Typhoon  

A GE Amersham Typhoon imager is available in the facility for scanning gels, blots, microscope slides, microtiter plates, tissue specimens, and more! This new laser scanner is designed for versatile imaging and precise quantitation of fluorescent, colorimetric, and radiolabeled proteins and nucleic acids.   

• 4 types of imaging:
  • RGB & IR fluorescence
  • Luminescence
  • Phosphor (RI) imaging
  • Densitometry (OD)
• Illuminates with scanning lasers & detects light with photomultiplier tube (PMT)
• Equipped with 488nm, 532nm, 635nm, 685nm, and 785 nm lasers
• Emitted light is detected & amplified with a PMT, providing superior signal sensitivity
• Can accomodate very large samples, up to 40 cm x 46 cm in size. This large scanning surface also means that multiple gels/plates/etc. can be imaged & analyzed simultaneously.
• Provides max image resolution of 10 µm 

The Typhoon is housed in the Imaging Facility and can be reserved in iLab.  

Licor Odyssey 

Analyzes both chemiluminescence and near-infrared fluorescence such as Western blots, agarose gels, SDS-PAGE gels, Coomassie protein gels, RNAi analysis, and other assays. It uses 2-channel near-infrared fluorescence (green & red signals), which allows 2 proteins to be detected in the same sample lane without stripping and re-probing. Direct detection of near-infrared fluorescence signals is performed using secondary antibodies labeled with IRDye NIR fluorescent dyes, or other commercially available dyes such as SYBR Safe, SYBR Green I, SYTO 60, and other popular DNA stains.  

No reservation required.