.. index:: Bio-Rad Gel
.. index:: .1sc

Bio-Rad Gel
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Extensions: .1sc


Owner: `Bio-Rad <https://www.bio-rad.com>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: BioRadGelReader (:bfreader:`Source Code <BioRadGelReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/BioRadGelReader>`)




We currently have:

* software that can read Bio-Rad Gel files 
* several Bio-Rad Gel files 
* reverse-engineered Bio-Rad Gel (1sc) file format specification 
* Bio-Rad's `Image Lab 5.2.1 <https://www.bio-rad.com/en-ch/product/image-lab-software>`_ software

We would like to have:

* more Bio-Rad Gel files

**Ratings**


Pixels: |Good|

Metadata: |Fair|

Openness: |Fair|

Presence: |Poor|

Utility: |Fair|

**Additional Information**


* `Bio-Rad Gel Format (1sc) specification <https://biorad1sc-doc.readthedocs.io/>`_ 
* Python3 package of a Bio-Rad Gel Format (1sc) reader 

  * ``pip3 install biorad1sc_reader`` 
  * `biorad1sc_reader documentation <https://biorad1sc-reader.readthedocs.io/>`_ 
  * Includes command-line utilities 

    * bio1sc2tiff - convert 1sc file image to tiff 
    * bio1scmeta - report all metadata in a 1sc file 
    * bio1scread - report details on internal 1sc file structure 

  * `biorad1sc_reader on pypi <https://pypi.org/project/biorad1sc-reader/>`_ 
  * `biorad1sc_reader on github <https://github.com/itsayellow/biorad1sc_reader>`_
