Azure Imaging Systems
Azure’s Imaging Systems
Performance Without Compromise
Azure Biosystems’s imagers cover the full spectrum of capabilities for documentation and quantitative analysis of gels, blots, slides, tissue samples, small animal models, plants, and more. Choose one of our Imagers for general lab imaging needs or the Sapphire Biomolecular Imager for maximum flexibility and performance. Regardless of which model you choose, your lab will benefit from the same commitment to excellence Azure Biosystems brings to instrument design, manufacturing, service, and support.
Azure 600 The Ultimate Western Blot Imaging System
Your Western blot method shouldn’t be limited by your imaging system, and with the Azure 600 it’s not. Fluorescent detection offers excellent quantitation and multiplex capability. Chemiluminescent detection delivers the ultimate sensitivity for imaging low abundance proteins. Azure’s 600 offers both.
Azure Biosystems doesn’t restrict your choice of reagents, either. With no proprietary stains or dyes, you get the freedom to capture data any way you want.
Product Features
- Two Channel Infrared (IR) Direct Detection – Laser diodes at 6580nm and 784nm offer better sensitivity than LEDs or white light sources
- Three Channel RGB Excitation – For Cy5/Cy3/Cy2 applications –allows quantitation of two proteins (or modifications) and a loading control without stripping and re-probing
- Fast Chemiluminescent Detection without film. Place your sample in the tray and capture your image with a click of a button
- Capture all your gel and blot images on a single instrument. DNA, protein, colorimetric or photometric
- 9 MP CCD Camera
- 4.8 OD Dynamic Range
Azure 500 Infrared Western Blot Imaging System
- Two-channel IR direct detection—laser diodes at 658nm and 784nm enable better sensitivity than LEDs or white light sources
- Fast chemiluminescent detection without film. Place your sample in the tray and capture your image with a click of a button
- Upgradeable with 3-channel visible fluorescent detection – the Azure 500 can be field upgraded to the 600 to image three proteins at once with Cy2/Cy3/Cy5 or similar dyes
- Capture all your gel and blot images on a single instrument. DNA, protein, colorimetric or photometric
- 9 MP CCD Camera
- 4.8 OD Dynamic Range
Azure 400 Visible Fluorescent Western Blot Imaging System
- Three channel RGB excitation for Cy5/Cy3/Cy2 applications—allows quantitation of two proteins (or modifications) and a loading control without stripping and re-probing
- Fast chemiluminescent detection without the hassles and inconveniences of film
- Single, multi-functional instrument can image and quantify all of your gels and blots—DNA, protein, colorimetric and photometric
- Upgradeable to two-channel NIR fluorescent detection to meet future lab needs. The Azure 400 can be field upgraded to the 600 to image samples in the NIR
- 9 MP CCD Camera
- 4.8 OD Dynamic Range
Azure 300 Chemiluminescent Western Blot Imaging System
- Compact design—with a footprint of 38cm W X 55cm H X 36cm D, the small size translates into more room on your bench
- Fully upgradable—add visible and/or NIR fluorescent detection capabilities as your needs evolve
- 9 MP CCD Camera
- 4.8 OD Dynamic Range
Azure 280 The Sensitivity of Film at an Economical Price
- High performance digital chemiluminescent imaging eliminates the need for a darkroom—enjoy short imaging times, picogram sensitivity
- Application Flexibility—image DNA gels (EtBr, SYBR® Safe, and other “safe” dyes) and protein gels (Coomassie and silver stain) as well as chemiluminescent blots
- Easy analysis—included AzureSpot software automates many common tasks for quick and easy image capture and quantitation
- 6 MP CCD Camera
- 4.8 OD Dynamic Range
Azure 200 Gel Imaging Workstation
Use your choice of dyes or stains and the system automatically selects the light source and filters for you—UV for Ethidium bromide-stained DNA gels, blue light for SYBR®Safe or similar dyes, white light for Silver stain or Coumassie Blue.
- Compact design—38cm W X 55cm H X 36cm D, keep more space free on your bench
- Fully upgradable—add fluorescent or chemiluminescent Western detection capabilities as your needs evolve
- 5.4 MP Camera
Brochures & Manuals
↓ Azure Imaging Systems Brochure
↓ Azure Western-Blotting Guidebook
↓ Azure Imaging Systems User Manual
Application Notes
↓ Phosphorylated protein detection is more efficient by fluorescent Western blot
↓ Chemiluminescent and Fluorescent Westerns : choose the Best Assay for Your Experiment
↓ How to Improve Your Chemiluminescent Western Blots
↓ How to Improve Your Fluorescent Western Blots
↓ Wet or Dry? Which Type of Transfer is Best for Your Protein?
↓ Stain Free Gels as Part of the WB Workflow
AZI 600 Azure 600 Includes 9 MP CCD camera cooled -50C below ambient, motorized fixed lens, internal touchscreen computer with 13.3″ monitor running Azure Capture software, dual wavelength UV transilluminator at 302nm and 365nm, Orange Tray, Black Tray, EPI blue LEDs (472nm) for gel applications, EPI Red, Green, Blue LEDs (628nm, 524nm and 472nm) for multiplex Western applications, LASER diodes at 658nm and 784nm for NIR multiplex Western applications, 7 position motorized filter wheel with 6 filters standard. AZI 500 Azure 500 Includes 9 MP CCD camera cooled -50C below ambient, motorized fixed lens, internal touchscreen computer with 13.3″ monitor running Azure Capture software, dual wavelength UV transilluminator at 302nm and 365nm, Orange Tray, Black Tray, EPI blue LEDs (472nm) for gel applications, laser diodes at 658nm and 784nm for NIR multiplex Western applications, 7 position motorized filter wheel with 3 filters standard. AZI 400 Azure 400 Includes 9 MP CCD camera cooled -50C below ambient, motorized fixed lens, internal touchscreen computer with 13.3″ monitor running Azure Capture software, dual wavelength UV transilluminator at 302nm and 365nm, Orange Tray, Black Tray, EPI blue LEDs (472nm) for gel applications, EPI Red, Green, Blue LEDS (628nm, 524nm and 472nm) for multiplex Western applications, 7 position motorized filter wheel with 4 filters standard. AZI 300 Azure 300 Includes 9 MP CCD camera cooled -50C below ambient, motorized fixed lens, internal touchscreen computer with 13.3″ monitor running Azure Capture software, dual wavelength UV transilluminator at 302nm and 365nm, Orange Tray, Black Tray, EPI blue LEDs (472nm) for gel applications, 7 position motorized filter wheel with 1 filter standard. AZI 280 Azure 280 Includes 6 MP CCD camera cooled -50C below ambient, motorized fixed lens, internal touchscreen computer with 13.3″ monitor running Azure Capture software, dual wavelength UV transilluminator at 302nm and 365nm, Visible Gel Tray, Black Tray, EPI blue LEDs (472 nm) for gel applications, 7 position motorized filter wheel with 1 filter standard. AZI 200 Azure 200 Includes system with 5.4 MP image resolution, internal touchscreen computer with 13.3″ monitor running Azure Capture software, dual wavelength UV transilluminator at 302nm and 365nm, Orange Tray, Black Tray, EPI blue LEDs (472nm) for gel applications, 7 position filter wheel with 1 filter standard, 
