b'Luminex xMAP technologyQuick, cost-effective, and accurate multi-analyteLuminex xMAP technologyprofiling system ProcartaPlex assays have adopted the Luminex xMAP The open-architecture of Luminex xMAP technology uses flowmagnetic bead technology that uses Luminex MagPlex cytometry, microspheres, lasers, digital signal processing,superparamagnetic 6.5-micron microsphere beads with a and traditional chemistrycombining proven technologies in amagnetic core. The beads are internally dyed with precise unique way. proportions of red and infrared fluorophores. Varying proportions of the red and infrared fluorophores result in 100 spectrally Benefits: unique microspheres, which are identified by the Luminex xMAP Helps reduce costs and labor through multiplexing detection systems. The conjugation of a distinct monoclonal Smaller sample size requirements compared toantibody to a distinct bead allows for analysis of multiple analytes single-result assays in a single well.Enables fast, reproducible results from favorable kinetics of liquid bead array approachBroad coverage of applications, including protein expression and gene expression, to satisfy the need to understand both6.5 micronsproteomics and genomics profilesBead set 26How Luminex xMAP technology works Bead set 21 The bead isimpregnated Sets of magnetic microspheres are color-coded withwith the dye combinations of red and infrared fluorophores. Each bead set ismixturecoated with a reagent specific to a particular biomarker, allowing the capture and detection of several specific biomarkers from a single sample. Lasers in the compact analyzer excite the internal10 unique infrared dye concentrations10 unique red dye concentrationsdyes that identify each microsphere as well as any reporter dye captured, providing quantitation of individual analytes on each microsphere. The analyzer reads many beads from each set, enabling rapid and precise results for several targets within a single sample.View the how-to video:Watch our videos at thermofisher.com/immunoassayvideos to learn how to use our ProcartaPlex products.82 Immunoassays thermofisher.com/proteinbiology'