morrow@murdu.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Christopher Morrow) (05/29/90)
I have been very interested in photography of REA patterns of bacteria and further processing by computers. Recently I have looked at improving photograph resolution and manipulating constrast (NAR 17:6751) and I have tried the NSCA gelreader program. The gel reader program is fantastic taking a digitized picture and identifying lanes and bands and generating rf values. It is designed for DNA but could easily be adapted for protein work. It handles standards. It runs on a Mac with a colour card (ours is a Mac II) and it is recommended to use a HP Scan jet plus for digitizing as the apple scanner doesnot have the required grey scale. What I was thinking was could a scanner be modified to scan gels? Either by putting a UV source above the gel on the scan bed or altering the laser/dye/glass or just using it as is. I wanted to try to stop buying film and was thinking of a video camera but this idea appeals to me. Perhaps HP could design a water proof scanner. Chris Morrow
elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston) (05/30/90)
In article <1866@murdu.oz>, morrow@murdu.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Christopher Morrow) writes: > 17:6751) and I have tried the NSCA gelreader program. > > The gel reader program is fantastic taking a digitized picture and > identifying lanes and bands and generating rf values. It is designed > for DNA but could easily be adapted for protein work. It handles The subject line says it... Where do I find this and how much do I have to shell out to get it. Keith uunet!av8tr!elliston -- =============================================================================== Keith O. Elliston | .signature really under construction.... uunet!av8tr!elliston | ===============================================================================