LabValues 2026 Promo!

For a limited time, enjoy special pricing on the
MultiGene™ OptiMax Gradient Thermal Cycler (TC9610)!

See flyer for more details.

Offer cannot be combined with other discounts or institutional pricing.
Offer not valid on previous purchases. Promo valid from 1/19/26 to 7/30/26 or while supplies last.

All terms and conditions apply.

MultiGene™ OptiMax Thermal Cycler  

This simple-to-program PCR thermal cycler unit is compact in design and built to perform. Programming is intuitive with the large display and multiple pre-programmed templates supplied with the unit.

The OptiMax comes with standard built-in 2-step, temperature optimization, touchdown, and time increment protocols that are easy to adjust to meet your cycling needs. You can select lid temperature or turn it off depending on your needs. The faster ramp rates allow more work to be done in a workday.
 

Additional Thermal Cycler Product Features:

• Unique Flexible Programming with FlexTemp™ technology
• Fast ramp rates 5°C heating / 3.5°C cooling
• Simple user interface
• No condensation after overnight cooling at 4°C
• 3-Year Warranty 

Distinct Heat Optimization

The MultiGene™ OptiMax employs a new protocol optimization process improving on older gradient features. This “Better than Gradient” capability allows users to select up to 6 distinct annealing temperatures to be run simultaneously. This is ideal for method optimization as well as applications like genotyping.

The OptiMax utilizes FlexTemp™ technology that effectively separates the 96-well plate into 6 – (4 x 4) temperature regions that allow you to pick the temperatures you want to test against. These regions are easily identified by the blue and black squares visible on the microplate platen. Instead of having the thermal cycler choose temperatures for you, you can choose any temperatures you want within a 24°C range.

The MultiGene™ OptiMax has a heating rate of 5°C /sec and a cooling rate of 3.5°C/sec. We have minimized overshooting and undershooting so that your reactions only see the temperatures they are supposed to see. This also leads to faster runs time.

Intuitive User Interface

The MultiGene™ OptiMax utilizes an intuitive user interface. This user interface is friendly to the laboratory environment and consistent with what our customers previously enjoyed in our earlier models. It can be used with lab gloves even if wet. We have improved the ramping speed and eliminated overshooting and undershooting which contributes to longer run times.

Fully Adjustable Heated Lid

The OptiMax’s heated lid is fully adjustable to provide optimum pressure for use with a broad range of tubes and microplates. For optimum performance, the lid can also be programmed to hold different temperatures between 60° to 65°C and 100° to 115°C. The OptiMax lid prevents condensation and slides away and back from the user to provide full access to samples and reduce the risk of coming in contact with a hot surface.
 

Limited Time Promo!

 

For a limited time, enjoy special pricing on the Azure Cielo 6 qPCR System (AIQ060)!

 

WAS $34,850 | NOW $16,895

 

Package Includes: Azure Cielo 6 qPCR System, Comprehensive analysis software, and 18-month warranty.

 

See flyer for more details.

 

Promo is valid until 06/30/26 or while supplies last.
Offer cannot be combined with other discounts or institutional pricing.
All terms and conditions apply.

Azure Cielo™ qPCR Systems

The Azure Cielo™ Real-Time PCR system provide accuracy and sensitivity needed for research, with intuitive touch screen software.

• Flexibility:  Engineered for a wide variety of qPCR applications, with high sensitivity and wide dynamic range.
• Intelligent workflow: The user interface is a simple touch screen assay setup.  Protocols can be saved to make assay set up easy and reproducible.
• Reliability: Cielo's optics and thermal block are designed to deliver the same uniformity and reproducibility over at least 1,000 qPCR experiments, giving you confidence in the reliability of the instrument.
• Connectivity: An external PC is not required to run the instrument.
• Data Transfer: This can be performed via Ethernet, Wi-Fi or USB.

Operation - A standalone qPCR system with 10.3” touchscreen interface
Optics - 3 or 6 dye channel filters with LED based excitation for multiplexing
Speed - Fiber optic detection system scans 16 wells simultaneously
Durability - Tested reliability for over 1000 continuous runs
Connectivity - Easily export data via Wi-Fi, ethernet, USB or LAN
Capacity - 96-well format for semi-skirted or un-skirted plates and tubes
Thermal Performance - Marlow Peltier based block with 12 temperature gradient zones, ramp rates up to 6.0°C/sec
Chemistry - Supports reaction volumes between 10 µl–150 µl, open source chemistry, including FAST ~20 minute run-times
Sensitivity - Detect 2-fold differences in target quantities in singleplex reactions and up to 1 copy of amplified DNA, 10 logs of dynamic range

Competitor Q uses a single light source to excite all samples.

Differences in light path length lead to differences in excitation, which requires normalization. Though Competitor Q has said that they do not require normalization dyes, this is not reflected in the data as the data CV values for replicates is significantly higher.

Why doesn’t the Cielo™ require ROX dye?

 The Cielo does not require ROX dye because it uses in-well detection technology. The light path for excitation and reading emission are collimated directly into the well. As such, the light path length is always the same for each well, so there is no need to normalize for varying light path length. The data from the Cielo is consistently uniform and reproducible.

Specifications

*Other dyes/probes are possible depending on the system configuration.

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