The Amalgamation of Microplate Reader

Definitely, technology is not static; it is in a continuous process of discovery and innovation. These benefits every industry and most especially in the field of assays and detection technologies production industry. Today Microplate readers have evolved as a better medium allowing researchers to perform multiple assay types in just one instrument.
Looking back on the statistics of Microplate readers in the year 2007, the majority, which is 67 percentages of multitude readers, depends mainly on filter-based technology and the minority which is 19 percentages uses monochromator-based technology. Only 13 percentages use both types. In the near future these figures are expected to change as researchers incorporate the use of assay platform into their work. This setup sees a big jump as Microplate readers becomes more vital in fluorescent detection, fluorescent intensity, fluorescent resonance energy transfer, fluorescent polarization and the like.
The use of Filter-based Multimode Microplate Reader and Monochromator-based Multimode Microplate Reader has its best advantages but the market is still longing for a more advance technology wherein the package of both advantages can be acquired without the combined expense of both. The Microplate reader market today is setting its best concern in the criteria of flexibility, limits of detection, sensitivity, and multiple read modes, as considered to be the most critical technical requirement. The concept of developing a Microplate reader which incorporates the features of Filter-based Multimode Microplate Reader and Monochromator-based Multimode Microplate Reader comes into a big consideration for researchers.
The development of a reader with such given requirement is starting; in fact several companies are now creating hybrid Microplate readers with the capacity of multi-detection, and high sensitivity, increased versatility. The production of such hybrid type readers will complement different requirements. It will also pave way for faster and more concise different processes such as drug discovery, bioassay validation, and Quality check.