Make It
Visible
With IRIS
Gain confidence
In 1953, at the heart of Cambridge University, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the DNA double helix structure based on Rosalind Franklin famous “Photograph 51”. This breakthrough not only unveiled the secrets of genetic information; it also brought certainty on the very essence of life itself. Today, following in the footsteps of these great scientists, we are committed to provide you certainty by guaranteeing quality images with IRIS.
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."
Marie Curie (1867-1934) – In honor of Rosalind Franklin and the many women in science.
Reveal the unseen
The new Alliance IRIS is the latest generation top end imaging system on the market for chemiluminescence and fluorescence Western blots. IRIS not only presents the highest optic sensitivity with an aperture of f/0.75 but also strong innovative features for unmatched precision and detection.
IRIS is
Innovative
Sensitive
Reliable
Intuitive
Innovative
Revolutionary UV-LED Table
Red is the new black
The new Alliance IRIS is the latest generation top end imaging system on the market for chemiluminescence and fluorescence Western blots. IRIS not only presents the highest optic sensitivity with an aperture of f/0.75 but also strong innovative features for unmatched precision and detection.
Avoid time consuming manipulation
Our mobile sample tray has been designed to avoid time-consuming manipulations ensuring that you can handle your samples with ease. Additionally, our Alliance IRIS imager features a full door aperture and slide-out tables, specifically engineered to provide complete access to darkroom.
Get the Cambridge Touch
Enjoy the comfort of the widest touchscreen. With its impressive size of over 15.6 inches (40 centimeters), our touchscreen offers an immersive and smooth viewing experience. The screen is also adjustable, with a remarkable resolution to ensure that every detail of your molecular imaging experiment is vividly displayed.
Don’t miss the next UV-LED Tables generation
In the spirit of a sustainable environment, UVITEC Cambridge is the first to introduce a UV-LED technology to ensure a smooth transition from our traditional UV tables. UV-LEDs have a longer lifespan: they can operate for thousands of hours without significantly losing light intensity and efficiency. In addition, these LED conditions prevent damage to your most sensitive samples.
Chromascan concept for uniform illumination
A brief history of excitation light sources
Traditional imagers that you will find on the market often rely on the following illumination modes.
Find the right light source
Our well-known illumination system overcomes these challenges, providing strong light and multiplexing possibilities. Our unique Chromascan concept goes beyond, offering the best of our technologies.
White light:
The very first epifluorescent imaging systems started by using white light-based technology, a process that involves converting white light into red, green and blue via large band filters. Its limitation lies in multiplexing as it becomes impossible due to the light intensity being divided by three.
Discover the next generation of illumination
Through our new technology, IRIS offers more accurate quantification, and fewer crosstalk issues. The acquisition time is rapid. IRIS leaves no room for uncertainty by guaranteeing that your samples are scanned in the same way, everywhere.
Spot LED:
The next generation and most commonly found epifluorescence imaging systems use Spot LED technology. However, NIR/IR excitation channels originate from the same excitation source, decreasing significantly the light intensity in these channels. Depending on the manufacturer, filter quality varies, influencing crosstalk and multiplexing capacities.
Upgrade your system at anytime
IRIS is fully customizable, tailored to your workflow, and upgradable. At UVITEC, to fit the various numbers of epifluorescent dyes that may be used in a laboratory, we have designed 12 different packs including excitation and emission modules for you to easily insert into your system at any time you decide to start working on epifluorescence.
Scanner:
More recently, the introduction of laser-based technology raised interest towards near-infrared and infrared applications. Despite its benefits, this technology remains expensive, requires long acquisition time, and is limited to 2 channels of excitation.
Choose a trusted companion
In line with our top-end commitment and quality-oriented values, IRIS is made of stainless steel and recycled components.
Fully automatic analysis
Get your images in one click
Auto is our motto. Enjoy our 1-click acquisition process with fully automatic exposure, lighting and focus mode. Our software allows you to get outstanding quantifiable images and perfect detection. Each picture is automatically saved into a built-in gallery to make sure your data is secure and easily accessible. Predefined application protocols streamline your routine experiments, whilecustom protocols can be created to match your unique workflows.
