Infinite® F500 – Top class performance in a modular
filter-based microplate reader
An amazingly fast, sensitive and affordable high-end reader

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Infinite F500 – Tecan’s flagship filter-based reader for fast, sensitive measurements
A multimode plate reader for all measurement modes

The Infinite F500 is Tecan’s most sensitive filter-based multimode microplate reader, taking advantage of the latest technologicaldevelopments in filter-based optics to provide a multifunctional and modular system which offers excellent levels of sensitivity for
fluorescence- and luminescence-based assays.
The Infinite F500 is compatible with a wide variety of microplates, from 6- to 1,536-wells, including standard and low volume plateformats. Its high speed, on-the-fly measurement capabilities ensure maximum throughput, allowing complete reading of a 1,536-wellplate in under 30 seconds. It supports a broad range of measurement modes and functions, allowing straightforward application ofmany current assay technologies, and its modular design ensures your instrument can grow with your needs.

Standard features

Additional options and modules

Fluorescence intensity top (UV/VIS)
AbsorbanceTRF
z-Focus
Shaking
Temperature control

Fluorescence intensity bottom (VIS or UV/VIS)
Fluorescence polarization (FP)HTRF®
Luminescence (flash and glow)
1,536-well optics (top reading modes)
Injectors
Barcode scanning

An infinite relationship with your assays
The Infinite F500 is ideal for advanced assays in research, drug discovery
and routine laboratory applications
The Infinite F500 supports a broad range of microplate-based detection systems, for applications including biomolecular screening,
enzymatic assays, reporter gene assays and molecular binding studies – as well as TR-FRET assays and flash luminescencemeasurements using the optional injectors – and is ideal for biotechnology and screening applications. It offers outstanding sensitivity
and speed – particular for FI, FP, FRET and TR-FRET assays – due to its separate excitation and emission filter slide design and ultra-fast
filter switching. Numerous exchangeable filters are available, allowing the user to quickly and easily adapt the instrument to suit a wide
range of biochemical and ratiometric measurements.
The Infinite F500 microplate reader supports many different applications and assay technologies.
Detection mode

Example assay

Reagent kit provider

Fluorescence intensity (FI)Transcreener® ADP2 FI assay

BellBrook Labs

Omnia® Kinase assay

Invitrogen

HTRF® assay

Cisbio Bioassays

LanthaScreen® assay

Invitrogen

Adapta® Universal Kinase assay

Invitrogen

Z’-LYTE® assay

Invitrogen

GeneBLAzer® assay

Invitrogen

Predictor™ hERG fluorescence polarization assay

Invitrogen

PolarScreen™ glucocorticoid receptor competitor assay, (Red/Green)

Invitrogen

Transcreener FP assay

BellBrook LabsDLR® assay (DLReady™)

Promega

TR-FRET

FRET
Fluorescence polarization (FP)Luminescence2Design your filter slides for your assays
The Infinite F500 offers outstanding sensitivity and speed – particular for FI, FP, FRET and TR-FRET assays – due to its separate
excitation and emission filter slide design and ultra-fast filter switching. Numerous exchangeable filters are available, allowing theuser to quickly and easily adapt the instrument to suit a wide range of biochemical and ratiometric measurements.
123451 The mirror carrier can be extended with a custom dichroic mirror; 2 Exchangeable filters can be easily fitted into the excitation and emission filterslides; 3 Separate excitation and emission filter slides each have 6 filter positions; 4 Programmable filter slides facilitate filter definition/recognition;
5 Convenient filter assembly tool

Powerful features and tools to meet your application demands
Integrated injectors: Inject and read at the same position
The Infinite F500 is available with either one or two fully integrated injectors and achoice of three syringe sizes (500, 1,000 and 2,500 μl). The innovative design allows theinstrument to inject and read simultaneously at the same well for selected detection
modes and plate formats, making it ideally suited for high speed kinetic studies.
Detection of ultra-fast kinetics can also be achieved for a wide range of applications, byusing the injector module in combination with the well-wise measurement mode.

Filter slides and filter selection: Design your assays
The Infinite F500 uses programmable filter slides to provide straightforward filter
recognition and definition. These ultra-lightweight filter slides offer fast electronicswitching down to 150 ms, making the system suitable for a wide range ofmeasurements.

z-Optimization: For better results in low volumes
The Infinite F500 offers automatic z-focusing in all top reading modes, reducing
background noise and significantly improving signal quality. In addition, the system’s
z-optimization function ensures maximum performance even for challenging assay
parameters, such as small volumes or different well shapes.

NanoQuant Plate™ compatibility: DNA quantification in 2 µl samples
The patent pending NanoQuant Plate allows the measurement of up to 16 samples
simultaneously, in volumes as low as 2 μl. This 16 individual quartz optics are a greatsolution for DNA/RNA quantification, as well as quality control applications, and arecompatible with multichannel pipettes for easy sample application.

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Flexible reader control and data analysis
A choice of software packages to match your workflow

i-control™
i-control is the standard system control software for all Infinite
series readers, offering a simple and flexible user interface.
It allows the user to create application-orientated measurement

scripts with any combination of processing steps, and data isexported to Microsoft Excel® compatible file formats.

