Imperial College Acquires Gel Scanning System

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College (London UK) has announced the acquisition of a Dyversity two-dimensional gel imaging system from Syngene (Cambridge, UK).

The Dyversity system, which has been fitted with precision made filters for its UV and visible lighting modules, will be used by up to 200 scientists a year in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering to record images of protein and DNA gels, as well as of blot assays stained with a range of visible, fluorescent, or chemiluminescent dyes. These activities will augment the multiplex imaging of 2-dimensional protein gels.

Syngene, a manufacturer of image analysis systems, is pleased to announce that one of the UK's universities, Imperial College London, has chosen Dyversity, its 2D gel imaging system, to assist in identifying the complex proteins associated with human diseases. The installation provides Syngene with another high-profile customer in the 2D gel market.

Dr Judith Nagy, a researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, explained, "When the Institute opened last year, we wanted to make sure that our core facilities would support all scientists in the institute and their multi-disciplinary research. This meant that we needed an image acquisition system that could be used in a wide range of research projects to perform the most demanding two-dimensional gel imaging, as well as the simplest gel documentation. Having evaluated four systems from major suppliers, we chose Dyversity because its functionality is equivalent to two imaging systems and a laser scanner, but in one unit. We are delighted to be the first site in the UK to have a Dyversity system.”

Laura Sullivan, divisional manager of Syngene said, "Imperial College is world-renowned for scientific excellence and cutting edge applied medical research. It is a great compliment to know such astute scientists have chosen a Dyversity system and that it will be used as part of so many important proteomics research programs.




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