Experience effortless data analysis
IRIS integrates an unprecedented technology in the world of molecular imaging. As soon as your Western blot is captured, our new software sets up your data as never seen before – dramatically reducing the time needed for manual adjustments and allowing you to go straight to analysis. IRIS serves as a faithful assistant, automating routine tasks while preserving the integrity of your raw data.
Enjoy seamless navigation
Designed for efficiency, IRIS features a responsive interface in which menu navigation itself reflects our wish to save you unnecessary steps. Exiting a tool is as simple as clicking outside its window. Real-time interactivity adds another layer of innovation: click directly on a region of interest on your image to instantly display the signal intensity at that precise location.
Reveal every pixel of information
IRIS’ analysis package offers powerful tools for molecular weight determination, protein quantification, and distance calculation. Greyscale visualization is enhanced with adaptable display controls, including histogram views and a representation of the percentage of shades of grey captured (up to 65,535 grey levels).
Wider lens aperture for unmatched sensitivity
Collect more light
IRIS has its eyes wide open: its lens features an impressive f/0.75 aperture, which allows it to capture an incredible amount of light. In optics, the smaller the focal number, the more light your device collects.
Detect even the weakest signals
IRIS’ optical system is further enhanced by its exceptional dynamic range, with an optical density (OD) of 4.8. This means that IRIS can capture a wide range of signal intensities without losing crucial information. Whether you are working with faint signals or intense ones, IRIS can accommodate your needs with ease.
Get the best quantifiable pictures
IRIS provides a remarkable resolution of up to 30 megapixels (9.2MP native), which ensures that you can discern even the finest details in your imaging experiments. In addition, our system provides pictures with high density of grayscale within the camera, enabling you to precisely analyze your samples. The closer you get to 65,535 grey levels, the more quantifiable information you have access to.
Keep it cool
To maintain its sensitivity, IRIS relies on a sophisticated cooling system, using a three-stage Peltier normalized camera. This cooling system allows you to minimize background noise and detect your lowest signals.
Revolutionary UV-LED Table
Red is the new black
The new Alliance IRIS is the latest generation top end imaging system on the market for chemiluminescence and fluorescence Western blots. IRIS not only presents the highest optic sensitivity with an aperture of f/0.75 but also strong innovative features for unmatched precision and detection.
Avoid time consuming manipulation
Our mobile sample tray has been designed to avoid time-consuming manipulations ensuring that you can handle your samples with ease. Additionally, our Alliance IRIS imager features a full door aperture and slide-out tables, specifically engineered to provide complete access to darkroom.
Get the Cambridge Touch
Enjoy the comfort of the widest touchscreen. With its impressive size of over 15.6 inches (40 centimeters), our touchscreen offers an immersive and smooth viewing experience. The screen is also adjustable, with a remarkable resolution to ensure that every detail of your molecular imaging experiment is vividly displayed.
Don’t miss the next UV-LED Tables generation
In the spirit of a sustainable environment, UVITEC Cambridge is the first to introduce a UV-LED technology to ensure a smooth transition from our traditional UV tables. UV-LEDs have a longer lifespan: they can operate for thousands of hours without significantly losing light intensity and efficiency. In addition, these LED conditions prevent damage to your most sensitive samples.
Chromascan concept for uniform illumination
A brief history of excitation light sources
Traditional imagers that you will find on the market often rely on the following illumination modes.
Find the right light source
Our well-known illumination system overcomes these challenges, providing strong light and multiplexing possibilities. Our unique Chromascan concept goes beyond, offering the best of our technologies.
White light:
The very first epifluorescent imaging systems started by using white light-based technology, a process that involves converting white light into red, green and blue via large band filters. Its limitation lies in multiplexing as it becomes impossible due to the light intensity being divided by three.
Discover the next generation of illumination
Through our new technology, IRIS offers more accurate quantification, and fewer crosstalk issues. The acquisition time is rapid. IRIS leaves no room for uncertainty by guaranteeing that your samples are scanned in the same way, everywhere.
Spot LED:
The next generation and most commonly found epifluorescence imaging systems use Spot LED technology. However, NIR/IR excitation channels originate from the same excitation source, decreasing significantly the light intensity in these channels. Depending on the manufacturer, filter quality varies, influencing crosstalk and multiplexing capacities.
Upgrade your system at anytime
IRIS is fully customizable, tailored to your workflow, and upgradable. At UVITEC, to fit the various numbers of epifluorescent dyes that may be used in a laboratory, we have designed 12 different packs including excitation and emission modules for you to easily insert into your system at any time you decide to start working on epifluorescence.
