The Invitrogen E-Gel Imager is a compact, affordable, easy-to-use imaging system for stained gels and Invitrogen WesternDot 625 probe–stained western blots. Equipped with a high-resolution digital camera, the E-Gel system can be used to image gels incorporating fluorescent stains (e.g., ethidium bromide and Invitrogen SYBR stains) or colorimetric stains (Invitrogen Coomassie and silver stains). Additionally, you can image western blots detected with the WesternDot 625 detection kit reagents, avoiding the need for film processing. Setup is simple, and the system features intuitive software for band analysis.
High-quality imaging from a variety of gel types
The E-Gel Imager is designed for the documentation and densitometric analysis of stained nucleic acids and proteins in agarose and polyacrylamide gels, including E-Gel agarose gels and Invitrogen Novex NuPAGE acrylamide gels. In addition, the E-Gel Imager may be used to image western blots that have been probed with WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies.
Each E-Gel Imager includes a camera hood and your choice of interchangeable bases:
- Blue Light Base—ideal for DNA stains such as Invitrogen SYBR Safe stain and Invitrogen SYBR Green stain, as well as for E-Gel EX agarose gels
- UV Light Base—best for ethidium bromide–stained gels
- E-Gel Adaptor Base—use with the Invitrogen E-Gel Go! System or Invitrogen E-GeliBase /E-Gel Safe Imager System for real-time monitoring of gel progress
You may use either the Blue Light Base or the UV Light Base to image stained protein gels (including Invitrogen product line such as SimplyBlue Safe, SilverQuest Silver, SYPRO Ruby, and Coomassie blue stains) by using the E-Gel Imager White-Light Conversion Screen.
Filter choice for optimum signal capture
Your choice of three interchangeable filters allows even greater flexibility to capture images from various stains—the orange “universal” filter; a green filter optimal for SYBR Green and SYBR Safe stains and for E-Gel EX agarose gels; and an optional red filter for higher resolution when using Invitrogen Molecular Probes Qdot 625 probes.
Every E-Gel Imager camera hood comes with a pre-installed orange (universal) filter. Users may remove the orange filter and replace with either a green or red filter, depending on the stain used.
| Molecules | Gel type | Stain | E-Gel Imager System with: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV Light Base | Blue Light Base | E-Gel Adaptor Base | |||
| Nucleic acids | Agarose (
|
Ethidium bromide | ✓✓✓✓ | ||
| SYBR stains1,2 | ✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | ||
| Colorimetric stains3 | ✓✓✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | |||
| Proteins | Polyacrylamide gels | Colorimetric stains3 | ✓✓✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | |
| Fluorescent stains4 | ✓✓✓✓ | ||||
| Western blots | Qdot detection5 | ✓✓✓✓ | |||
1 SYBR stains (i.e., SYBR Green, SYBR Safe, and SYBR Gold stains) are excited most optimally with blue light. If using UV light to excite SYBR stains, the E-Gel Imager UV/SYBR Filter will also be required.
2 E-Gel gels may be visualized on the UV Light Base (ethidium bromide, SYBR Safe, or SYBR
3 The E-Gel Imager White-Light Conversion Screen is required for viewing DNA gels stained with SilverQuest Silver Stain for DNA, and protein gels stained with SimplyBlue Safe Stain, SilverQuest Silver Stain, and Coomassie Blue Stain.
4 Protein gels with stains such as SYPRO Ruby may be visualized on the E-Gel Imager System with the UV Light Base.
5 For higher-resolution imaging results, the E-Gel Imager Qdot 625 Filter may be used for imaging western blots probed with Qdot probes, such as WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies with Invitrogen VIVID technology.
E-Gel Imager Software
The Invitrogen product line such as GelQuant Express Analysis Software and GelCapture Acquisition Software applications integrate seamlessly with the E-Gel Imager System to provide you with all the applications, functions, and tools for analyzing captured images and data, including densitometric analysis (based on a standard). Both software applications are included with each E-Gel Imager System.
