Syngene - New Dedicated System for Chemiluminescent Imaging

June 24 2003, Cambridge, UK: Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to introduce its new GeneGnome HR (high resolution), chemiluminescent image analyser. This system ensures life scientists can rapidly and confidently make accurate, automatic distinctions between close bands, as well as increase their chemiluminescent signal strength.

With GeneGnome HR, Syngene has built on the success of its international award- winning GeneGnome by enhancing the performance of its best features. For example, Syngene has integrated the latest chip technology into the system to generate an impressive 1300 by 1030 megapixel capacity. This guarantees users can enjoy highly efficient resolution, making it quicker and easier to automatically separate and analyse the closest bands on chemiluminescent blots.

The GeneGnome HR, which remains simple to use with its one click automatic set up, also has a new binning option. This allows data stored in two or more adjacent pixels on the chip to be combined and read as a single, larger pixel. This is a major benefit to scientists working with blots that generate low light levels because binning removes unwanted background and increases signal intensity allowing even the faintest bands to be seen and analysed.

Paul Ellwood, Syngene’s Sales and Marketing Director explained: “The GeneGnome HR is a great addition to Syngene’s range of image analysers. We have taken the power inside our uniquely designed, compact GeneGnome and by adding the most up to the minute imaging technology, have made it even better. The greater pixel definition and new binning option produce unrivalled resolving power, without compromising on sensitivity, making the GeneGnome HR the premier system on the market for dedicated chemiluminescent imaging.”

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For Further Information Contact:
Jayne Arthur, Syngene, Beacon House, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1TF, UK.
Tel: +44(0) 1223-727123 Fax +44 (0) 1223-727101
Email: jayne.arthur@syngene.com  Web site: www.syngene.com  

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Note to Editors
Syngene is a world-leading supplier of integrated imaging solutions for analysis and documentation of gel-based information. Syngene’s systems are used by more than 10,000 research organisations and over 50,000 individual scientists world-wide and include many of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies and major research institutes. 

Syngene, founded in 1997, is a division of the Synoptics Group based in Cambridge, UK. The Group’s other divisions, Syncroscopy and Synbiosis, specialise in digital imaging solutions for microscopy and microbial applications respectively. Synoptics currently employs 55 people in its UK and subsidiary operation in Frederick, USA. The Group has profitable revenue of almost $10 million and continues to grow rapidly.