Scanner:
More recently, the introduction of laser-based technology raised interest towards near-infrared and infrared applications. Despite its benefits, this technology remains expensive, requires long acquisition time, and is limited to 2 channels of excitation.
Choose a trusted companion
In line with our top-end commitment and quality-oriented values, IRIS is made of stainless steel and recycled components.
Fully automatic analysis
Get your images in one click
Auto is our motto. Enjoy our 1-click acquisition process with fully automatic exposure, lighting and focus mode. Our software allows you to get outstanding quantifiable images and perfect detection. Each picture is automatically saved into a built-in gallery to make sure your data is secure and easily accessible. Predefined application protocols streamline your routine experiments, whilecustom protocols can be created to match your unique workflows.
Experience effortless data analysis
IRIS integrates an unprecedented technology in the world of molecular imaging. As soon as your Western blot is captured, our new software sets up your data as never seen before – dramatically reducing the time needed for manual adjustments and allowing you to go straight to analysis. IRIS serves as a faithful assistant, automating routine tasks while preserving the integrity of your raw data.
Enjoy seamless navigation
Designed for efficiency, IRIS features a responsive interface in which menu navigation itself reflects our wish to save you unnecessary steps. Exiting a tool is as simple as clicking outside its window. Real-time interactivity adds another layer of innovation: click directly on a region of interest on your image to instantly display the signal intensity at that precise location.
Reveal every pixel of information
IRIS’ analysis package offers powerful tools for molecular weight determination, protein quantification, and distance calculation. Greyscale visualization is enhanced with adaptable display controls, including histogram views and a representation of the percentage of shades of grey captured (up to 65,535 grey levels).
Wider lens aperture for unmatched sensitivity
Collect more light
IRIS has its eyes wide open: its lens features an impressive f/0.75 aperture, which allows it to capture an incredible amount of light. In optics, the smaller the focal number, the more light your device collects.
Detect even the weakest signals
IRIS’ optical system is further enhanced by its exceptional dynamic range, with an optical density (OD) of 4.8. This means that IRIS can capture a wide range of signal intensities without losing crucial information. Whether you are working with faint signals or intense ones, IRIS can accommodate your needs with ease.
Get the best quantifiable pictures
IRIS provides a remarkable resolution of up to 30 megapixels (9.2MP native), which ensures that you can discern even the finest details in your imaging experiments. In addition, our system provides pictures with high density of grayscale within the camera, enabling you to precisely analyze your samples. The closer you get to 65,535 grey levels, the more quantifiable information you have access to.
Keep it cool
To maintain its sensitivity, IRIS relies on a sophisticated cooling system, using a three-stage Peltier normalized camera. This cooling system allows you to minimize background noise and detect your lowest signals.
Revolutionary LED Tables
Sustainable UV-LED technology
Choice of 4 interchangeable Tables (White LED Table, Blue LED Table, 312nm UV-LED Table and Black Table for chemiluminescence and epifluorescence)
Plug n’ Play for effortless sample positioning
Uvipure for enhanced UV for EtBr and all safe stains
Innovative Chromascan concept
Homogeneous illumination across your sample
Multiplexing possibilities
No crosstalk issues
12 Chromascan modules packs available from 365nm to 780nm (including a combination of excitation light sources and emission filters)
EX365nm-EM590nm
EX440nm-EM500nm
EX480nm-EM550nm
EX480nm-EM600nm
EX540nm-EM650nm
EX580nm-EM650nm
EX640nm-EM700nm
EX680nm-EM750nm
EX740nm-EM750nm
EX740nm-EM800nm
EX780nm-EM850nm
Extreme sensitivity
Massive resolution of 9.2 megapixels for HD pictures
f/0.75 custom lens and unrivalled camera sensitivity
Absolute cooling of -30°C via 3 stages Peltier
Outstanding weak/strong detection ratio with OD 4.8 dynamic range
Autofocus motorized optics
Femtogram-level detection
High-end design
Stainless steel and epoxy paint for long-term robustness
Standalone system with integrated PC
Widest 15.6 inches touch screen
Dimensions: 670 mm (height) x 435 mm (width) x 540 mm (depth)
Weight: 70 Kg