Testimonials

BioSpectrum 600 Imaging System

"We use the BioSpectrum 600 for a variety of purposes.  In addition to visualizing Ethidium Bromide DNA gels, we use it to quantitate chemiluminescent signals from Western blots, as well as quantitating signals from tissues we have injected with fluorescent dyes.  We find the instrument very useful in our search for new or enhanced fluorescent proteins:  We scan petri dishes for bacterial colonies expressing modified fluorescent proteins.  The variety of filters and light sources has made this instrument very useful in our daily research.  In addition, the customer service is superb.  Lee Hedges (UVP BioImaging Specialist) is great at helping us procure new filters, as well as stopping by for routine maintenance.”

Note: Roger Tsien won the joint 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Roger's research team at the University of California San Diego use the UVP BioSpectrum 600 with BioLite. The Nobel Prize was awarded "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP”. UVP is proud to have contributed in some small way to his success.

ChemiDoc-It 410

"Our Biology research team at Abraxis BioScience needed a fast & inexpensive imager to handle our chemiluminescent Western blots. We chose the UVP ChemiDoc-It 410 because it was fast, easy to use, and easy to learn after an in-depth in-house demonstration. Our survey of imaging systems proved that the UVP imager was the best and most affordable imager for our existing & future needs. It is very sensitive for Western blots using the Rockland chemi substrate reagents. Our old reagents did not detect any signal but with the new Rockland kit we were able to detect all the bands of interest, so we are very happy. We use the densitometry software feature for analyzing bands from SDS-PAGE gel images. In the past we had used the Bio-Rad Fluor S imager but it was not as sensitive for chemiluminescence like our new ChemiDoc-It 410. The UVP sales & support team are great too."

GelDoc-It

“I just purchased a GelDoc-It 300 Imaging System from UVP for Ethidium Bromide DNA gels. Chuck Ursa came into our lab to install it and run training for our lab members. Myself and the rest of our laboratory wanted to let you know that Chuck did a great job training us on the instrument. He was clear and very thorough. As the lab manager here I've dealt with many vendors and I was very happy with UVP's service.”

BioSpectrum

Happy BioSpectrum user! The BioSpectrum 600 Imaging System is being used successfully at HFI for chemiluminescence and other applications.

BioSpectrum

Using a BioSpectrum 500 Imaging System for gels and chemi westerns, Andrias states: “The reason I used UVP for my Imaging system is very simple. 1) you had what I needed 2) after talking to you I felt confident that UVP had the support staff to help me get started, and for my future use of the imaging system.”

BioSpectrum

“We chose the BioSpectrum 410 chemi imaging system from UVP BioImaging for several reasons over the Bio-Rad ChemiDoc XRS. The UVP imager software was much easier to use for everyone in our lab, there were more features, and the densitometry analysis software was very user-friendly. We liked the pull-out UV tray and the UV preview window on the BioSpectrum darkroom that was not on the Bio-Rad system. And the preset imaging templates made multiple-application image capture effortless and reproducible for everyone. We're very happy with the sales support and training too. Highly recommended!”