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Abstract

A system and method to perform calibrated assays in reusable microplates, the method including steps of illuminating a microplate having wells and a microplate identifier, with a probe signal, detecting an uncalibrated return signal, reading the microplate identifier, retrieving, from a database by use of the microplate identifier, a calibration factor for each well in the microplate, calibrating the return signal for each well by use of the respective calibration factor for said well, and outputting the calibrated return signal as said calibrated assay. The system includes a microplate, comprising a plurality of wells and a microplate identifier, a reader to read the microplate identifier, a probe signal source and return signal detector, wherein a return signal comprises a probe signal after interaction with the plurality of wells, a calibration database to store the microplate identifier associated with return signal measurements, and a processor to perform the method.

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