Ten micron resolution XYZ picking accuracy ensures even the most closely spaced protein features can be picked, and line-scanning imaging technology ensures the highest quality gel images
Genomic Solutions announces the global launch of Investigator ProPic II, an instrument which it says combines high quality gel imaging with the most accurate and reliable picking technology.
Ten micron resolution XYZ picking accuracy ensures even the most closely spaced protein features can be picked, it says.
To enable accurate picking the Investigator ProPic II is able to acquire the highest quality gel images with a unique line-scanning imaging technology.
The imaging system ensures the detection of the lowest abundance proteins, as well as the smallest protein features on gels.
The CCD camera employed utilises the latest 16-bit technology and offers a resolution of 80 microns, said to be the highest specification integrated gel imaging system and gel picking available in the market.
Accurate and reliable picking can only be achieved if the gel environment is controlled.
The Investigator ProPic II comes with a software controlled gel rehydration system that can be upgraded with Hepa filtration, humidification, or cooling for complete gel environmental control.
The Investigator ProPic II is said to be the first platform of its type to be able to simultaneously image, analyse and pick from two large-format 2D gels at the same time.
This enables laboratories to be more effective in the identification and isolation of their proteins of interest, with fewer steps required to perform this routine task.
The ability to pick from two gels offers the user many options in their workflow including running duplicates of samples, similar samples in different conditions, or alternatively stained gels.
In addition, this workflow ensures minimal gel manipulation and the maintenance of a contamination free environment.
The ProPic II is an accurate, reliable and modular gel picker that can be configured to meet the present and future throughput and functionality needs of any laboratory requiring protein excision from gels.
All this is offered in a compact unit that takes up just 90cm of bench space in the laboratory.
