"reliable, user-friendly product"

PRODUCT:                 CyGEL
Application Area:        Live cell imaging by confocal microscopy

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Average rating:           5.0

Comments:                 We have used CyGEL to immobilize Drosophila pupae for live imaging using a confocal microscope. Embedding of samples in glass bottom dishes is carried out using a fluorescence stereomicroscope. We find CyGEL more convenient than LMP agarose because it saves the hassle to melt agarose and have a heating block or water bath nearby to keep agarose liquefied. The only utensil required is a small container with ice to keep CyGEL in its liquid form. Toxicity was not an issue since samples survived 3D time-lapse imaging for five days (see http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/2/150517). Overall, we are very satisfied with this product.

Name: Martin Wasser

Organisation: BioImagingMW

"Great product!"

PRODUCT:                 DRAQ5

Application Area:       Analyze proteins in cell and tissue samples 

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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 Average rating:          4.7

Comments: This product gives high quality and reproducible results

Name: Marina Arbi

Organisation: University of Patras

"Great for imaging cell death as well as FACS"

PRODUCT:                 DRAQ7

Application Area:       Small molecule cell death screens 

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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 Average rating:          4.0

Comments: Draq7 offers a great means in which to image cell death in real time. Although the product is commonly used as a FACS marker for cell death, I have found great utility as a way to real time mark cell death using Incucyte. Con is price is slightly higher than competitor products used previously, but Draq7 is still my go to marker for cell death

Name: Richard Crispin

Organisation: University of Edinburgh

“Nice option to visualize nuclei in living cells”

PRODUCT:                  DRAQ5

Application Area:        staining of nuclei in living cells

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Average rating:           4.3

Comments: We achieved reproducible results in a high quality. DRAQ5 was really easy to use. We needed small amounts (1:1000) to make nuclei visible during immunofluorescence analysis. An Incubation for 10 minutes with 1:1000 DRAQ5 in Medium was enough to stain nuclei and it wasn’t indispensable to change/discard medium for microscopy.

Name: Jorge Enrique Duque Escobar 

Organisation: Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hamburg

"Good results"

PRODUCT:                 DRAQ5

Application Area:       Analyze antigen in adrenocortical tissues 

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐

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 Average rating:          3.0

Comments: Easy to use, with high quality of results. By Immunofluorescence analysis we have rapidly analyze the nucleuses of our cells. 

Name: Beatrice Rubin

Organisation: University of Padua

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Manufacturer's response: Thanks for taking the time to review DRAQ5. We would love to know what would make DRAQ5 score 5’s – that would help direct our product development.

"Very good results with Draq5"

PRODUCT:                 DRAQ5

Application Area:       analyzes of protein endocytosis 

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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 Average rating:          4.0

Comments: Draq5 is easy to use and the staining of the nucleus is bright and specific

Name: Verena Rabiej

Organisation: Institute of Pathobiochemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz

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Manufacturer's response: Thank you for the positive response on the performance of the product! I’m sorry that we didn’t meet your after-sales expectations but have no record of receiving an after-sales enquiry. We would love to know what we could do better.

"Good product for staining"

PRODUCT:                 DRAQ5

Application Area:       Nuclear staining 

Ease of Use:              ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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 Average rating:          5.0

Comments: The lab personnel have been requesting this product for the last few years for their research studies.

Name: Diana Chan

Organisation: Houston Methodist Research Institute