AAT Bioquest offers the largest portfolio of calcium indicators, with over one hundred unique reagents, cited in tens of thousands of publications. The table below offers a few example applications. To learn more about how to select the optimal indicator for your experiment, please see our Calcium Indicators catalog.
| What you're studying | What you're measuring | AAT Bioquest products to consider |
|---|---|---|
| Neuronal activity | Spontaneous activity, stimulus responses, and neuronal calcium transients | Cal-520® AM; Cal-590™ AM when combining calcium imaging with GFP. |
| Cardiac calcium handling | Beat-associated transients and changes in calcium release and recovery | Cal-520® AM or Calbryte™ 520 AM; evaluate signal kinetics and saturation in your model. |
| Immune-cell activation | Calcium flux after receptor stimulation in defined cell populations | Calbryte™ 520 AM for green-channel flow cytometry; Calbryte™ 630 AM for a compatible red-laser configuration. |
| Drug screening and receptor/channel assays | Compound-induced calcium responses and concentration–response curves | Screen Quest™ Calbryte™ 520 or Screen Quest™ Fluo-8® assays for streamlined, no-wash screening. |
| Calcium-store release and entry | Cytosolic calcium changes following store depletion or extracellular calcium addition | Fura-8™ AM for ratiometric measurements; Calbryte™ 520 AM for relative fluorescence changes. |