Review of Gel Doc™ XR+ System with Image Lab™ Software

Durban University of Technology
IWWT
Post doctoral Fellow

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Company:

Bio-Rad

Product Name:

Gel Doc™ XR+ System with Image Lab™ Software

Catalog Number:

721BR10704

I am working on the development of molecular techniques for the detection of bacteria in the environmental samples. I have used this equipment very frequently in analyzing ethidium bromide and gel red stained agarose gels.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Analyzing agarose gel for nucleic acids

Starting Material

DNA and RNA

Protocol Overview

The instrument is very useful and handling is easy. It allows the efficient capture of ethidium bromide and gel red stained gels. The analyzing software is good and easy. It also allows to do densitometric analysis of gels.

Tips

Follow the software manual

Results Summary

The equipment is very useful and provides publication quality images and the the software is very easy to use.The picture quality of agarose gels, obtained was very good.

Features Summary

Excellent picture quality

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Easy to use with good picture quality

The Bad

Sensitivity is less

The Bottom Line

Overall very nice piece of equipment with various useful features.

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