The GenePix® 4000B Microarray Scanner and GenePix Pro Microarray Analysis Software have been designed to work together as a complete, integrated platform. The seamless communication between scanner and software ensures unmatched efficiency for data acquisition and analysis, as well as for real-time scanner performance monitoring. Optional Acuity® Microarray Informatics Software completes the package, offering database storage, clustering algorithms, advanced statistics and visualizations.
Sample type | Standard microscope slide (1" x 3", 25 x 75 mm or 26 x 76 mm) |
Scan area | Adjustable, 22 x 71.5 mm max. |
Excitation | 532 nm and 635 nm solid-state lasers |
Laser power settings | User-selectable 100%, 33% or 10% laser power |
Emission filters | Two, optimized for Cy3 and Cy5 or spectrally similar dyes |
Detection | Dual photomultipliers (PMTs), automatic and manual gain adjustment |
Focus offset | Adjustable between -50 and +200 μm (5 μm increments) |
Optics | Non-confocal |
Scanning method | Simultaneous, 2-channel |
Scan time | 6.5 minutes for both channels, 10 μm resolution, full scan area |
Pixel resolution | Adjustable from 5-100 μm |
Digital resolution | 16-bit |
Dynamic range | Four orders of magnitude at SNR > 3 |
Image type | Single- or multi-image TIFF |
Barcode reading | Image-based software barcode reader |
General Specifications |
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Dimensions (in.) | 13.5 (W) x 8.0 (H) x 17.5 (D) |
Dimensions (cm) | 34 (W) x 20 (H) x 44 (D) |
Weight | 45 lbs. (20 kg) |
Power supply | 110/220V universal |
Directed at the genome sequence itself, microarrays have been used to identify novel genes, binding sites of transcription factors, changes in DNA copy number, and variations from a baseline sequence, such as in emerging strains of pathogens or complex mutations in disease-causing human genes.
The use of high-density microarrays has impacted the measurement of transcript levels to study complex diseases. With the latest development of microarray technology, it is now possible to quantify transcript levels globally and to integrate such data with information relating to disease. Microarrays based transcriptomics enables mapping a critical genomic region for a disease using affected and unaffected individuals and then pinpointing the responsible gene by identifying differentially expressed genes in the critical region.
Although the analysis of the full proteome has not yet been achieved, rapid progress is being made with microarrays in the field of proteomics. Proteomes exhibit large and dynamic complexity; the number for distinct proteins in mammals will certainly exceed the number of genes, requiring the right technology to be in place for the analysis. The flexibility of the GenePix Microarray System, and especially the high-throughput capabilities of the GenePix SL50 Automated Slide Loader, provides adequate tools to researchers.
The gene carries the basic unit of information, but this information has an impact only once it is properly programmed by the epigenome. The DNA methylation pattern is cell type specific and correlates with chromatin structure. DNA microarrays are being utilized to identify methylation patterns, and the GenePix automation solution allows the researcher to identify these patterns faster.
The creativity and broad applicability of microarray-based research has no limits and is demonstrated by the vast variety of different microarray applications to conduct large-scale quantitative analysis. With the GenePix® Microarray System you have the most flexible solution and freedom in your research.
GenePix® 4000B Microarray Scanner
Product |
Part Number |
GenePix 4000B Microarray Scanner | GENEPIX 4000B-U |
GenePix Pro Software v7 license | 5004757 |
AcuityMicroarray Informatics Software | ACUITY PTO |
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