- Find out more about the E-Gel Imager Software applications
Excellent detection of target proteins with WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies
The E-Gel Imager (with either the orange or red filter) can image WesternDot secondary antibody–probed blots with sensitivity that is comparable to that observed using enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL)–based western blot detection. WesternDot secondary antibodies incorporate Qdot probes enhanced with VIVID technology, which results in a brighter signal than with the previous-generation Qdot reagents.
- Faster time-to-results—eliminate cumbersome HRP and ECL optimization
- Cost savings—image the blot directly; no more films to process
- Blot signals stable for weeks to months—obtain multiple exposures without significant reduction in signal
Learn more about WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies:
Specifications
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | Hood (20.3 x 28.4 x 36.5 cm) |
| Base (21.4 x 30.4 x 11.9 cm) | |
| Viewing dimensions (W x D) | 12 x 15 cm |
| Excitation light source | UV light–312 nm |
| Blue light–470 nm | |
| Power | 110 or 220 VAC; 50–60 Hz |
| Camera | |
| Type | CCD |
| Gradation | 12-bit |
| Resolution | 1,296 (H) x 964(V); 1.3 megapixels |
| Dynamic range | 56.77 DB |
| Exposure time | 0.01 milliseconds to 10 seconds |
| Optics | |
| Super bright lens | F/1.4 improved lens |
| Optical zoom 6-12 mm | |
| Field of view | 11 x 14 cm |
| Emission filter | Orange filter (ethidium bromide and SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain) |
| Green filter (Fluorescein, SYBR Gold, SYBR Green) | |
| Red filter (Qdot 625) | |
| Software | |
| Image capture | GelCapture™ Acquisition Software |
| 1D image analysis | GelQuant™ Express Analysis Software |
| System requirements | |
| Operating system | Windows® XP Professional (English version, SP3, 32-bit), OR Windows® 7 Professional (English version, 32-bit), Windows 8.1 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™2 Duo, 1.8 GHz |
| Memory | Minimum 4 GB RAM |
E-Gel Imager videos
The E-Gel Imager:
Revolutionizing Gel Documentation
Unboxing the E-Gel Imager
High-quality imaging from a variety of gel types
The E-Gel Imager is designed for the documentation and densitometric analysis of stained nucleic acids and proteins in agarose and polyacrylamide gels, including E-Gel agarose gels and Invitrogen Novex NuPAGE acrylamide gels. In addition, the E-Gel Imager may be used to image western blots that have been probed with WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies.
Each E-Gel Imager includes a camera hood and your choice of interchangeable bases:
- Blue Light Base—ideal for DNA stains such as Invitrogen SYBR Safe stain and Invitrogen SYBR Green stain, as well as for E-Gel EX agarose gels
- UV Light Base—best for ethidium bromide–stained gels
- E-Gel Adaptor Base—use with the Invitrogen E-Gel Go! System or Invitrogen E-GeliBase /E-Gel Safe Imager System for real-time monitoring of gel progress
You may use either the Blue Light Base or the UV Light Base to image stained protein gels (including Invitrogen product line such as SimplyBlue Safe, SilverQuest Silver, SYPRO Ruby, and Coomassie blue stains) by using the E-Gel Imager White-Light Conversion Screen.
Filter choice for optimum signal capture
Your choice of three interchangeable filters allows even greater flexibility to capture images from various stains—the orange “universal” filter; a green filter optimal for SYBR Green and SYBR Safe stains and for E-Gel EX agarose gels; and an optional red filter for higher resolution when using Invitrogen Molecular Probes Qdot 625 probes.
