Porcine Luminex® Discovery Assay

Controls are not offered for Luminex Discovery Assays, but may be formulated by the end user. A general guide may be available upon request. Controls are available for select Luminex High Performance Assays and can be found under the supplemental products tab on the product webpage. Some High Performance Luminex kits include controls and the controls will be listed in the materials provided section on the product datasheet. When included in the kit, controls are not sold separately.

The feature to split based on dilution enables investigators to configure premix Luminex panels based on sample type (cell culture supernates, serum, and plasma). This keeps analytes requiring the same dilution factor within a single panel, while separating analytes requiring different dilutions. The recommended dilution factor for each analyte may be different for each sample type, and the suggested sample dilutions are built into the Luminex Customization Tool. Note that the suggested dilution factors are based on samples from healthy volunteers.

For Discovery Assays, each standard cocktail is a concentrate upon reconstitution with the volume specified on the Certificate of Analysis (CoA). After creating Standard 1 following the table in the product insert, the Standard 1 value is the concentration listed on the CoA.

It is recommended that a Calibration test be performed within one week prior to running an assay. A Verification test should be performed prior to data acquisition on the day of running an assay.