Western Blot Imaging Systems 

All FluorChem Imaging systems are discontinued as of October 2021. Service for these instruments will continue for FluorChem E, M, and R systems through October 15th, 2026. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Technical Support or email instrument-support@bio-techne.com.

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FluorChem Imaging Systems Consumables

Catalog #Description
60-12596-00ChemiGlow Chemiluminescence Substrate Kit
WB201

MultiFluor Western Blotting Kit (2-color, option 1)

Red (Goat Anti-Rabbit) and Green (Goat Anti-Mouse)

WB202

MultiFluor Western Blotting Kit (2-color, option 2)

Red (Goat Anti-Mouse) and Green (Goat Anti-Rabbit)

WB301

MultiFluor Western Blotting Kit (3-color, option 1)

Red (Goat Anti-Rabbit), Green (Goat Anti-Mouse) and Blue (Donkey Anti-Chicken)

WB302

MultiFluor Western Blotting Kit (3-color, option 2)

Red (Goat Anti-Mouse), Green (Goat Anti-Rabbit) and Blue (Donkey Anti-Chicken)

Catalog #Description
041-058MultiFluor Green Secondary (Goat-Anti-Rabbit IgG)
041-059MultiFluor Red Secondary (Goat-Anti-Mouse IgG)
041-061MultiFluor Red Secondary (Goat-Anti-Rabbit IgG)
041-063MultiFluor Green Secondary (Goat-Anti-Mouse IgG)
041-064MultiFluor Blue Secondary (Donkey-Anti-Chicken IgG)
041-050MultiFluor Blocking Solution
041-052MultiFluor Antibody Wash
041-054MultiFluor Final Wash
P-150HThermal Paper - High Contrast

FluorChem Imaging Systems Accessories 

Catalog #Description
91-13840-00Green Emission Filter
HB-500Blue Emission Filter
EBR-500KOrange Emission Filter
SYPRO-500Red Emission Filter
75-14083-00Replacement UV Bulb (365 nm)
75-14084-00Replacement UV Bulb (302 nm)
91-12999-00Digital Thermal Grayscale USB Printer
73-13845-00UV Blocking Cover
UWS-500-8UV Transmitting Work Surface
73-12593-00Trans Blue Conversion Screen

Explore Automated Western Blot Analysis

Looking to improve your results? Evolve Your Protein Analysis with Simple Western Systems

Switch from the FluorChem Imagers to Simple Western and improve your protein detection. Simple Western instruments are the only gel-free, blot-free, and hands-free capillary-based western platform that integrate and automate the entire protein separation and detection process. Just load 3 µL of sample come back 3 hours later to highly quantitative and reproducible protein expression analysis using conventional Western blot antibodies. Replace your outdated Western blot imaging system with Simple Western with industry-leading IR/NIR fluorescence and chemiluminescence detection.

Comparison between FluorChem and Simple Western

 FluorChem ImagersSimple Western Instruments
NIR/IR detection limithigh pglow pg
Chemi detection limithigh pglow pg
Serial immunoassaysstrip and re-probefully automated with RePlex™
Multiplex across Chemi, IR, and NIR detection at oncenoyes
Single-step total protein detection and normalizationnoyes
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Fast and fully automated

With Simple Western Systems, it’s pipette, run and done! Simply load your sample, antibodies and reagents into the plate, insert your plate and cartridge into the Simple Western Instrument and press start. With as little as 3 hours of hands-free run time, you can be analyzing data and making decisions with your data in no time.

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Reproducible

By eliminating the variability from manual steps of traditional western blotting protocols including sample loading, gel-to membrane transfer of proteins, and user and site differences, Simple Western technology is highly reproducible offering.

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Quantitative

With Simple Western Systems, true protein quantitation is possible. With 25 or 100 independent sample throughput per run, Simple Western enables inclusion of standard curves, QC standards, and controls to design robust fully quantitative protein assays.

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Bridge the Gap: Image Traditional Western Blots with Jess

Did you know Jess can image traditional Western blots?

Bring Jess into your lab and you can still image traditional chemiluminescent Western blots while you design your new fully quantitative and fully automated Simple Western experiments! Jess has a built-in chemiluminescence imager for Western blot imaging.

Resources to learn more about Simple Western

Simple Western Brochure

Discover more and solve your protein analysis problems with Simple Western. Read this comprehensive brochure on Simple Western Products to find out more.

Antibodies

Simple Western is an open platform, meaning the possibilities are almost endless when selecting antibodies. The Simple Western Antibody database is curated to facilitate the selection process by providing general assay development guidance for identifying and selecting antibodies to test.

Bringing the Western Blot into the 21st Century with Automated Solutions

See the advantages of Simple Western against traditional western blotting in this comparative analysis.

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Since its introduction Simple Western Technology has been trusted by thousands of laboratories around the globe. Search through over 2,800 publications where Simple Western Technology was used.

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