Electrophoresis system and methods

A gel electrophoresis system, comprising:

• a base module, comprising:
• a cassette slot configured to receive a gel electrophoresis cassette;
• a light element configured to illuminate the gel electrophoresis cassette when the gel electrophoresis cassette is positioned within the cassette slot;
• and
• a camera module comprising a camera, wherein the camera module is selectively connectable to the base module to facilitate imaging of the gel electrophoresis cassette when the gel electrophoresis cassette is positioned within the cassette slot, wherein the camera module comprises an air inlet path.

A gel electrophoresis system, comprising:

• a base module, comprising:
• a cassette slot configured to receive a gel electrophoresis cassette;
• a light element configured to illuminate the gel electrophoresis cassette when the gel electrophoresis cassette is positioned within the cassette slot;
• and
• a camera module comprising a camera, wherein the camera module is selectively connectable to the base module to facilitate imaging of the gel electrophoresis cassette when the gel electrophoresis cassette is positioned within the cassette slot, wherein the camera module further comprises a supercapacitor array, the supercapacitor array being configured to become charged when the camera module is selectively connected to the base module, the supercapacitor array being configured, when charged, to supply power to one or more components of the camera module when the camera module is selectively disconnected from the base module.

A gel electrophoresis system, comprising:

• a base module, comprising:
• a cassette slot configured to receive a gel electrophoresis cassette;
• a light element configured to illuminate the gel electrophoresis cassette when the gel electrophoresis cassette is positioned within the cassette slot;
• a camera module comprising a camera, wherein the camera module is selectively connectable to the base module to facilitate imaging of the gel electrophoresis cassette when the gel electrophoresis cassette is positioned within the cassette slot;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the gel electrophoresis system to:
• obtain an image captured by the camera, the image capturing an electrophoresis gel positioned within a gel electrophoresis cassette positioned within the cassette slot;
• perform a gel size differentiation operation configured to determine a size of the electrophoresis gel;
• in response to determining that the size of the electrophoresis gel satisfies a threshold, perform a well configuration detection operation to determine a configuration of wells of the electrophoresis gel;
• and
• perform an image deconvolution operation based on the image to generate a deconvolved image.