Gel-Bright™ Laser Diode Gel Illuminator

Features

The Laser Diode Advantage

• Novel LD illumination: Superior performance for imaging fluorescent gels
• Brighter signal: More sensitive than UV for green dyes
• Versatile: Works well with both green and red dyes, unlike blue LED illuminators
• Safer: Eliminates UV light hazards for user and DNA samples

Other Features

• Optimized lighting angle for even illumination
• Adjustable light intensity
• Multi-hinged adjustable amber filter for optimal signal
• Easy access to the gel for gel slice excision
• Compact and portable design
• Gel-Bright™ Imaging Hood included

Superior Performance Over Blue LED Iluminators
Gel illuminators have traditionally relied on UV illumination for visualization of fluorescently labeled nucleic acids and proteins. However, UV-based imaging can damage skin and eyes, as well as your DNA samples. LED-based illuminators were developed as a safer alternative to UV, but often have high background and dimmer signal due to excessive ambient light and poor excitation efficiency.

In partnership with Biotium, OMEC Medical has developed a new type of gel illuminator that uses LDs optimized for brighter and clearer fluorescent imaging of gels. The new laser diode-based Gel-Bright™ offers better sensitivity over UV-based transilluminators when imaging green dyes such as GelGreen® or SYBR® Green, as well as significantly better performance over blue LED gel illuminators for red dyes such as GelRed®, ethidium bromide (EtBr), and One-Step Lumitein™ Protein Gel Stain.

Convenient Imaging Hood Included

Capture an image of your gel with any device using the included Gel-Bright™ Imaging Hood. Simply place the imaging hood over the filter and image the gel through the small opening at the top using a camera or smart phone.

Note: Purchase of the Gel-Bright™ Laser Diode Gel Illuminator (E90005) includes the Gel-Bright™ Imaging Hood (E90005B). However, the Gel-Bright™ Imaging Hood (E90005B) may also be purchased as a standalone accessory.

Free Samples of Pre-Coated GelRed® & GelGreen® Agarose Included
Each purchase of a Gel-Bright™ Laser Diode Gel Illuminator will include a free sample of GelRed® Agarose LE (Cat. No. 41029-5G) and GelGreen® Agarose LE (Cat. No. 41030-5G). These are safer and more convenient pre-coated agarose formats that remove the extra step of adding dye to your agarose.

Compatible Dyes:
GelGreen® and GelRed® Nucleic Acid Gel Stains
EMBER™ Ultra RNA Gel Kit
Ethidium Bromide (EtBr)
EvaGreen® Dye (Biotium) (direct detection of EvaGreen® PCR products)
One-Step Lumitein™ and SYPRO® Ruby Protein Gel Stains
SYBR® Green (Thiazole Green), SYBR® Gold (Oxazole Gold), SYBR® Safe, and similar dyes
Learn more about our sensitive and less hazardous GelRed® and GelGreen® Nucleic Acid Gel Stains as well as our One-Step protein gel stains.

GelDoc-iT is a registered trademark of UVP/Analytik Jena GmbH; SYBR and SYPRO are registered trademarks of Thermo Fisher Scientific; Safe Imager is a trademark of Thermo Fisher Scientific.