Listen to our customers’ feedback on how our lab systems and software have positively impacted their work.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Academy of Medicine, Lithuania
| “Our Lab is focused on gap junction-mediated intercellular communication. We study expression of gap junction proteins (connexins) under various physiological and pathological conditions. To analyse our results we need an imager that can perform well with DNA gels and chemiluminescent Western blots.” “We reviewed a range of imaging systems and chose the G:BOX XRQ because it provides us the best all-round performance for an affordable price. We like working with the G:BOX XRQ because the system makes it easy to produce good publication quality pictures all in one programme and we can upgrade by buying other filters for fluorescent Western blots as and when we need them.” |
Dr Ieva Antanaviciute
Northumbria University, UK
| “We’ve been using the Syngene G:BOX Chemi XX6 since 2013 for imaging chemi blots to determine how conditions such as diabetes, Hepatitis C infection and obesity affect the amounts of drug metabolising enzymes that are expressed.” “During that time, the G:BOX Chemi XX6 has worked well and we’ve had great training and service from Syngene. I’d definitely recommend the G:BOX Chemi XX6 to any scientist because the system is really easy to use and gives us good quality images every time.” |
Dr Robert Finn
Major European University
| “We’re using rabbit and mouse models to study the effects of glucose in metabolic diseases. To do this, we often have to analyse large protein gels and blots and leave our chemiluminescent Westerns developing for a long time with film to get good results.” “To get away from using film, we reviewed three image analysers and in 2014 chose the G:BOX Chemi XRQ because the system can easily image large gels and blots and the GeneSys software makes it simple to set up. Also the system’s binning feature gives us incredible sensitivity so for price and performance, the G:BOX Chemi XRQ is the clear winner.” |
Touchlight Genetics, Leatherhead, UK
| “We are a start-up biotech developing new technology in the fast developing DNA therapeutics field. As a small business we need to work quickly and efficiently and rely on equipment that is simple to operate and delivers what we want with high precision. In this respect, G:BOX EF meets all our needs.” “Even though we have only had the G:BOX EF for a very short time, it is now being used to routinely analyse all our DNA and protein gels and its “point and shoot” capability has saved us countless hours. I have worked with several other gel doc systems and I can honestly say the G:BOX EF is one of the best I have used.” |
Dr Lisa Caproni
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
| “At Maastricht University we run a bachelors science programme to train students in complex molecular biology techniques. In this programme, students extract proteins from mosses, tropical leaves and insects, run the proteins on gels and then transfer them onto Western blots. On this course we need an imaging system that allows students to easily switch applications, to train them to analyse different gel and blot types.” “After assessing two other imaging systems in 2012, we chose a G:BOX Chemi imager for the programme because the GeneSys software which comes with the G:BOX Chemi is much easier to use with minimal training. We have found the quality of the apparatus is very good and the service we have had from Syngene has been perfect in helping us to install and set up the G:BOX Chemi system so that our enthusiastic students can use it without any difficulty.” |
Paul Lemmens
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.” |
Dr Cagdas Tazearslan
Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
| “We originally installed a GeneGenius system in 1999 and Syngene upgraded this for us to a G:BOX a couple of years ago. This G:BOX is very heavily used and last year we needed another one to cope with the demand. Since our first G:BOX has been very reliable and the support we have had from Syngene has been so fantastic, we had no hesitation in installing a G:BOX chemiluminescence imager as our next system. Both G:BOX systems are very versatile and we use them in research to image standard DNA gels, gelatin zymograms and autoradiograms and even our final year students find them very easy to use. I would recommend the G:BOX systems to anyone wanting a great image analyser for their molecular biology research.” |
Dr David Mincher
Agrico Research BV, The Netherlands
| “We breed new potato varieties for use all over the world. In 2013, we installed a G:BOX image analyser because we need to have digital images of gels of our potato DNA fingerprints. This makes it easier for us to trace the origins of varieties and to have an audit trail for each new one we develop. We chose the G:BOX because it can accommodate our oversized gels and easily image them; with other systems we looked at we had to chop our gel into two pieces to image it and then stick the images together, which is too time consuming.” “We also like the fact that Syngene has developed the software and hardware for the G:BOX and we can have direct contact with their experts to discuss what we want to do. The support we had from Syngene’s team has been very good and we’re very happy with our G:BOX system because it has made this part of the task of trying to identify unknown potato varieties much simpler.” |