Research Facilities

DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

Gel Documentation System

Make: Bio Rad
Model: Chemidoc MP

 

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Detector Cooled CCD, 6 megapixels
Dynamic range >4 orders of magnitude
Illumination source
  • Trans-UV, 302 nm excitation
  • Epi-white
  • Trans-white (requires White Sample Tray)
  • Trans-blue, 450−490 nm excitation (requires Blue SampleTray)
  • Epi-blue, 460−490 nm excitation
  • Epi-green, 520−545 nm excitation
  • Epi-red, 625−650 nm excitation
  • Epi-far red, 650−675 nm excitation
  • Epi-near IR, 755−777 nm excitation
Filter and application

Standard filter

  • 590/110 nm standard filter to perform protein and DNA gel and blot imaging

Chemiluminescence filter

  • 518–546 nm filter for blue-excitable fluorophores and stains
  • 577–613 nm filter for green-excitable fluorophores and stains
  • 675–725 nm for red-excitable fluorophores and stains
  • 700–730 nm filter for far red-excitable fluorophores and stains
  • 813–860 nm for near IR-excitable fluorophores and stains

Nanodrop

Make: Thermofisher Scientific
Model: Nanodrop 2000C

 

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Description Microvolume Spectrophotometer, with cuvet capability
Absorbance Accuracy 3% (at 0.74 Abs at 350 nm)
Absorbance Range Pedestal: 0 to 300 A Cuvette: 0 to 1.5 A
Accuracy 0.002
Detection Limits Pedestal: 2 ng/μL (dsDNA), 0.10 mg/mL (BSA)
Cuvette: 0.4 ng/μL (dsDNA), 0.01 mg/mL (BSA)
Detection Range 2 to 15,000 ng/μL (dsDNA), 0.10 to 400 mg/mL (BSA)
Wavelength Range 190 to 840 nm
Volume (Metric) 0.5 to 2.0 μL
Measurement Time >3 sec
Application Nucleic Acid Quantification, DNA Quantification, RNA Quantification, Protein Quantification