Every E-Gel Imager camera hood comes with a pre-installed orange (universal) filter. Users may remove the orange filter and replace with either a green or red filter, depending on the stain used.
| Molecules | Gel type | Stain | E-Gel Imager System with: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV Light Base | Blue Light Base | E-Gel Adaptor Base | |||
| Nucleic acids | Agarose (
|
Ethidium bromide | ✓✓✓✓ | ||
| SYBR stains1,2 | ✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | ||
| Colorimetric stains3 | ✓✓✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | |||
| Proteins | Polyacrylamide gels | Colorimetric stains3 | ✓✓✓✓ | ✓✓✓✓ | |
| Fluorescent stains4 | ✓✓✓✓ | ||||
| Western blots | Qdot detection5 | ✓✓✓✓ | |||
1 SYBR stains (i.e., SYBR Green, SYBR Safe, and SYBR Gold stains) are excited most optimally with blue light. If using UV light to excite SYBR stains, the E-Gel Imager UV/SYBR Filter will also be required.
2 E-Gel gels may be visualized on the UV Light Base (ethidium bromide, SYBR Safe, or SYBR
3 The E-Gel Imager White-Light Conversion Screen is required for viewing DNA gels stained with SilverQuest Silver Stain for DNA, and protein gels stained with SimplyBlue Safe Stain, SilverQuest Silver Stain, and Coomassie Blue Stain.
4 Protein gels with stains such as SYPRO Ruby may be visualized on the E-Gel Imager System with the UV Light Base.
5 For higher-resolution imaging results, the E-Gel Imager Qdot 625 Filter may be used for imaging western blots probed with Qdot probes, such as WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies with Invitrogen VIVID technology.
E-Gel Imager Software
The Invitrogen product line such as GelQuant Express Analysis Software and GelCapture Acquisition Software applications integrate seamlessly with the E-Gel Imager System to provide you with all the applications, functions, and tools for analyzing captured images and data, including densitometric analysis (based on a standard). Both software applications are included with each E-Gel Imager System.
- Find out more about the E-Gel Imager Software applications
Excellent detection of target proteins with WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies
The E-Gel Imager (with either the orange or red filter) can image WesternDot secondary antibody–probed blots with sensitivity that is comparable to that observed using enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL)–based western blot detection. WesternDot secondary antibodies incorporate Qdot probes enhanced with VIVID technology, which results in a brighter signal than with the previous-generation Qdot reagents.
- Faster time-to-results—eliminate cumbersome HRP and ECL optimization
- Cost savings—image the blot directly; no more films to process
- Blot signals stable for weeks to months—obtain multiple exposures without significant reduction in signal
Learn more about WesternDot 625 secondary antibodies:
Specifications
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | Hood (20.3 x 28.4 x 36.5 cm) |
| Base (21.4 x 30.4 x 11.9 cm) | |
| Viewing dimensions (W x D) | 12 x 15 cm |
| Excitation light source | UV light–312 nm |
| Blue light–470 nm | |
| Power | 110 or 220 VAC; 50–60 Hz |
| Camera | |
| Type | CCD |
| Gradation | 12-bit |
| Resolution | 1,296 (H) x 964(V); 1.3 megapixels |
| Dynamic range | 56.77 DB |
| Exposure time | 0.01 milliseconds to 10 seconds |
| Optics | |
| Super bright lens | F/1.4 improved lens |
| Optical zoom 6-12 mm | |
| Field of view | 11 x 14 cm |
| Emission filter | Orange filter (ethidium bromide and SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain) |
| Green filter (Fluorescein, SYBR Gold, SYBR Green) | |
| Red filter (Qdot 625) | |
| Software | |
| Image capture | GelCapture™ Acquisition Software |
| 1D image analysis | GelQuant™ Express Analysis Software |
| System requirements | |
| Operating system | Windows® XP Professional (English version, SP3, 32-bit), OR Windows® 7 Professional (English version, 32-bit), Windows 8.1 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™2 Duo, 1.8 GHz |
| Memory | Minimum 4 GB RAM |
E-Gel Imager videos
The E-Gel Imager:
Revolutionizing Gel Documentation
Unboxing the E-Gel Imager
Resources
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