UVP GelSnap Cellphone-Driven UV Gel Documentation System
- All-in-one, compact gel documentation
- Use the camera on your phone for stunning gel images
- Cellphone-driven VisionWorks software app
- Overhead UV LED, epi-white LED, and epi-blue LED illumination to enable a variety of gel imaging applications
Product details
The UVP GelSnap imager is an autonomous, independent, and cellphone-driven bioimaging system designed for the documentation and analysis for various types of samples which include but are not limited to DNA gels, protein gels, and colony plates, etc. The UVP GelSnap allows users to capture images and analyze them via their personal mobile device equipped with Analytik Jena's VisionWorks Software App. The new VisionWorks application was generated for easy gel capture and analysis and allows for total control of the UVP GelSnap darkroom.
The system features overhead UV LED at 302nm, white, and blue LEDs, and phone holder/adapter that can accommodate most phone sizes on the market.
Cellphone-based imager for gel documentation and analysis
- Camera: Unique feature of using your own cellphone to take images of your sample
- Illumination: Overhead UV LED at 302nm, white, and blue LED light
- Filter Tray: Four (4) position automated emission filter tray with EtBr emission filter included
- Software and Automation: Darkroom fully automated and controlled through cellphone via the VisionWorks mobile app. VisionWorks App allows the user to capture images with a smartphone which instantly uploads to the cloud for analysis and notation
- Accessories: A phone adapter/holder is included with each unit allowing for a range of phone sizes that work seamlessly with the UVP GelSnap. *Phone is not included with the unit*
- Optional Accessories: The UVP Visi-White Converter plate, UVP Visi-Blue converter plate, UVP Visi-Blue LED Transilluminator, UVP UV Elite transilluminator, and a range of emission filters are available for purchase
VisionWorks Software and Software App
Enjoy all the capabilities of our VisionWorks® Touch software on your smartphone by using our new VisionWorks® App (available for iOS and Android). Our new VisionWorks® App is a powerful software that allows the capture of gel images and analysis through your cellphone while having full control of the darkroom. This feature makes the UVP GelSnap, the perfect match for the educational market.
Key features of the VisionWorks App:
- User friendly interface (self-explanatory icons)
- Software controlled lighting and filter (connection through Bluetooth)
- Auto and manual focus in software
- Auto and manual capture
- Automatically save the captured image in phone gallery
- Cloud analysis for 1D lanes and bands auto detection, molecular weight calibration, area density analysis, colony counting and classification
- View result report in the App
- Report can be shared via email
Click below to download the VisionWorks app from the App Store or Google Play:
How to: Colony Counting with VisionWorks Mobile App and the UVP GelSnap
Technical Data
| Specifications/features | UVP GelSnap |
|---|---|
| Camera/Lens | Users cellphone; compatible with an extensive range of single or multiple lens cellphones. |
| Darkroom features |
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| Accessories available |
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| Dimensions W x D x H | 17.5 x 14 x 15 in. |
| Weight | 29 lbs |
Order Information
| Order number | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 V | 230 V | Model | |
| 849-97-0947-01 | 849-97-0947-02 | UVP GelSnap, Standard Configuration | |
| 849-97-0947-03 | 849-97-0947-04 | UVP GelSnap, Blue light Transilluminator | |
| Emission Filters | |||
| 38-0340-07 | Emission filter 513 – 557 nm: GelGreen, FITC, FAM™, GFP | ||
| 38-0349-02 | Emission filter 535 – 660 nm: Ethidium Bromide, GelRed, GelGreen | ||
| 38-0220-04 | Emission filter 575 – 640 nm: Ethidium Bromide, RFP, Deep Purple | ||
| 38-0384-02 | Emission filter 570 – 740 nm: SYBR Safe and SYBR Green, SYPRO® Orange, SYBR® Gold | ||
| Converter Plates | |||
| 38-0408-01 | UVP Visi-White™ Converter Plate, UV-to-White, 16.8 x 21cm | ||
| 38-0409-03 | UVP Visi-Blue™ Converter Plate, UV-to-Blue, 16.8 x 21cm | ||
| 115 V | 230 V | Transilluminator | |
| 95-0617-01 | 95-0617-02 | UVP UV Elite Transilluminator, 302nm | |
*UVP GelSnap was previously branded as UVP Gel Compact
*Only UV Transilluminator bulbs contain mercury
Downloads
Brochure - UVP Gel Compact
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UVP GelSnap Technical Data
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Appnote_DNA Gel Imaging Using the UVP Gel Compact Imager
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Appnote_Imaging A Stain Free Protein Gel Using the UVP Gel Compact
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How To: UVP Gel Compact - Analyze Coomassie Blue Gel
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AppNote - Colony Counting Using the UVP Gel Compact
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