We recently added a new, more reliable and performant imager to the Keck Biophysics Facility, the Azure 600. The Azure 600 offers the following capabilities and features:
- Capabilities
- Chemiluminescent imaging
- Fluorescent Imaging
- Blue, Green, Red, and NIR epi-light sources (light from above)
- Trans-UV light source (light from below)
- White Light imaging
- True color imaging
- Trans- White light
- Features
- 9.1 MP camera for publication-ready images
- Multiple detection modalities in a single instrument – Can mix and match filters with different light
sources - Can auto-expose specific regions of image
- High functional dynamic range for simultaneous detection of low & high abundance targets
- No manual focusing regardless of gel size
- Use with a wide range of fluorescent probes
- Multiple targets can be probed on a single blot with up to three visible fluorescent channels
- Bands can be excised without leaving the imager
- DNA imaged with minimal damage
- Fluorescent blot reimaging over weeks
- High CCD sensitivity & speed improves target detection even when signals are faint or fading
If interested, please request training for the new system (NUCore ID : Azure 600): https://nucore.northwestern.edu/facilities/KeckBio/instruments/azure600/single_reservations/new
The Azure 600 has replaced the LAS 4010, so if you were a user of the LAS and want to smoothly transition to the new system, please be sure to request training in NUcore