Bio-Rad Bio-Rad ChemiDoc Touch Imaging System Imager

The ChemiDoc Touch System is a versatile imaging system known for its user-friendly interface and advanced imaging capabilities. It offers both chemiluminescence and fluorescence detection, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, including gel and blot imaging.

Key features include:

• Intuitive Touch-Screen Interface: The system is designed with an intuitive touch-screen interface, making it easy to operate and navigate during imaging processes.
• Best-in-Class Imaging Capabilities: The ChemiDoc Touch System is renowned for its best-in-class imaging capabilities, ensuring high-quality results in gel and blot imaging.
• Chemiluminescence Detection: It is equipped to detect chemiluminescent signals, which are commonly used in Western blotting and other molecular biology applications.
• Fluorescence Detection: The system also supports fluorescence detection, allowing for the visualization of fluorescently labeled samples, such as DNA gels or protein blots.
• Stain-Free Gel and Blot Imaging: Additionally, the ChemiDoc Touch System offers stain-free gel and blot imaging. This feature eliminates the need for traditional staining methods, reducing overall workflow time and enhancing sensitivity.
• Compact Design: The system boasts a compact design that integrates a powerful computer and a user-friendly touch screen.
• Image Lab Touch Software: It comes with highly intuitive Image Lab Touch Software for seamless image acquisition and analysis.

Specifications

Applications

• Chemiluminescence: Yes
• Fluorescence: Yes
• Colorimetry/densitometry: Yes
• Gel documentation: Yes

Hardware Specifications

• Touch-screen functionality: Multi-touch capability (4 points), 12\" display
• Maximum image area:16.8 x 21 cm
• Illumination modes:
• Epi-white (standard)
• Trans-UV, 302 nm (standard)
• Trans-white (optional)
• Trans-blue (optional)
• Detector: Cooled CCD
• Camera cooling temperature: –25°C
• Filter holder: 2 positions (1 for standard filter, 1 without filter for chemiluminescence)
• Emission filters: Standard filter to perform protein and DNA gel and blot imaging
• Dynamic range: >4 orders of magnitude
• Pixel density (gray levels):65,535
• Instrument size (L x W x H):61 x 51 x 53 cm
• Instrument weight: 35 kg (78 lb)

Automation Capabilities

• Smart Tray Technology: The ChemiDoc Touch Imaging System automatically recognizes the application-specific trays and adjusts imaging parameters and software options accordingly
• Autofocus (patent pending):Precalibrated focus for any zoom setting or sample height
• Image flat fielding:Dynamic; precalibrated and optimized for every application
• Auto-exposure

1. 2 user-defined modes (rapid or optimal auto-exposure) for chemiluminescence
2. 2 user-defined modes (intense or faint bands) for non-chemiluminescence applications