Gel imaging station

The gel imaging station is located in that room with a distinctly yellow hue that also houses the autoclave and french press. It is in essence a box with a camera attached at one end containing various light sources for taking images of gels/plates/etc. Because gels often contain nasty stuff, like ethidium bromide, one should probably use gloves with touching the imaging equipment.



The camera, which sits on the AlphaImager box is connected to a PC which has the AlphaImager software. The software can be used to take pictures, save the images as files or print them via the Mitsubishi printer.

The Camera:

The camera optics can be manipulated by three modulatory dials Important note on printing: the printer tends to lighten images, so print after darkening with the software. Sometimes switching from portrait to landscape mode under print setup allows for enlarged prints, though be sure to change it back to portrait as default.
 * 1) aperture (top) dial: adjusts the amount of light that enters
 * 2) the middle dial is the focusIMAG0293.jpg
 * 3) the bottom dial is the zoom

Contact info for a company representative is on the front of the box.