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4 November 2021
Image capture protocol
This protocol describes how to use the E-Gel
™
Power Snap Plus Camera to capture
images of E-Gel
™
agarose gels. For detailed instructions see the E-Gel
™
Power Snap Plus
Electrophoresis System User Guide at thermofisher.com or contact Technical Support.
Step
Action
1
View gel
a. Select
View Gel
on the touch screen to
visualize the current gel run.
b. Adjust exposure settings if necessary.
2
Capture image
a. Select
Capture
to save the gel image to
the Gallery.
b. (
Optional
) Select
Edit
to adjust image
properites.
c. Select
Done
.
3
Export image
a. (
Optional
) Insert a USB memory device
to the camera.
b. Select a destination to save the file
(USB memory device, network drive,
cloud storage).
c. Select
Export
to export the gel image
from the live view.
4
Export from Gallery
a. Insert a USB memory drive to the
camera.
b. Select
Gallery
.
c. Select the image file(s) to be exported.
d. (
Optional
) Select
Edit
to adjust image
properites.
e. Select
Export > Export
.
Run gel protocol
This protocol describes how to use the E-Gel
™
Power Snap Plus Camera to run a gel
protocol. See the E-Gel
™
Power Snap Plus Electrophoresis Device Quick Reference
(Pub. No. 100105462) for instructions on how to prepare the gel and samples.
Step
Action
1
Insert gel
a. Prepare gel cassette.
b. Insert the gel cassette into the
E-Gel
™
Power Snap Plus Electrophoresis Device
.
c. Load samples and markers.
2
Run protocol
a. Select
Set up run
.
b. Select the
Category
and
Type
corresponding to the E-Gel
™
cassette in the
device.
c. Adjust run time duration if necessary, then
select
Start run
.
