Talk:Relative fluorescence units

The origin of rfu

Hello. I was the scientist who created the term "Relative Fluorescence Unit" abbreviated as "rfu" for the first fluorescence scanner I developed in 1991. Its commercial name was the FluorImager575. At the time, there was no Google or other powerful search-engine so I assumed I was the originator of “rfu”. The scanner was to replace the camera/light box qualitative methods used in molecular biology labs. Some components of the scanner were patented. I have pictures and info of the scanner itself, my cover picture taken with the prototype of the scanner on the Biotechnique magazine, marketing brochures, technical notes and published articles with "rfu" mentioned in them. All the subsequent fluorescence scanners/detectors from that company (Molecular Dynamics, acquired by Amersham then GE) use “rfu”. I would appreciate if one of the contributors of this page can help to update the "Relative fluorescence units" wiki page; I will provide the info. BeeChoo Liang (talk) 08:06, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Broken link

The link to http://www.dna.gov/glossary/ in the first reference appears to be broken. Not sure where it should point. Steveraysteveray (talk) 14:44, 31 October 2025 (UTC)