Benchtop Instruments

Discover precise quantitation of nucleic acids, proteins, or cells

Explore our portfolio of powerful and accurate benchtop instruments to help accelerate your research.

In the spotlight

Discover the Thermo Scientific Varioskan ALF Multimode Microplate Reader. This versatile, entry-level microplate reader offers multiple detection modes for a variety of UV-Vis absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence microplate assays, making it excellent for nucleic acid and protein quantification, bacterial growth curves, ELISA, and cell viability. 

  • Fast, flexible, and easy to use
  • Versatile plate types with linear, orbital, and double orbital shaking
  • Intuitive SkanIt Software with visual workflow and ready-made, validated protocols

Learn more about Varioskan ALF

Protein and cell analysis benchtops that count

Fluorometers

Invitrogen Qubit benchtop instruments

Accurate, specific, and sensitive quantification of DNA, RNA, endotoxin, and protein samples. 

Automated cell counters

Invitrogen Countess benchtop instruments

Each compact instrument offers advanced algorithms to allow you to quickly and accurately count cells from the bench while avoiding user variation normally associated with traditional cell counting.

Microplate readers

Thermo Scientific microplate readers

Our benchtop detection instruments offer flexibility, performance, and speed for a variety of applications and assays.

Additional protein and cell analysis benchtops

Imaging systems

Invitrogen iBright imaging systems

Straightforward total lane protein and house-keeping protein normalization workflows allow for easy image analysis from start to finish, no matter what your experience level.

Western blotting

Invitrogen iWestern workflow

Designed to address processing efficiency, reproducibility, and robustness of results, the iWestern workflow enables exceptional western blot results with minimal hands-on time.

Cell imaging microscopes

Invitrogen EVOS digital imaging systems

EVOS systems offer easy yet powerful imaging capabilities for a wide range of applications. With exceptional imaging components, these microscopes can capture high-resolution images and videos for publication-quality results.

Other benchtop instruments

Microvolume spectrophotometers

Thermo Scientific NanoDrop instruments

Advanced UV-Vis sample intelligence for accurate, fast assessments of sample concentration and purity. 

Sample preparation system

Thermo Scientific KingFisher systems

KingFisher instruments provide easy-to follow protocols that remove manual steps and help reduce overall processing time and errors associated with sample preparation while helping increase the yield reproducibility of your results compared to manual workflows.

PCR thermal cyclers

Applied Biosystems ProFlex PCR system

Experience reliability and performance with the flexibility of five block options. Interchangeable block formats enable you to maximize your throughput or run independent experiments concurrently.

Transfection system

Invitrogen Neon NxT Electroporation system

Save valuable research time and samples with the compact electroporation platform designed and engineered for performance, flexibility, speed, and simplicity.

Nucleic acid electrophoresis

Invitrogen E-Gel Power Snap electrophoresis systems

Integrated precast gel running and imaging platforms that help save time and streamline the nucleic acid electrophoresis workflow. Load, run, and analyze on one, fully integrated device.

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