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    G:BOX Chemi XX6

      

    Walk Away Western Blot Imaging

    Your lab’s imaging system shouldn’t control how you detect proteins on Western blots. Chemiluminescence is great if you want sensitive detection of picogram or femtogram amounts, while fluorescence lets you quantify and detect multiple different proteins on one blot. With a G:BOX Chemi XX6/XX9 you can have it all. Powered by Syngene’s revolutionary GeneSys software featuring hundreds of imaging protocols, you’re free to choose chemiluminescence and fluorescence reagents from any manufacturer, putting you in charge of how you detect your proteins.

    Featuring an extended darkroom, you can choose between a 6 or 9 mega pixel, cooled, high quantum efficiency camera for unrivaled levels of sensitivity with minimal background interference.

    HI-LED lighting options  cover the full spectrum of high intensity blue, green, red and infra-red resulting in faster exposure times and publication quality images. An edge lighting option can also be used for 2D gel capture including the use of DIGE gels.

    The system is controlled by GeneSys application driven image capture software and comes complete with unlimited copies of GeneTools analysis software.

     

     

    Gel imaging for fluorescence and chemiluminescence

    • High quantum efficiency (QE) camera
      For unrivalled levels of sensitivity
    • Fast chemiluminescence detection
      Walk-away image capture without film
    • Motor driven lens and filter wheel
      Easy to use, fully automated set up
    • IR and RGB HI-LED lighting options
      Multiplex fluorescence and protein quantification
    • Stain-free imaging capability
      Capture images of TGX Stain-Free™ FastCast™ acrylamide gels and many more
    • Edge lighting option
      2D and multiplex in-gel fluorescence DIGE image capture
    • White, UV and blue lighting options
      Capture all types of gel and blot images with one system
    • Extended darkroom with motor driven stage
      Easily image large gels and blots
    • GeneSys application driven image capture software
      Contains extensive database of dyes and imaging protocols. All you need to know is the type of gel you’re using and GeneSys automatically selects the optimal lighting and filters to produce the perfect image
    • GeneTools analysis software (unlimited copies)
      Analyse data at your own computer

    Specifications

     G:BOX Chemi XX6G:BOX Chemi XX9
    Image resolution (pixels m)69.1
    Effective resolution (pixels m)1827
    A/D16 bit16 bit
    Greyscales6553665536
    Quantum efficiency @ 425nm73%73%
    CoolingPeltierPeltier
    Lens (motor driven)Motor driven f0.8 or f0.95 with
    auto focus and stage zoom
    Motor driven f0.8 or f0.95 with
    auto focus and stage zoom
    Filter wheel (7 position motor driven)YesYes
    UV filterYesYes
    Use with external PCYesYes
    Darkroom  
    Extended with motor driven stageYesYes
    Illumination  
    Epi LED white lightsYesYes
    Epi UV 302nmOptionalOptional
    Epi red LED moduleOptionalOptional
    Epi blue LED moduleOptionalOptional
    Epi green LED moduleOptionalOptional
    Epi red LED module M series for multiplexingOptionalOptional
    Epi green LED module M series for multiplexingOptionalOptional
    Epi blue LED module M series for multiplexingOptionalOptional
    Epi IR LED moduleOptionalOptional
    IR multiplexing kit (680-800nm)OptionalOptional
    HI-LED RGBOptionalOptional
    HI-LED RGBIROptionalOptional
    HI-LED RIROptionalOptional
    Visible light converter 33 x 31cmOptionalOptional
    White light pad for visible stains (20 x 14cm)OptionalOptional
    UltraBright LED blue light transilluminator 20 x 16cmOptionalOptional
    Edge lighting unit 26.5 x 20cmOptionalOptional
    UV transilluminatorsOptionalOptional
    Dimensions  
    Max image area (cm) F0.80 lens34.5 x 27.634.5 x 27.6
    Min image area (cm) F0.80 lens15.6 x 12.515.6 x 12.5
    Max image area (cm) F0.95 lens32.3 x 25.632.3 x 25.6
    Min image area (cm) F0.95 lens15 x 11.815 x 11.8
    W x H x D (cm)57 x 99 x 5557 x 99 x 55
    Weight (kg)4545
    Voltage115v/240v115v/240v

     

     

     

     

    Accessories

     

     

     

    Transilluminators

    Syngene offers a range of UV transilluminators suitable for all your imaging needs. Transilluminators are available in 230V 50Hz, 230V 60Hz (-E60), 115V 60Hz (-A), 115V 60Hz (-ACA) and 100V 50/60Hz (-J). Available wavelengths are short wave (254nm, 2020S or 2530S), medium wave (302nm, 2020M or 2530M) and long wave (365nm, 2020L or 2530L).

     

     

     

     

    UltraBright-LED transilluminator

    Blue light transilluminators are often used as an alternative to a UV transilluminator when users wish to use ‘safe dyes’ instead of Ethidium Bromide. A blue light transilluminator is a ‘safe’ light source, in that the user is not exposed to harmful UV radiation and samples are free from photonicking. The UltraBright-LED transilluminator can be used instead of the UV transilluminator in all Syngene G:BOX systems.

    UltraBright-LED transilluminator can be used with gels up to 20 x 16cm for use in the G:BOX series. This model uses side mounted 470nm LED arrays for illumination.

     

     

     

     

    UV-blue light converter screens

    These come in two sizes 21cm x 26cm and 25cm x 30cm and are used to change harmful UV into blue light. They are made of scratch resistant plastic and are easy to retrofit onto a UV transilluminator.

     

     

     

     

    Visible light converter screens

    These come in two sizes 30.5cm x 33cm and 23.5cm x 30cm and are used to change UV light into visible light, ideal for imaging Coomassie Blue and Silver Stained gels.

     

     

     

     

    EPI UV

    The Epi UV module can be fitted to any G:BOX Chemi darkroom (those produced after July 2010). The module fits above the standard LED white light module which is standard on all G:BOX Chemi systems. The Epi UV module can have either a 254nm, 365nm or 302nm tube. Either one or two modules can be fitted to each darkroom.

     

     

     

     

    Filters

    The filter wheel takes the 72mm range of filters.

     

     

     

     

    HI-LEDs

    The option to add a full spectrum of high intensity blue, green, red and infra-red HI-LEDs that are up to 200 times brighter than standard LEDs, offering faster exposure times and cost-effective imaging for a wide range of fluorescence gel and blot applications.

    The excitation ranges of the HI-LEDs (+/- 10nm)

    • Blue – Peak 470nm
    • Green – Peak 525nm
    • Red – Peak 623nm
    • IR – Peak 740nm

     

     

     

     

    Printer

    Any printer with appropriate Windows drivers can be attached to the G:BOX Chemi. We recommend an A6 thermal printer such as Sony or Mitsubishi. These USB printers will “plug and play” with the G:BOX Chemi and require minimal set up. They will print hard copies of images in under 5 seconds on long life glossy thermal paper to give photographic quality images.

     

     

     

     

    Thermal paper

    Available as Matt or Glossy.

     

     

     

     

    UV tubes

    Short wave 8W, 254nm, Medium wave 8W, 302nm, Long wave 8W 365nm available.

     

     

     

     

    IQ/OQ/PQ procedures

    More and more laboratories require IQ/OQ/PQ verification these days. Syngene’s IQ/OQ/PQ procedures take the user through each step in the verification of a Syngene system in meeting the demands of the laboratory, regulatory compliances and standard operational procedures (SOP). These simple procedures allow the user to verify that a system meets defined installation, quality and performance specifications.