Dyversity is designed for the rapid generation of 2D protein gel images and features a high resolution, 16-bit CCD camera inside a computer-controlled darkroom. This camera offers unrivalled separation of the highest density of protein spot images and can capture faint spots guaranteeing imaging accuracy which is comparable to many expensive laser based scanning systems.

The versatile Dyversity system has a motor driven sample stage, motor driven lens and can be fitted with a range of filters, UV and visible lighting options to allow imaging of all commercial 2D protein stains including Coomassie Blue, silver stain, SYPRO® Ruby, Pro-Q® Diamond, Deep Purple™. With an optional lighting module it is also possible to image gels stained with Cy2, Cy3 and Cy5. The high-quality 2D gel images produced by Dyversity can be easily downloaded for rapid analysis into Dymension, Syngene's powerful 2D gel image analysis software.

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Why buy this product

• Speed
  Using a CCD based system (rather than a scanning laser based model) for the capture of a 2D gel is considerably faster. This means a much faster throughput of work which is particularly useful when working with a large number of gel replicants.

• Image quality
  You get high quality images. The 16 bit camera also ensures images have a very wide dynamic range which increases the accuracy of quantification. A "single"shot capture of the entire gel means that no image stitching is necessary with a Dyversity system.

• High sensitivity
  The camera sensors have large pixels which contribute to having a high sensitivity to light. With high sensitivity the user is able to detect down to femptogram levels which are often found in low abundance proteins.

• Versatile
  Although the Dyversity is primarily a system for the capture of 2D gels it can be extended to work with all types of sample. It is possible to image fluorescent gels, chemiluminescent blots and colour fluorescence applications with Dyversity. This makes the system ideal as a complete laboratory workstation.

• Multiplex imaging
  With the Edge lighting unit the Dyversity is perfect for the capture of multiplexed type samples such as DIGE gels. The edge lighting unit is specifically designed to give a very narrow bandwidth of light ensuring maximum excitation of the dyes with minimal cross-talk. 

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Testimonials

Dr Sonali Patil, Scientist, Burzynski Research Institute, Texas, USA

“Since 2007, we have been using the Dyversity 2D image analysis system to analyze proteins associated with brain tumors on chemiluminescent Westerns and have detected and quantified bands which we haven’t been able to see using other image analyzers. We also use Dyversity with Dymension 2D analysis software to quantify protein spots on 2D gels because the two together make this complicated analysis straightforward.”

“The technical support we have had from Syngene is excellent. They have taught us how to use the software efficiently and have always been prompt to respond to all our queries with helpful suggestions. I would go so far as to say we have never had such great support from any other company and I would recommend a Dyversity and Dymension to anyone thinking of doing 2D gel work.”

Dr Jane Gray, Senior Scientific Officer, Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK

“Our Dyversity system is used by a number of different research groups to image chemiluminescent and fluorescent Westerns, as well as DNA and protein gels of a variety of cancers. The service we have had from Syngene is excellent, as they trained us to get the best out of the Dyversity’s software and even helped us with a more unusual fluorescence application.”

“We have used different imagers in the past and they were so complicated to set up that it is great to use the Dyversity system where the software is intuitive. Using the system we have obtained perfect chemiluminescent blot results, without having to stand over them or become a camera expert, which makes Dyversity the perfect imager for our research.”

Professor Beat Riederer, Centre for Psychiatric Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

“In 2007 we started using the Syngene Dyversity system to speed up the imaging of our DIGE* gels. We label our proteins with fluorescent dyes to detect differences in the protein composition and use Coomassie Blue stained gels to identify specific proteins by mass spectrometry. We utilise the Dyversity system, because it offers the possibility to use several wavelengths to detect fluorescent emissions of three or more labeled protein mixtures separated on the same two-dimensional electrophoresis gel.”

“Using the Dyversity system, we have analysed DIGE gels with at least three different colours to produce an image in just two minutes. We have been very happy with the Dyversity system because it has enabled us to rapidly analyse our gels and locate some very interesting proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases.”

*DIGE is differential 2D gel electrophoresis

Dr Cagdas Tazearslan, Research Associate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

“We installed a Dyversity imaging system in 2008 because we needed to accurately detect small amounts of proteins associated with the human aging process. The Dyversity has been very easy to use as the training and the technical support we have had from Syngene have been exceptional.”

“With the system, we have been able to rapidly generate reproducible data which let us measure phosphorylation levels of different signal transduction molecules in insulin-like-growth factor1 pathway so the quantification and analysis capabilities of the Dyversity are exactly right for our work.”