications, but we welcome your feedback for additional topics throughout the course of the year. Upcoming topics will be announced each month via email. Presentations will last approximately 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for live Q&A.
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| Qdot® 525 goat F(ab')2 anti-rabbit IgG conjugate | 200 µL | Q11441MP | |
| Qdot® 655 goat F(ab')2 anti-mouse IgG conjugate | 200 µL | Q11021MP | |
| Hoechst 33342 trihydrochloride, trihydrate *FluoroPure™ grade | 100 mg | H21492 | |
Antibody Conjugation Kits: Minimize Time, Maximize Yield
Using a direct antibody conjugate for fluorescence imaging or flow cytometry can eliminate the noise commonly associated with nonspecific secondary antibody binding. Directly labeled antibodies also allow you to use more than one same-species antibody in a single experiment. Invitrogen offers a wide variety of antibody conjugation kits for labeling µg to mg quantities of IgG antibody with bright and photostable Alexa Fluor® dyes or biotin.
Molecular Probes® antibody labeling kits have been carefully configured to minimize hands-on time while maximizing conjugate yield. Labeled antibodies are ready in as little as 2 hours and require only ~10–20 minutes of hands-on time. Which labeling kit to use depends entirely on the amount of antibody to be labeled.
The kits use time-tested, amine-reactive labels to covalently attach a fluorophore or biotin to your antibody. The result is a strong carboxamide linkage between the label and the antibody, with exceptional stability—from months to years.
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 | Build Your Own Immunoassay Our new web resource makes it easy to develop your own immunoassay—a customizable alternative to using traditional ELISA kits. Find validated antibody pairs, ELISA-grade single antibodies, and proven detection reagents—from standard TMB chromogen to fluorescent Amplex® UltraRed—for your platform and desired sensitivity.
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The Cell Resource Center
The Cell Resource Center is your portal to a wide range of cellular technologies including GIBCO® cells, media, and reagents, Molecular Probes® fluorescent reagents and detection technologies, Dynal® bead-based isolation systems, drug discovery products, and services to support your research needs.
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Ultra-High–Throughput Cell-based Assays
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In collaboration with TTP LabTech, Invitrogen scientists have validated Molecular Probes® high-content screening (HCS) cell health and cytotoxicity kits on the ultra-high–throughput laser scanning Acumen® eX3 system, a high-content imaging platform for the rapid generation of multiplexed cell-based data. The combination of robust multiparametric HCS kits with rapid, whole-well data generation enabled by the Acumen® eX3 system offers a whole new level of throughput and content for a variety of cell-based imaging applications.
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- Learn More about Molecular Probes® HCS Kits and Tools
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