Quantum P (Blue laser, UV-LED, 2-Parameter) Ploidy Analyzer

Description

The Quantum P, built by Quantum Analysis in Germany, is a versatile, compact, high-precision ploidy analyzer. The CyPAD software that operates the Quantum P is designed for easy manual or automated analysis of suspensions of cells, nuclei and other particles. CyPAD software is easily configured to display, gate and analyze the data from a wide range of applications including ploidy analysis, genome sizing, immunophenotyping and most other flow cytometric applications. The German-engineered design of the Quantum P is solid and yet simple, resulting in a robust instrument that runs sample after sample, day after day, year after year with minimal maintenance. The mean time to failure of the Quantum P is greater the one year, which is unheard of among flow cytometers, which normally breakdown every few weeks or, at best, every few months.

The Quantum P (Blue laser, UV-LED, 2P) Ploidy Analyzer has an ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED) which emits a large beam-spot of 365 nm UV light for optimal excitation of UV-excitable dyes such as DAPI, bound to the DNA of plant or animal cellular nuclei for ploidy analysis. It also has a blue laser to excite propidium iodide (PI) bound to DNA of plant or animal nuclei for ploidy analysis and genome sizing. The Quantum P’s wide dynamic range photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) produce high resolution measurements over a wide range of fluorescence intensities. Since Quantum P is a volumetric flow cytometer, it produces accurate cell counts. The large beam-spot of UV light provides a uniform excitation of the particles as they flow through the quartz cuvette, producing uniform DNA content measurements by the PMT with narrow peaks and very tight CVs.