Why `Dark Reader`?
Very simple: switch on a UV box in a darkened room and the walls (not to mention your teeth!) glow purple. Switch on the Dark Reader and the room remains just that – dark. It is important to remember that is not the amount of light but the quality of light that is important when looking at fluorescent DNA bands in a gel. With a UV box you are looking at bright DNA bands against a blazing UV background (that is not doing you or your DNA any good!). With the Dark Reader, give your eyes a few seconds to adjust and the fluorescent DNA bands stand out just as well, if not better, than on a UV box.
Related Questions
- My gel is very thin & fragile I would like to know if I can leave it placed on top of a glass plate whilst on top of the dark reader permanently to both view & capture an image via a digital camera?
- How sensitive is the Dark Reader Transilluminator for DNA detection?
- How well does the Dark Reader perform with 96-well plates?
