iBright Analysis Software
Overview
The Invitrogen iBright CL750 Imaging System supports basic imaging applications associated with chemiluminescent western blots, as well as fluorescent stained nucleic acid gels, fluorescent stained protein gels, and colorimetric stained protein gels. iBright Analysis Software is a free software for organizing and analyzing blot and gel images captured on iBright Imaging Systems. It was designed to build upon the on-board analysis workflows, with more functionality and with the added convenience of multiple software formats depending on preference and need.
Invitrogen iBright™ CL750 Imaging System
Cloud Companion to Embedded Software
While the instruments performed essesntial tasks associated to Western Blot tests well, the decision was made to expand on that by creating a cloud and stand-alone desktop version that went beyond the confines of the touch screen. The cloud version is what I worked on.
The design was based in Carlsbad, Ca. while the development team was in Bangalore, India. I worked with a couple of designers, advising them on best practices when designing for web development. This was back before Sketch and Figma, and the designer preferred Illustrator.
We'd have design review with the smaller team, then meet with the Product Owner for final approval before the came to me for front-end developement. From there, I took the comps and translated them into HTML5, CSS3/SASS, and Vanilla JS. I had access to the development server and code repository, where I would push my templates to.
From there, the development team in Bangalore would implement my code into the application, and then we would have code reviews to ensure that the application UI looked correct and we'd test functionality.
About 3 months before launch, I had the pleasure of traveling to Bangalore to work side by side with my colleagues to put the finishing touches on the application before code freeze and finally, launch.
Coda
The launch of the product and software was such a great success for Thermo Fisher Scientific, that the Invitrogen iBright Imaging System has expanded into a family of instruments:
