The importance of environmental quality demands that biologists both understand natural ecosystems and learn to be effective problem solvers
One key environmental issue involves the effects of the pollution from heavy industries on the environment. Different equipment with different techniques is required to be able to study and analyze these effects. With the Phenom proX desktop SEM, sample structures can be physically examined and their elemental composition determined. Viewing three-dimensional images of microscopic structures only solves half the problem when analyzing samples. It is often necessary to collect more than optical data to be able to identify the different elements in a specimen...
Read MoreQueensgate to launch Dual Sensor Technology at emc2012Sep 10, 2012
Queensgate Instruments - an Elektron Technology brand - is to unveil its revolutionary new Dual Sensor Technology at this year's European Microscopy Congress (emc2012) from the 16th to 21st of September in Manchester
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of AFM systems in the group of Dr Bart Hoogenboom of the London Centre for Nanotechnology
Lecturer at the London Nanotechnology Centre and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Dr Bart Hoogenboom's main research interest is where nanotechnology tools may be used to study and manipulate single biomolecules. Specifically, he applies AFM as the only instrument that provides ~1 nm spatial resolution on large biomolecules that are "alive", or in more scientific terms, they are still functional and may be studied in the natural environment, i.e. aqueous salt solution...
Read MoreAgar Scientific reports on the MAC range of reference and calibration standards available for microanalysis usersSep 4, 2012
Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, reports on the range of reference and calibration standards available for scanning electron microscopes manufactured by Micro-Analysis Consultants
Agar Scientific is a market leader in the supply of high quality accessories to assist with sample handling for the microscopy market serving a very broad range of application areas. With traceability of results becoming ever more important, the availability of reliable calibration standards is extremely important to the electron microscopist...
Read MoreGround-breaking versatility from ScientificaSep 3, 2012
Multiphoton imaging is one of the most powerful life science research tools of the 21st century and Scientifica has acknowledged this with the launch of a modular Multiphoton Imaging System
For the first time, it allows the user to build a cost effective and future proof system based around the renowned SliceScope microscope. Multiphoton imaging uses high intensity pulsed lasers, fast moving mirrors, and precision optics to allow researchers to image structure and activity within living tissue. A laser spot is scanned quickly over a sample, exciting dyes within the tissue. The emitted light is collected with sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and the image is captured and displayed on a PC screen...
Read MoreGuaranteed Knockdown for siRNA Gene SilencingSep 3, 2012
AMSBIO has announced its new Trilencer-27 siRNA kit, that contains Dicer-Substrate duplexes, provides critical improvements over the use of traditional 21mer siRNA designs
Gene silencing through the use of RNAi has become a primary tool for characterizing gene involvement in disease states and interactive pathways. Offering genome-wide coverage against human, mouse and rat, the AMSBIO Trilencer-27 siRNA kit takes advantage of the natural processing by Dicer to produce 10-fold higher potency and specificity than shorter 21mer RNAi forms. Beneficially the 27mer dicer-substrate duplexes in the kit also evade the radar of the mammalian interferon response when expressed in mammalian cells and initiate strong and specific gene silencing...
Read MoreMacro to Micro Fluorescence In Vivo Imaging with the iBox Explorer2 Imaging MicroscopeAug 30, 2012
The iBox® Explorer™2 Imaging Microscope now features expanded capabilities for detection of fluorescent markers in small animals
With magnification from whole mouse to individual cells, the iBox Explorer2 provides breakthrough advances for cancer research studies. Researchers can now visualize tumor margins, micro metastasis and more with the wide range of magnifications from 0.17x to 16.5x. The upright optics provide an ultra-long working distance and high numerical aperture (NA) for detailed, exacting in vivo imaging research...
University of Leicester scientists develop rapid-scanning microscope with no loss of quality
Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a new form of digital microscope which can create an image 100 times faster than regular equipment - without losing image quality. The team of scientists have developed a new type of confocal microscope that produces high-resolution images at very fast speeds...
