LI-COR Biosciences introduces new infrared imaging system

LI-COR (Lincoln, Nebraska) unveiled its Odyssey Infrared Imaging System at the American Society of Cell Biology annual meeting in San Francisco. The new instrument delivers high sensitivity for nucleic acid and protein imaging, and uses infrared technology that offers advantages over radioactive and chemiluminescence applications.

"Odyssey enables researchers to do direct infrared fluorescence detection on membranes," says Harry Osterman, director of marketing. "The instrument delivers zeptomole detection of nucleic acids and is in the picogram range for Western blots." Osterman adds that the Odyssey platform is incredibly flexible, "it will allow researchers to exploit our infrared technology for a broader array of applications."

"Our high quantum-yield IRDyes allow direct detection of genes with normally low expression at levels not possible on other fluorescence systems," says Jim Wiley, Odyssey product manager. "The instrument provides clean, sharp images on a wide variety of applications including two-color Western, Southern and Northern Blots, Expression Arrays, BAC Libraries and IRDye-labeled DNA gels," says Wiley.

Odyssey is a bench top imager featuring one-touch operation and integrated software for both analysis and network communication.

Edited by Maeve McKenna
Assistant Editor, Photonics Online