gel imaging and documentation system with ccd camera

Equipped with imported low-light CCD camera and high-performance zoom lens, the gel imaging and documentation system is capable of capturing weak electrophoretic band signals and realizing real-time high-definition display and accurate recording. Through the intelligent dark box design and multi-layer filtering system, it can effectively inhibit the background interference and guarantee the experimental safety and imaging quality, and it is an important image acquisition and data processing platform in the field of molecular biology, genetics and biomedicine.

Features of Gel Imaging and Documentation System

1. Highly sensitive digital CCD camera: imported low-light CCD with high resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio, which can capture the faint bands that are hard to notice by naked eyes.
2. imported 6 times optical zoom lens: support non-destructive zoom, easy to observe the gel image in detail and local zoom.
3. Gel positioning assistance lamp: the center indicator ensures precise gel placement and improves imaging reproducibility.
4. Intelligent dark box control panel: integrated zoom, focus, aperture, UV lamp and white light lamp convenient adjustment function, intuitive operation.
5. Safety protection mechanism: equipped with automatic UV lamp cut-off when opening the door to prevent UV leakage, UV mandatory switch and automatic time-delayed shutdown to protect the user’s health.
6. multi-interface communication: RS232 and USB interfaces support seamless connection with the computer to realize remote control and data transmission.
7. Drawer type movable gel table and special cut gel cover: easy to place, observe and cut gel operation.
8. Multi-layer coated filter set: effectively filter out stray light and background noise, improve image contrast and clarity.
9. modular design: each component is standardized and reliable, convenient for maintenance and upgrading, prolonging the service life of the equipment.
10. optional computer and printing equipment: to realize the whole process of digital image processing and experimental data organization.
11. Gel imaging analysis system is suitable for observing, photographing and analyzing the gel bands after electrophoresis. With the help of high-resolution CCD and zoom lens, it obtains the weak electrophoresis bands which are difficult to be recognized by naked eyes, adopts special filters to effectively filter out the background interference noise, and at the same time, it can effectively control the contamination of ethidium bromide (EB) and ultraviolet leakage, and realizes the simple and simple display of electrophoresis results in the screen enlargement, preservation, marking or editing, organizing the experimental report, printing, online transmission, etc., which can get rid of the complicated operation process of the experimenters and achieve the goal of common ultraviolet analyzer. It can get rid of the cumbersome operation process of experimenters and achieve the efficacy that is difficult to be compared with ordinary UV analyzer or film observation box.

Advantages

1. imaging quality: the combination of low-light CCD and multi-layer filtering technology, to ensure a clear image, rich in band details, suitable for high sensitivity experiments.
2. easy and efficient operation: intelligent control panel and computer remote control to reduce the threshold of learning and enhance the efficiency of the laboratory.
3. experimental safety is guaranteed: multiple UV safety protection measures to effectively prevent UV damage, to protect the operator’s safety.
4. intelligent data management: the system supports image editing, marking, saving and printing, to achieve standardized management of experimental data and convenient sharing.
5. Multi-functional integration: integrating gel-cutting observation, imaging acquisition, digital processing in one, to meet a variety of experimental needs.

Working Principle

Gel imaging and documentation system captures the light signals emitted by fluorescent dyes in the gel after UV or blue light excitation by a digital CCD camera. After the excitation light source activates the dye, the electrophoretically separated nucleic acid or protein bands in the gel emit fluorescence at specific wavelengths. The system’s filters block the background of the excitation light, allowing only the target fluorescence to pass through, and the camera converts the light signal into a high-resolution digital image. Combined with intelligent focus and zoom, users can precisely locate and magnify the target bands in the dark box, realizing high-definition imaging and subsequent image processing and analysis.

Application Areas

1. molecular biology: PCR product detection, DNA fingerprinting, genotyping, protein blotting and so on.
2. medical diagnosis: pathogen nucleic acid detection, genetic disease screening and tumor marker analysis.
3. Drug research development: drug target validation, efficacy evaluation and molecular level analysis in new drug screening.
4. Forensic identification: STR analysis, paternity testing, forensic DNA analysis.
5. Teaching and research: college biology, medicine, life science professional laboratory teaching and research.
6. environmental testing: identification of genetically modified crops, pathogenic microbial monitoring and other environmental bio-analysis.