Genova Bio Life Science spectrophotometer fitted with micro-cuvette holder

The Genova Bio is a simple, low cost, easy to use UV/visible spectrophotometer dedicated for life science applications. It is compatible with a wide range of small volume cuvettes, making it ideal for measuring DNA and RNA samples. To make measurements quicker and easier, the Genova Bio has pre-programmed methods for the measurement of nucleic acid concentration and purity, protein assays and cell density. This spectrophotometer measures across a UV/visible wavelength range of 198 to 800nm, with a narrow spectral bandwidth of 3nm. The Genova Bio is covered by a two-year warranty which includes the xenon lamp.

Pre-programmed modes:

Nucleic acids:

The Nucleic Acids measurement mode can be used to quantify the concentration and purity of dsDNA, ssDNA, RNA and oligonucleotides; using wavelengths recorded at 260, 280 and 230nm, with an optional correction at 320nm. The concentration is calculated along with the corresponding ratios. At the touch of a button it is easy to check the purity of the nucleic acids. This is done by identifying distorted peaks in the purity scan between 200 and 350nm. This is especially useful for RNA samples where impurities maybe present at 230nm, but cannot be detected using the 260/ 280nm ratio measurement.

Proteins:

The Proteins measurement mode can be used to calculate protein concentration by creating standard curves from protein assay kits. With pre-programmed methods for measuring Bradford, Lowry, Biuret and Bicinchoninic Acid (BCA) assays; up to 6 standards can be measured with 3 replicates of each standard to minimise any dilution errors.

The Proteins measurement mode is also pre-programmed with the Direct UV and Warburg-Christian methods to determine protein purity.

Cell density:

The Genova Bio has a pre-programmed method for measuring optical density of bacterial cultures such as E.Coli and yeast cells. This is ideal to measure cell growth before cell harvesting.

As well as these pre-programmed methods this versatile spectrophotometer has measurement modes for simple photometrics, concentration, quantitation, spectrum scanning and kinetics. Enabling measurements to be performed at any selected wavelength between 198 to 800nm.

USB Connectivity

There are two USB ports for data storage and printer connectivity. The easy access USB port on the front of the instrument can be used to easily store results and transfer data as tab delimited text files to Microsoft Excel 

Accessories:

• Supplied with a microcuvette holder as standard, making it ideal for small sample volumes down to 50µl.
• For even smaller sample volumes, the Genova Bio has been designed to work with the TrayCell accessory. This enables ultra-micro samples as low as 0.7µl to be measured without the need for dilution. Please see item 1172504 for tray cell. Also included as a bundle with the spectrophotometer: 1231022