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July 30

Life Science

Is your fluorescence fading before your eyes?

Products are for professional/laboratory use only.

Improve image retention with VECTASHIELD antifade mounting media

Fluorophores are susceptible to photobleaching and fading so choosing an effective mounting medium is especially important for IF imaging.

VECTASHIELD formulations offer unsurpassed protection against fading and photobleaching, while providing excellent signal retention for image acquisition and specimen archiving.

You’ve done all the work—now let us help you preserve your images. With over 60,000 references, VECTASHIELD is the most widely referenced antifade mounting media available.

Preserve and Protect!

Mouse bladder tissue section after sub-total cystectomy showing uroplakin/mCherry expression (red), and alpha smooth muscle actin (green). Mounted with VECTASHIELD Vibrance with DAPI (blue). Image provided by Kristina Stumpf, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Mouse embryonic fibroblast stained with mouse anti-tubulin followed by fluorescein horse anti-mouse IgG and mounted with VECTASHIELD HardSet with DAPI (blue) and VECTASHIELD HardSet with TRITC-Phalloidin (orange).

Human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived neurons stained with Brn3a (Green), Peripherin (Red), Beta-3 Tubulin (Magenta), and mounted with VECTASHIELD with DAPI (blue). Image provided by Michael Yee, University of Pittsburgh.

Click below to explore the VECTASHIELD product line:

H-1700: VECTASHIELD Vibrance (hardening, no counterstain)

H-1800: VECTASHIELD Vibrance (hardening, with DAPI counterstain)

H-1000: VECTASHIELD (non-hardening, no counterstain)

H-1200: VECTASHIELD with DAPI (non-hardening, with DAPI counterstain)

H-1300: VECTASHIELD with PI (non-hardening, with PI counterstain)

H-1400: VECTASHIELD HardSet (hardening, no counterstain)

H-1500: VECTASHIELD HardSet with DAPI (hardening, with DAPI counterstain)

H-1600: VECTASHIELD HardSet with Phalloidin (hardening, with TRITC-Phalloidin counterstain)

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Product Code	Description
VEH17002	VECTASHIELD® Vibrance (2mL)
VEH170010	VECTASHIELD® Vibrance™ (10mL)
VEH18002	VECTASHIELD® Vibrance with DAPI (2mL)
VEH180010	VECTASHIELD® Vibrance™ with DAPI (10mL)
VEH1000	Vector VECTASHIELD® Mounting Medium (10mL)
VEH1200	Vector VECTASHIELD® with DAPI (10mL)
VEH1300	Vector VECTASHIELD® Vibrance™ with Propidium Iodide (PI) (10mL)
VEH1400	Vector VECTASHIELD® HardSet™ Mounting Medium (10mL)
VEH1500	Vector VECTASHIELD® HardSet™ with DAPI (10mL)
VEH1600	VECTASHIELD® HardSet™ with TRITC-Phallodin (10mL)