Biotium Information

Biotium is a biotechnology company that strives for innovation in biochemicals and fluorescent reagents. Innovation is at the very heart of what Biotium does every day. With 3,000+ fluorescent reagent products, a significant amount of our resources are dedicated to research and development and intellectual property protection. Our efforts have resulted in a growing number of granted and pending patents that cover a number of industry-leading technologies, including: GelRed™ and GelGreen™ nucleic acid gel stains: highly sensitive DNA/RNA gel stains made safe by preventing dye penetration into cells EvaGreen™ DNA-binding Dye: qPCR dye working on a novel “release-on-demand” DNA-binding mechanism; the only dye that works perfectly for both qPCR and highly sensitive melt curve analysis CF™ dyes: A series of 20 highly water soluble dyes with colors spanning the entire visible and near infrared spectra; designed for protein labeling using breakthrough chemistries to produce unrivaled performance in brightness and photostability Mix-n-Stain™ Antibody Labeling Kits: A revolutionary protein labeling technology that allows anyone to optimally label an antibody , with or without the presence of BSA or gelatin, with one of our CF™ dyes or biotin in 30 minutes and ~100% yield. NucView™ Caspase 3/7 Enzyme Substrate: A novel concept to detect caspase activity in live cells by releasing a cell nucleus-staining dye upon substrate cleavage AccuClear™ and AccuBlue™ DNA Quantitation Kits: Kits with the lowest dsDNA detection limit and widest linear range in the market PMA™ DNA Modification Agent: An essential reagent for selective detection of viable pathogens by qPCR