Neu-tec Group Inc, in North America, is pleased to announce its new distribution partnership with the DK based Biosense Solutions. The oCelloscope technology is a unique live-cell imaging system for sensitive and detailed monitoring of biological growth and development. It uniquely tracks the growth of microorganisms in multi-well plates by combining microscopic imaging with automated time lapse photography...

Deluge of entries ensures one of the Society’s biggest and best ever competitions. This year’s RMS Scientific Imaging Competition has triggered a fantastic response from microscopists around the world – with 198 images submitted across seven different award categories. With the submissions deadline now expired, the competition judges have been left with the tricky task of whittling down a shortlist of images to be displayed at mmc2023, where the final decisions on the winners will be made...

TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces the first installation of its UniTOM XL with the new Spectral CT capability at University of Pau’s DMEX Centre for X-ray Imaging, Pau, France. Spectral CT provides chemical information at any point inside a sample, which is not possible using micro-CT alone. With Spectral CT scientists can now see the most subtle changes in material composition and purity, and low contrast materials, such as polymers, can be differentiated from each other...

England’s first centre of its kind is set to make significant improvements in cancer diagnosis and treatment – by combining pioneering digital imaging with artificial intelligence. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and its academic research partner The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have today announced the opening of their new joint Integrated Pathology Unit (IPU)...

The ioLight compact inverted microscope is the latest innovation from ioLight. The inverted microscope wraps the microscope in a sealed package for use inside CO2 incubators in biological laboratories. The sealed case is resistant to damp acidic atmospheres and means that you can monitor experiments without opening the door or disrupting your cells. An external tablet can be used to view images remotely...

Indica Labs, an industry leader in quantitative digital pathology and image management innovations, and Lunit, a leading medical AI software platform company focused on cancer biomarkers announced an agreement to provide a fully interoperable solution between Indica Labs’ HALO AP® image management software platform and Lunit’s suite of AI pathology products. The combined solution is already in use at Guardant Health, a leading precision oncology company...

Get Better Images from Deep within Your Sample. The new SLIDEVIEW™ VS200 v. 4.1 software supports a host of new features, including the SILA optical sectioning device that enables you to obtain high-contrast images from deep within your sample. The SILA optical sectioning device uses speckle illumination combined with HiLo microscopy to achieve high-contrast images. This camera-based technology quickly captures two illuminated images that are then mathematically processed to remove out-of-focus light...

Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch, who is considered a leading quantum physicist, is to be commended with the ZEISS Research Award for his outstanding research in the field of quantum simulation using ultracold atoms. The company has been recognizing outstanding research in optics and photonics since 1990. The ceremony will take place at the Deutsches Museum in Munich on 26 June 2023. Three young scientists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will also receive awards. They will receive the Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers...

Xyall and Indica Labs have entered into a global strategic partnership designed to bridge the gap between histology and molecular pathology. It unites Xyall’s unique automated tissue dissection solutions with Indica Labs’ AI-powered, diagnostic digital pathology platform. Selecting tumor tissue is at the heart of molecular diagnostic testing. The collaboration will enable molecular laboratories to benefit from a fully digital and automated workflow for tissue macro dissection for molecular diagnostic testing...

ibidi Glass Bottom µ-Plates With 384 Wells are now 30% off^* until the end of June! With their highest optical quality coverslip, the µ-Plates enable high throughput screenings for many applications, such as Widefield fluorescence imaging and confocal microscopy, Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) and Super-resolution microscopy (STED, SIM, (F)PALM, (d)STORM)...

CytoCHEK SPAchip® assay kits are novel fluorescence cell-based assays developed by A4cell that bring together the fields of nanotechnology and cell biology. SPAchips are composed of fluorescently labelled silicon microparticles which can be internalized inside single cells for lengthy periods, providing highly accurate data through long-term cell monitoring. CytoCHECK SPAchip® Detection Kits allow measurement of intracellular calcium or pH levels by changes in fluorescence intensity...

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a class of 2D materials which have unique optical and electronic properties. They are semiconductors with the chemical structure MX₂ where M is a transition metal and X a chalcogen. After the isolation of graphene layers, research into alternative 2D layered materials which offer the same, or better, properties has surged...

APEER and arivis are coming together to better serve customers by consolidating hardware- and data-agnostic software under the brand ZEISS arivis. The changes will take place in phases over the coming year, starting in April 2023. Customers can continue to expect the same level of quality and support. The name ZEISS arivis will represent an expanded software product line that includes cloud and AI solutions...

CrestOptics S.p.A., a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, has announced the launch of its new spinning disk confocal microscope system, CICERO. Focusing on the essential elements of epi-fluorescence and confocal microscopy, CICERO has been developed to make high-end imaging accessible to the wider scientific community by providing a compact and cost-effective system for powerful imaging solutions...

ZEISS is investing in life science start-up InSphero to further advance the adoption of 3D microtissues in research and drug development. InSphero AG, a pioneer in 3D spheroid and cell-based assays in pharmaceutical drug discovery and safety testing, has raised an eight-figure amount in its latest funding round. InSphero will utilize the proceeds to commercialize its cryo-preservation technology to enable further growth and scalability...

The STEDYCON™ STED microscope is a super-resolution fluorescence microscope, which allows researchers to visualize biological structures and processes at the nanoscale level with high accuracy and detail. The instrument will be an essential resource for biotech entrepreneurs at MBC BioLabs, enabling them to develop new products and therapies with increased efficiency and effectiveness...

Renishaw is pleased to introduce fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) functionality to its inVia™ confocal Raman microscope. In partnership with Becker & Hickl GmbH, the pioneers in time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC), the system combines both Raman and FLIM in a single instrument. This integration can overlay both FLIM and Raman images with pixel-to-pixel correlation, thus increasing understanding of samples across a range of applications...

A Sysmex Group Company, announces that IVDR-certification has been granted for eight CytoCell® fluorescence in situhybridisation (FISH) probes important for patient management in haematological cancers and prenatal conditions. This award places OGT as the first manufacturer of FISH probes to obtain the new IVDR certification on its products—demonstrating continued safety, reliability and effectiveness under this substantially more stringent regulation...

Imagine having a lab inside a living single cell with the capacity to make any analysis in an instant and over long periods of time. A4Cell’s SPAchip® nanodevice is based on the use of inert Silicon microchips on which multiple highly concentrated fluorescent probes can be deposited to provide intracellular readouts over long culture periods following endocytosis. Currently available as a kit for detection of intracellular & extracellular calcium or pH...