Non-UV Illumination

Non-UV Illumination Products

From harmful UV to safe, visible LEDs -
Safe for you! Safe for your samples! And greatly improved cloning efficiency!

Safe for Your Eyes and Skin
Our products use harmless, visible LED light, without harmful UV rays, so are safe for your eyes and skin.

No damage to Your Samples
This means improved cloning efficiency.

High Contrast, High Sensitivity
Our epi-illuminators give you high contrast, high sensitivity, and save bench space.

Green? or Blue? Choose the Best for You

Epi-Green

Optimal for EtBr, but bright enough for SYBR*, too.

Ultra-bright green LEDs provide greater contrast and sensitivity than standard 8W UV tubes.

Use with your protein gels stained with:

DeepPurple
Flamingo
Krypton
LavaPurple
Lucy
SYPRO Red
ProQ Diamond

* SYBR stains are products of Invitrogen

Epi-Blue

Optimal for SYBR, but bright enough for EtBr, too.

Ultra-bright blue LEDs are comparable to 365nm or weak 312nm UV tubes.

Use with your protein gels stained with:

SYPRO Ruby
SYPRO Orange
Lumitein

Four Models

Epi-Green Pro, Epi-Green Slim, Epi-Blue Slim, and Epi-Blue Quad

Epi-Quad in Dual and Quad Configurations
Epi-Pro and -Slim in Single and Twin Configurations

Quad provides super bright, all-around illumination, much brighter than halogen lights.
Twin and Dual provide equal-intensity illumination from opposite sides; they are ideal for imaging.
Single provides illumination from only one side.

Epi-Green Pro / Single
Epi-Green Pro

The wide coverage 14x12cm, removable gel tray (included) makes visualization and band excising of EtBr-stained gels very easy. The filter plate allows viewing, excising, and photography without goggles.

Figure 1 is an EtBr-stained gel taken with a digital camera through the viewing filter of Epi-Green Pro. You get an image with high contrast and low background.

(Figure 1)

Epi-Green Pro and GR Red Loading Buffer

GR Red Loading Buffer was added the sample before electrophoresis, illuminated with Epi-Green Pro, and imaged with a standard gel-doc system. The gel was not stained after electrophoresis. High sensitivity detection is possible even without using a high-cost filter on the digital camera.

Epi-Green Pro and GR Green Loading Buffer

GR Green Loading Buffer was added the sample before electrophoresis, illuminated with Epi-Green Pro, and imaged with a standard gel-doc system. The gel was not stained after electrophoresis. High sensitivity detection is possible even without using a high-cost filter on the digital camera.

Epi-Green Slim / Single
and Goggles

Epi-Green Slim

Ideal for EtBr, but excellent results for SYBR, too.

The 16x16cm size of the Epi-Blue Slim/Single fits the enclosures and hoods of most gel-doc systems.

Comes with a pair of our sharp cut-off goggles.

A gel seen through the goggles; you can clearly see the bands.
EPI-Green Slim

A different gel acquired via a digital camera; note the high contrast and low background.
EPI-Green Slim

Epi-Blue Slim / Twin

Epi-Blue Slim / Single
with Goggles

Epi-Blue Slim

Ideal for SYBR Green, SYBR Gold, and SYBR Safe. But excellent results for EtBr, too.

The 16x16cm size of the Epi-Blue Slim/Single fits the enclosures and hoods of most gel-doc systems.

Comes with a pair of our Sharp Cut-off Goggles.

Epi-Blue Slim and GR Green Loading Buffer

Laboratory conditions were similar to the data of Epi-Green Pro. Epi-Blue Slim/Twin was used for detection.

Epi-Blue Camera Attachment

Take this handy camera attachment into the greenhouse or the animal room.* Easily see and document which samples express GFP.
Note: The Epi lights use a DC power source.

A comparison of UV vs Epi-Blue Slim for an EtBr-stained gel.
EtBr stained gel on a 365nm UV transilluminator (Left) ...and with Epi-Blue Slim / Twin (Right) Images taken with a digital camera. The epi-illumination of the Epi-Blue Slim results in a lower background.

Epi-Blue Quad

It just doesn't get any brighter than this! Epi-Quad is ideal for studying GFP expression in plants or small animals.

Adjustable light arrays let you maximize light intensity for your samples.
Light arrays go as low as 2 cm, and as high as 15 cm. The base is 31x31 cm, and fits inside the optional hood.

Use Epi-Quad to study plant ecophysiology.

Chlorophyll is fluorescent. The fluorescent light emitted from plant samples has a longer wavelength than the light absorbed by those samples. With Epi-Quad and a long-pass filter, you can measure intensity levels of the emitted light. This allows you to investigate plant ecophysiology and stress.

Chlorophyll Fluorescence seen through a long-pass filter.
That's not a typo: a 0.05 second exposure time! Epi-Quad is much brighter than halogen light sources.
Epi-Quad at 0.05 Seconds	Epi-Dual

A Maidenhair Tree Leaf
This leaf does not express GFP. If it did, imaging through a band-pass filter would show only green light where the GFP was expressed.
In Natural Light	Uniform Sample Stage Lighting

UV Protection Goggles

UV Protection Goggles

UV Protection with Sharp Cut-off Goggles, available in 8 Colors!

With fluorescence, the optimal combination of viewing filter and excitation wavelength is critical to obtaining the best results.

These goggles have the characteristics of a sharp cut-off long-pass filter, so you get high-contrast fluorescence observation.

They also cut more than 99.9% of the UVC - UVA (190 ~ 400nm) spectrum, so they are safe to use not only with our Epi-illuminators, but with a UV transilluminator, too!

Available in eight different colors, including clear cut-off. Also available in over-glasses clip-on style. Sold either individually or in a box of 10.

Clear 1 405nm Cut-off	Clear 2 415nm Cut-off	Yellow 1 470nm Cut-off	Yellow 2 490nm Cut-off

Orange 1 540nm Cut-off	Orange 2 550nm Cut-off	Red 1 580nm Cut-off	Red 2 595nm Cut-off