Bio-Rad Image Lab™ Software - Manual (Page 70)

4 | Acquiring Images
70 | Gel Doc EZ Imaging System with Image Lab Software
Selecting a Sample Tray
The following tables list ways of imaging gels stained with various detection agents
and which trays to use in each instance. If your stain is not listed here and you are
unsure of the appropriate tray, contact Bio-Rad Technical Support for assistance.
Stain-free gels and stain-free blots should be imaged in the stain-free tray.
Table 4. Applications for Nucleic Acid Gels
Ethidium bromide UV None
SYBR® Green Blue UV
SYBR® Safe Blue UV
SYBR® Gold Blue UV
GelGreen Blue UV
GelRed UV None
Fast Blast™ DNA stain White None
Table 5. Applications for Protein Gels
Coomassie Blue stain White
Copper stain White
Zinc stain* White
Flamingo™ fluorescent gel stain UV
Oriole™ fluorescent gel stain UV
Silver stain White
Coomassie Fluor Orange UV
SYPRO Ruby UV
Krypton UV
* Recommended for imaging only.
Detection Reagent Primary Tray Alternate Tray
Detection Reagent Tray