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Used worldwide by the top 25 pharmaceutical companies and renowned academic centers.
Image Quality Second to None
Every imaging technology is precisely optimized for crystal clear images.
Increase Your Throughput
Image entire 96-well plates in only 3 minutes and incubate up to 1500 plates.
Crystal Clear Imaging. Unparalleled Speed.
ROCK IMAGER® - Crystallization Imagers are a series of automated imaging systems designed for protein crystallization screening. Capture superior quality images of your protein drops while learning critical information about your crystals. ROCK IMAGERs are available with various plate capacities and imaging features, so there is a model to fit every lab's budget and workflow.
Screen conditions with various imaging methods to discover more
Visible Light (Color), Cross-Polarization, UV Fluorescence, UV Absorption, Multi-Fluorescence Imaging (MFI), Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP), Second-Order Nonlinear Imaging of Chiral Crystals (SONICC)
Various models to fit your budget and workflow
Plate capacities from a single plate up to 970 SBS format plates or 1500 LCP plates
Temperature regulation options available
Precise temperature control from 30°C down to 4°C
Multiple plate options available
SBS, Linbro, Nextal, Terasaki/HLA and Lipid Cubic Phase (LCP) plate
Seamless integration with ROCK MAKER - Crystallization Software
Screen Conditions with More Confidence
See the Details of Your Drops
High optical resolution is achieved by increasing the numerical aperture of the objective. The trade-off, however, is that depth of field (depth of the image in focus at one time) is reduced. ROCK IMAGER combines multiple slices into one Extended Focus Image (EFI) to allow the best of both worlds.
Capture Images the Way You Want
Multiple images of each drop can be captured with user-adjustable settings including exposure, polarization, and condenser aperture.
See Something Interesting? Zoom in for a Better Look
Specify regions of interest within a drop to zoom into. ROCK IMAGER will automatically capture those areas in high resolution.
Learn More About Your Drops
Multiple imaging technologies are available for ROCK IMAGER allowing you to discover more about your protein drops:
Visible Light
The standard imaging technique for screening used by most crystallographers. ROCK IMAGER provides high-resolution images. Learn More
Ultraviolet (UV)
Determine if your crystals are protein or salt and find crystals in optically turbulent environments. Learn More
Multi-Fluorescence Imaging (MFI)
Find protein-protein complexes, increase crystal detection sensitivity, and incorporate UV imaging into your toolkit. Learn More
Second Order Nonlinear Imaging of Chiral Crystals (SONICC)
Detect microcrystals (<1 µm), determine which crystals are protein vs. salt, and increase crystal detection sensitivity. Learn More
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP)
Identify the optimal conditions for LCP crystal growth without having to wait on the crystals actually growing. Learn More
Versatile Options for Any Lab
Models to Fit Your Lab's Throughput and Budget
With 5 different models all with flexible options, there is a ROCK IMAGER to fit your lab's needs. Plate capacities range from a single-plate desktop model up to 970 SBS plates or 1500 LCP plates with hotel storage.
No Need to Change Your Microplate
All Rock Imagers are compatible with SBS, LCP, and microbatch plates. Options for Linbro and Qiagen EasyXtal plate compatibility are available.
ROCK IMAGER 182 shown retrieving, imaging, and storing a plate.
Testimonials
The Formulatrix imaging systems are excellent, we have several in our lab and they all work well. I can only recommend them.
Karl Harlos
University of Oxford - Division of Structural Biology
We have had our ROCK IMAGER 1000 for nearly 2 years and have setup and imaged >7000 plates in that time. The system has performed very reliably over that span from a mechanical standpoint and the associated Rock Maker software has made tracking, viewing and organizing our many projects simple and easy. The seamless integration of our Formulatrix Formulator with the imaging system has allowed us to carry out optimizations in a high throughput manner as well. Just as important is that the service and support have been excellent, with most issues dealt with remotely and new customer-driven features added at regular intervals.
Rafael Toro
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
We buy a lot of products for FORMULATRIX such as ROCK IMAGER (both 4c system and RT system), FORMULATOR and NT8 for protein crystallization when using this machine we do face some problems and once I even want to return them back but people from FORMULATRIX always try their best to solve the problems. Finally, I think FORMULATRIX is really a responsible company and they always try their best to serve the customers. More important, the products are easy using.
