Gel Documentation System

Product discontinued.

Our new duoVIEW transilluminator offers the user the added advantage of being able to view their gels with either standard UV light or using the safer blue light technology. This means only one transilluminatior need to be kept in the lab. They can either be used as a standalone unit or with the microDOC, as part of a fully integrated gel documentation system. With a large surface area, each transilluminator serves as the perfect workstation for viewing and working with fluorescently-stained protein and nucleic acid gels.

The GDH-BASIC is a low cost, simple to use gel documentation hood for use with a mobile phone, reduces background from ambient light when using blue light transilluminators. Simply place the hood over your.Blue light Transilluminator and use your phone to zoom in and take an image. Then transfer the images from your phone to your analysis software. Ideal for education use or where low costs are important!

Available in single and dual wavelength formats, in 21x21cm and 21x26cm sizes, our transilluminators are supplied either as standalone units or with the microDOC, as part of a fully integrated gel documentation system. With a large surface area, each transilluminator serves as the perfect workstation for viewing and working with fluorescently-stained protein and nucleic acid gels.

Standard features include a high/low intensity safety switch and an efficient starter that allows each of the six 8-Watt UV tubes to energise quickly without flickering, while special filter glass minimises unwanted background light. All of these features maximise contrast and sensitivity, allowing even the faintest fluorescent gels to be viewed. Two dual wavelength models offer added flexibility and convenience.

The microDOC can be supplied with our various formats of transilluminators.

runDOC is a portable, lightweight gel documentation system designed exclusively for use with RunVIEW – the innovative new system designed for real-time size fractionation and recovery of nucleic acids. RunDOC comprises a darkroom hood and 12.1 megapixel digital camera to capture images of nucleic acid gels stained with EtBr, SYBR and runSAFE. The RunDOC darkroom hood is placed directly over the RVMSCHOICE gel tank located on the RunVIEW base unit, which includes an integrated power supply and blue LED gel illuminator. The blue LED illuminator provides the excitation source for the DNA gel located within the tank, and following excitation the light emitted is then visualized using either one of the bluVIEW lid options (supplied with RunVIEW and used with the RVMSCHOICE gel tank) or the RunDOC filter slide. RunDOC also benefits from a small footprint area, occupying minimal space within the laboratory.

Using RunVIEW is simple; first, cast a gel featuring two rows of wells with one matching pair of the preparatory combs supplied, before transferring the blue-light transparent gel tray to the MSCHOICE tank located on the base unit. Add sufficient buffer just to cover the gel, and remove the combs to load the DNA samples into the upper row of wells (loading tier). Replace the lid to connect the MSCHOICE tank to the integrated power supply before applying the voltage and switching on the blue LED gel illuminator. Watch through the bluVIEW lid viewing pane as the samples migrate in real-time to the second row of wells (extraction tier). Once the DNA bands of interest enter the tier, simply stop the power supply, remove the lid and harvest the DNA by pipette.

Available in single and dual wavelength formats, in 21x21cm and 21x26cm sizes, our transilluminators are supplied either as standalone units or with the MicroDOC, as part of a fully integrated gel documentation system. With a large surface area, each transilluminator serves as the perfect workstation for viewing and working with fluorescently-stained protein and nucleic acid gels.

Standard features include a high/low intensity safety switch and an efficient starter that allows each of the six 8-Watt UV tubes to energise quickly without flickering, while special filter glass minimises unwanted background light. All of these features maximise contrast and sensitivity, allowing even the faintest fluorescent gels to be viewed. Two dual wavelength models offer added flexibility and convenience.