Syngene, a manufacturer of image analysis products, has announced more details about Geni, its low-cost, fully motorised gel documentation system, which is ideal for DNA and protein-gel applications.
The Geni system generates 16-bit, publication-quality images of fluorescent and coloured DNA and protein gels.
Designed for simple, quick detection, the Geni gel documentation system is fitted with a fully motorised camera and zoom lens, providing a 2-megapixel resolution, and a six-position motorised filter wheel, ensuring safe, hands-off imaging in seconds.
Geni features a compact darkroom and built-in computer with a large touch screen, which means the system takes up minimal bench space while still offering users complete control of the camera, optics and filters.
The screen also facilitates access to icons linked to the company's patented imaging methods, ensuring that scientists can rapidly produce high-quality images.
The Geni's darkroom contains a slide-out trans-illuminator and fold-down white-light table for DNA and protein-gel applications.
An internal white light simplifies focusing and the safety interlocking doors automatically turn off the trans-illuminator when opened, preventing accidental ultraviolet (UV) exposure.
The system's integral processor allows users to generate, print and save perfect gel and blot images every time, according to Syngene.
To obtain data, researchers can save images to a USB memory stick using the USB port located on the front of the Geni and transfer the file to a laboratory computer.
Then, by using the company's image analysis software, Genetools, images can be analysed for base pair number and molecular weight for accurate quantification.
'For scientists with limited space or budgets, the combination of intelligent design and patented imaging technologies makes Geni the best-value gel documentation system for the high-quality imaging of all commercial fluorescent and visible dyes,' said Laura Sullivan, Syngene's divisional manager.
