Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
| “We assessed two CCD-based imagers and decided to purchase the G:BOX Chemi because the system is the most user-friendly as the GeneSys software guides you through everything and you don’t have to be an imaging expert to take a blot picture. The service from Syngene is also very good. With other systems we have installed, the reps haven’t been back but with the G:BOX Chemi we had a return visit to check everything was OK and had help with software when we needed it because Syngene’s team is knowledgeable and approachable.” “We currently use the G:BOX Chemi regularly to image agarose and acrylamide DNA or RNA gels and sometimes use the G:BOX to image plate-assays of bacteria expressing fluorescent luciferase. The system is very popular as many other researchers and students come to use the G:BOX Chemi to image DNA gels now instead of using our old gel doc because the quality of the images is just so much better.” |
Raymond Staals
Researcher
Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| “We have had wonderful service from Syngene in the past with our GeneGnome systems so we’re used to using the GeneTools analysis software and we like it. When it came to finding a system for imaging fluorescent Western blots in 2013, we chose the PXi Touch because the system performed well alongside a laser based scanner but was less expensive and came with a longer warranty.” “We now use the PXi Touch to perform multiplex fluorescent blotting work and interchange fluorescence and chemi on the same blot to obtain great accuracy and reproducibility of results. Since the PXi Touch is easy for everyone in our laboratory to use with minimal training, we have even got the white light box and transilluminator so we can extend its use for imaging protein and DNA gels as well. In short, we are very pleased with our PXi Touch as the system does exactly what Syngene said it would!” |
Dr Emily Taylor
Laboratory Manager
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| “We had our GeneGenius upgraded to a G:BOX more than two years ago by Syngene’s excellent support team. They were very knowledgeable and were able to talk us through any technical questions we had. The G:BOX is now very heavily used all day, every day for analysing DNA and protein gels and we print over 500 gel images every month. In short, the G:BOX is a gel imaging workhorse that works!” |
Dr Cynthia Lampert Moore
Laboratory Manager
University of Glasgow, Scotland
| “We decided to upgrade our gel doc to an InGenius system because we found the InGenius is more sensitive than others we looked at in the same price range, and we can save our images in a TIFF format. This is important to us, as we can still use the existing DNA analysis software that we like to analyse our gel images.” “We are looking for microbial DNA stained with SYBR Green in colonic samples taken from children with chronic digestive diseases. The DNA bands on our gels are often low intensity so we need an imager which can detect these. Syngene’s technical team is very honest and they advised us on the right lighting and filter combination to allow us to easily visualise our DNA. We’re very pleased we purchased an InGenius.” |
Dr Konstantinos Gerasimidis
Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition
School of Veterinary Science, The University of Liverpool, UK
| “We have been using our G:BOX EF since 2009 to routinely detect PCR products derived from parasitic red worms that infect horses. We chose the G:BOX EF because we can use it to visualise DNA stained with SYBR® Safe using blue light, which means it is much safer for us than using toxic stains and UV light.” “We easily set up our G:BOX EF straight from the box and so far we have found the system easy to navigate around. Even our students can use the G:BOX EF with minimal supervision. The G:BOX EF can detect small amounts of sometimes low intensity PCR product very well so is ideal for our research.” |
Dr Krystyna Cwiklinski
Research Associate
Institute of Ophthalmology “Fundación Conde de Valenciana”, Mexico
| “We chose a Dyversity system in 2010 after reviewing two other image analyzers because it is reasonably priced and includes filters and software that are useful for analyzing our 2D gels. We are using Dyversity to detect proteins extracted from the tears of patients with different eye diseases and with this system, we can easily capture high-quality images of our gels and blots, which we analyze using Syngene’s GeneTools and Dymension software.” “The service we have had from Syngene has been excellent because we always receive support whenever we need it. Using Dyversity has helped us to establish good proteomic profiles in several ocular diseases and we have written three papers using data generated by the Dyversity, so we are very happy with our Dyversity system.” |
Dr. Victor M.Bautista de Lucio
Professor Researcher
Department of Biological Sciences, St John’s University, New York, USA
| “We have been using the GeneGnome since 2003 for imaging Western blots to determine how changes in phospholipase C affect the regulation of proteins during mitosis. During this time we have only had to make one change to the hardware, which Syngene came in and did on-site. When we need to purchase another chemiluminescent imager, we’ll definitely go for another from Syngene because using a GeneGnome and working with Syngene has been an entirely positive experience.” |
Professor Ales Vancura
Professor
