A temperature controlled fluorescence microplate reader

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My research program is about control of the behaviour of large molecules, such as polymers and proteins, in solution. For example, by changing the concentrations of ions that are present, one can make long chains collapse into globules. One can also control whether or not they aggregate into interesting structures. We are interested in being able to design materials with specific properties using this kind of control at the nanoscale. To examine these effects, one has to work with many different types and combinations of molecules, and at different concentrations. The task appears daunting, unless one can do many experiments at a time. We have developed an approach that will allow us to conduct experiments at high throughput. The equipment requested, a microchannel plate reader, is important in this regard, in that it will allow us to look at a hundred or more experiments concurrently.