UV-Free Fluorescence

Dark Reader®
Blue Light Technology

By Clare Chemical Research

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Products

Transilluminators

All our Dark Reader blue transilluminators use pure visible blue light as the excitation source and there is NO damaging and dangerous ultra-violet radiation to worry about.

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Hand-held Lamps

The Dark Reader blue LED Hand Lamp and Spot Lamp are very versatile devices for viewing fluorescent samples around the lab. The Lamps are very popular for viewing GFPs in transgenic plants and animals.

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Viridi DNA Stains

With our brand new Viridi DNA stains, you can now visualize as little as 1ng of DNA. Ultra-convenient to use, with no need to dilute from the 6x stock: simply add to your DNA sample and load on the gel.

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Features

Visible Blue Light

Dark Reader blue LED transilluminators and hand lamps reveal fluorescent DNA, RNA, proteins and other biological samples using a revolutionary combination of a VISIBLE blue light source and two color filters.

Very Sensitive

Dark Reader apparatus is at least as sensitive as UV for the detection of many popular dyes and can be used to see, directly by eye, less than 100 pg of stained DNA.

Versatile

The Dark Reader visible blue light source is particularly effective for viewing fluorophors through glass and plastic, and even in transgenic plants and animals.

Safe & Improved Cloning

Because Dark Reader devices emits no UV, there is essentially zero risk of eye and skin damage. Also, the extent of DNA sample damage is drastically reduced and cloning efficiency is increased over 100-fold.

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Compatible with

DNA Stains

  • SYBR Green
  • SYBR Safe
  • SYBR Gold
  • Gelstar
  • Gel Green
  • Ethidium
  • And more...

Fluorescent Proteins

  • GFP
  • YFP
  • RFP
  • DsRed
  • And other GFP variants!

Protein Stains

  • Fluorescein
  • Pro-Q Diamond
  • SYPRO Ruby
  • SYPRO Orange
  • AttoPhos
  • PBXL
  • And more...
Applications
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Customer Reviews
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Customer Reviews

5/5
The Dark Reader has become an essential part of our cloning process.
Vanderbilt University
I recently bought one of your transilluminators and it is working extremely well for our DNA gels. We are very happy. Nice product. I wonder why people still buy the UV transilluminators.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
We are all impressed by the exceptional emission/excitation matching in your filter set- looking at samples through the glasses is an exercise in unreality!
Biotech CompanyAtlanta
We certainly did see a dramatic improvement with our transformations. It was certainly greater than 100 fold and probably approached 1000. We worked with two inserts, one that was 1.5 kb and the second that was 3.8. I was impressed and glad that our cloning efficiencies have improved.
University of Kentucky
The gels REALLY glow in your light! Your Handbook is very helpful. All my students are studying it now.
University of Wisconsin
We are very enthusiastic about the Dark Reader and use it to isolate DNA fragments.
Vanderbilt University
I just wanted to drop off a note of appreciation for the fast shipment of the new equipment & parts. It is a fantastic series of products that we use everyday. The incredible service we encounter with Clare Chemical makes your stuff stand out even more.
North Carolina State University
Indeed we are enthusiastic users of the Dark Reader. We are using the machine on an everyday basis and we are very happy with it. We use it for routine purposes, including viewing gels. We use GelStar as a dye.It is great, one does not need to worry about nicked DNA or burned skin on the wrist. We love it.
National University of Singapore
The Dark Reader Spot Lamp came yesterday. It lights up my EGFP mice beautifully, even through their cages. In addition, it illuminates my bacterial EYFP cultures very well. My colleagues are very impressed.
Dartmouth College
We really love our Dark Reader. My friends who have gone off to start their own academic labs have almost all gotten one. They are particularly happy about not having to worry about undergrads blinding themselves (with UV).
Cornell University
I would like to thank you guys for making our life much easier with this lamp. I am still amazed from what I have seen yesterday when checking fluorescence with the Hand Lamp.
Ohio University
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  • (970) 882-7499
  • PO Box 180 Dolores, CO 81323

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© All rights reserved Dark Reader is a registered trademark of Clare Chemical Research, Inc. Dark Reader® devices including transilluminators, hand lamps and electrophoresis units as well as associated accessories such as viewing glasses, screens and camera filters, were for use until 2018 under one or more of US patents 6198107, 6512236, 6914250 and EP 0965034.

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