Workflow orientated i-control software supports complex
assay protocols.

Built-in i-control application for nucleic acid quantification
using the NanoQuant Plate.

Magellan™
Magellan is Tecan’s universal data reduction and analysis
software, offering powerful analytic capabilities, excellent data
presentation and outstanding graphical flexibility.

This advanced software solution delivers comprehensive
data processing and calculations, and is compatible with all
Infinite F500 microplate formats.

Magellan offers easy presentation and evaluation of data frommultiple experimental groups on a single microplate.

Magellan provides straightforward tools
for generation of standard curves.

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4Seamless automation and integration
Powerful automation capabilities for a streamlined workflow

Connect™: Measure up to 50 plates
The Infinite F500 plate reader can be easily combined with Tecan’s Connect stacker
module, allowing batch processing of up to 50 microplates, without the need for reader
hardware modifications. With no rotary movements, Connect offers smooth andefficient plate transfer, saving time and labor without compromising on results.

Instrument configurations may vary.

Freedom EVO®: Automate your processes
Alternatively, the Infinite F500 can be fully integrated into Tecan’s Freedom EVO
liquid handling workstation for complete automation of assay set-up, preparationand detection.

QC tools: Ensure your results
Tecan’s MultiCheck™ plate, software and IQ OQ documentation provide a completesolution for periodic performance checks. MultiCheck Infinite F500 is Tecan’s all­-in-­one
QC plate, designed specifically for multimode readers, providing tests for all basic
reading modes.

Instrument configurations may vary.

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Infinite F500 – Typical performance values
Light sources
Wavelength selection
Wavelength range
AbsorbanceFluorescence
Fluorescence polarization
Detectors
Absorbance:
Fluorescence (incl. FP):
Luminescence:
Plate formats
Temperature control
Shaking
Fluorescence sensitivity values
Fluorescence top
Fluorescence bottom
TRF
FP
Luminescence sensitivity values
Glow luminescence*
Flash luminescence**
Absorbance
Measurement range:
OD accuracy:
OD reproducibility:
Fastest reading times (on-the-fly)Fluorescence (kinetic cycle)
Fluorescence (plate in/out)
Injectors (built-in)
Injection volume
Syringe size
Pump speed
Dead volumeAccessories
Stacker
Barcode scannerHigh energy xenon flash lamp
Filter-based
230 – 1,000 nm
Ex: 230 – 900 nm; Em: 280 – 900 nm
Ex: 300 – 750 nm; Em: 330 – 750 nm
UV silicon photodiode
Extended wavelength (UV and far red); Low dark current PMT
Photon counting; Low dark current PMT
6 – 1,536-well plates, NanoQuant PlateAmbient +4 to 42 °C
Linear, orbital with variable amplitudes
10 amol/well fluorescein (Greiner® 384-well low volume black plate; 10 µl)
0.4 fmol/well fluorescein (Greiner 96-well SensoPlateTM; 200 µl)
0.5 amol/well europium (Greiner 384-well low volume white plate; 10 µl)< 2 mP standard deviation @ 1 nM fluorescein
225 amol/well ATP (Greiner 384-well low volume white plate; 25 µl)
12 amol/well ATP (Greiner 384-well white plate; 55 µl)
0 – 4 OD
0 – 2 OD: ≤ ± (1 % + 10 mOD)
0 – 2 OD: ≤ ± (0.5 % + 5 mOD)
1,536-well: 26 sec
1,536-well: 40 sec

384-well: 19 sec
384-well: 35 sec

Variable; 1 µl increments
Selectable: 500 / 1,000 / 2,500 µl
100 – 300 µl/sec
100 µl (including pump back)Connect
left or right* 144-041 ATP detection kit SL (Biothema), ** ENLITEN® ATP assay system (Promega)

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RTecan, Infinite and Freedom EVO are registered trademarks and Magellan, NanoQuant Plate, Connect, MultiCheck and i-control are trademarks of Tecan Group Ltd.
Männedorf, Switzerland.
Excel® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Greiner® is a registered trademark and SensoPlate™ is a trademark ofGreiner Bio-One GmbH, Germany. HTRF® is a registered trademark of Cisbio international, France. The fluorescence ratio associated with the HTRF readout is a correction
method developed by Cisbio international and covered by the US patent 5,527,684 and its foreign equivalents, for which Cisbio international has granted a license to Tecan
Group Ltd. Its application is strictly limited to the use of HTRF reagents and technology, excluding any other TR-FRET technologies. Transcreener® HTS Assay Platform isa patented technology of BellBrook Labs, LLC USA. Transcreener® is a registered trademark of BellBrook Labs, LLC USA. ENLITEN® and DLR® are registered trademarks andDLReady™ is a trademark of Promega Corporation, USA. LanthaScreen®, Adapta®, PolarScreen™, Predictor™, GeneBLAzer®, Omnia® and Z’-LYTE® are either registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, USA.

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