We are quite happy with the BioRad GS-700, although it is overly
expensive. It comes with BioRad's Quantity One software for gel image
acquisition and export as a TIFF file for Melanie.
Consider also that you want a scanner with a sealed glass plate
on which can put wet gels.
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Gary Davis
Bayer Corp.
400 Morgan Lane
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: (203) 812-2925
E-mail: gary.davis.b@bayer.com
> Hi all:
>
> I'm looking to purchase a high-quality scanner for 2D gels. Are there any
> scanners that are head-and-shoulders above the rest? I have heard good
> things about the Epson Expression 636 Artist 2, the Hewlett Packard ScanJet
> 6200C and the Mustek Paragon PowerPro, though the results were based on
> scanning color photographs, not gels. Also, the images will need to be in a
> format compatible for analysis by Melanie II. Thanks in advance for the
> help!
>
> Sincere regards,
>
> Robert Becklin
> Charles B. Stout Neuroscience Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
> University of Tennessee, Memphis
> 956 Court Avenue, Room A218
> Memphis, TN 38163
> (901) 448-5488
> rbecklin@am.utmem.edu
>
>