Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Sole Source #C03-10697-0044S
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Awarded to:
Vendor: Axon Instruments, Inc., Union City, CA,
Amount:
$49,700
Terms: One-time transaction
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published
Monday March 31, 2003
The University
awarded
a contract for
an integrated array scanner
to
Axon Instruments, Inc., Union City, CA,
for
$49,700.
The unit is a model GenePix 4000B as manufactured by Axon Instruments Incorporated, and includes the following specifications:
- High speed simultaneous dual channel scanning
- Non-confocal technology to provide 64 um depth of field
- Sensitivity of 0.1 flour/um2
- Selectable scan resolution
- Dynamic laser power monitoring
- Adjustable focus
- Adjustable laser power
- Dynamic photomultiplier adjustment
- Integrated barcode reading
- Small footprint, 13.5" x 8.75" x 17.5"
- Three licenses of GenePix Pro 4.1 software, to include two copies of GenePix Pro 4.1 Acquisition and analysis, and one copy of Acuity 2.0
- Integrated software and hardware
- 16-bit TIFF format output
- Sample type: Sstandard microscope slides
- Maximum scan area: 22 x 71.5 mm
- Excitation: 532 nm and 635 nm solid-state lasers
- Scan time: 5 minutes for both channels, full scan area, 10 um resolution
- Pixel resolution: Adjustable for 5 to 100 um
- Digital resolution: 16-bit
- Dynamic range: Four orders of magnitude
- Detection limit: 0.1 flour/um2 (Cy3 and Cy5) at S/N =3
- Maximum S:N (PMT): 10,000:1
- Images: Single-or multi-image TIFF
- Interface: SCSI (adapter included)
- Power supply: 110/220 V universal power supply
- Dimensions: (34.2 x 22.2 x 44.4 cm); 35 lbs (15.9 kg)
For additional information, contact:
Pat Cook
Phone: (618) 453-5751
FAX: (618) 453-6714
E-Mail:
pcook@siu.edu
