The Hospital for Sick Children
The Imaging Facility
Equipment > Accessory Systems
Fluorescence and Visible Light Plate Readers

The Molecular Devices SpectraMax Gemini EM microplate spectrofluorometer (bottom) features top and bottom reading optics, dual monochromators, wavelength scanning, well scanning, auto PMT gain and is driven by Softmax Pro software on an eMac. The Molecular Devices VersaMax tunable microplate reader uses a grating monochromator to allow for exact wavelength selection and is capable of endpoint ELISAs, kinetic ELISAs, IC 50s, colorimetric protein assays and various other applications. It is driven by SoftMax Pro software and powered by an eMac.

Amaxa Nucleofactor

The Nucleofector technology is a highly efficient non-viral method for transfection of various cell lines. Although the Imaging Facility supplies the physical electroporation unit, the appropriate solutions need to be purchased individually.

Fluorchem 8000 Gel Documentation System

High sensitivity gel documentation system consisting of a cooled charge-coupled device camera (Fisher Scientific) driven by Alpha Innotech software on a Acer IV Pentium 3 computer.

Other Accessories

Sutter Instruments Model P-97 Flaming/Brown Micropipette puller (MaRS).

Molecular Dynamics Storm 840 & 860(MaRS) phosphorimaging system with Image Quant software.