Read MoreCarl Zeiss wins G.I.T. InnovationsAward 2012 for AURIGA LaserAug 29, 2012
The G.I.T. Laboratory Journal officially announced the winners of the G.I.T. InnovationsAward 2012. The CrossBeam (FIB SEM) AURIGA Laser from Carl Zeiss Microscopy took first place in the field of Laboratory Equipment & Technology
Prior to the final voting, a jury of scientists had examined all submissions and made a selection. Readers of G.I.T. Laboratory Journal, customers and visitors of Analytica 2012 in Munich and of Achema 2012 in Frankfurt then selected their favorites. Carl Zeiss Microscopy launched the FIB SEM in March this year. The system combines the advantages of the CrossBeam workstation with the capabilities of a pulsed micro-focus laser for fast ablation of material...
Read MoreAutomating Cell-Based Microplate AssaysAug 27, 2012
PHERAstar FS with Direct Optic Bottom Reading, the Optimal Solution for Cell Based Assays
One of the most important uses for fluorescent proteins like GFP, mCherry, and mOranage is real-time monitoring of cellular processes in live cells. Now with the PHERAstar FS microplate reader, it is possible to miniaturize and increase throughput of fluorescent protein cell-based assays that were not possible before...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen as suppliers of a CSS450 for the Polymeric and Mesomorphic Materials Group, CENIMAT, Portugal for the rheological characterization of anisotropic materials
CENIMAT is a national scientific research center sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. It is divided into four Research Teams: Dielectrics Materials and Structures Group, Electronics and Microelectronics Materials Group, Polymeric and Mesomorphic Materials Group and Structural Materials Group.
Read MoreOlympus announces major cellSens software releaseAug 22, 2012
cellSens 1.7 offers multi-well imaging, HDR, 2D deconvolution, real-time control and more
Olympus has announced a new release of its powerful and flexible cellSens software (now version 1.7), offering a range of new benefits that allow any user to generate expert results, regardless of experience level. These include the brand new ‘Well Navigator’ Solution, which opens up a new world of flexible, multi-well imaging experiments. cellSens 1.7 also offers High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging for the perfect exposure of challenging samples, 2D deconvolution for maximising image clarity and a new database model for streamlining the management of large data repositories with many users...
Read MoreRutgers Selects Albira Preclinical Imaging System from Carestream Molecular Imaging, Signs Collaborative AgreementAug 21, 2012Rutgers University has added an Albira PET/CT system from Carestream Molecular Imaging to its new Molecular Imaging Center in Piscataway, N.J.
Located in a specially renovated facility near Rutgers' Livingston campus, the Molecular Imaging Center now houses the Albira PET/CT, a Carestream In-Vivo MS FX PRO optical imaging system, an MRI system, 3-D displays and other technologies, plus a federally registered holding facility for small animals. The center will support research in basic sciences, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and many other fields...
Read MoreHORIBA Scientific announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution spectrometerAug 17, 2012
Fully automated extended wavelength range capability and new generation of software offer versatility without compromise
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy systems, announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution, the latest spectrometer to join the LabRAM series of research Raman spectrometers. The LabRAM HR Evolution is highly versatile. It offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It also has an unsurpassed achromatic optical design with a high focal length. In fact, it provides high spectroscopic resolution and a unique wavelength range capability from 200nm to 2000nm with an access to frequencies as low as 10cm-1 thanks to the Ultra Low Frequency module, providing high content spectroscopic information for chemical and structural identification as well as an accurate spatial resolution at sub-micron scale...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy, a company of the Carl Zeiss Group and leading provider of light, laser-scanning and electron and ion beam microscopes, announces a new program which allows users to trade in their current Zeiss systems for credit towards a new 7-series laser scanning, spectral confocal system. The old products that are being accepted for trade in are the LSM 510, LSM 5 LIVE, LSM 5 Pascal or Bio-Rad confocal. The credit from trading in your old systems can be applied to Zeiss' LSM 780, LSM 710 or LSM 700 systems.
Read MoreNovel Lens Enhances Forensic Fingerprinting TechniqueAug 8, 2012Resolve Optics Ltd. has supplied a novel custom lens to Consolite Forensics Ltd. (Zeals, UK) to optimise the performance of their Cartridge Electrostatic Recovery and Analysis (CERA) system
The revolutionary CERA technology is now able to extract fingerprints from discharged cartridge cases, not visible by any other means. The scenes of many crimes involving firearms, where spent cartridge cases are the only evidence recovered, has traditionally posed a particular challenge for forensic scientists. Using fingerprints, caused by corrosive sweat, on brass metal cartridge cases has enjoyed some recent success in producing identifiable fingerprints* where conventional techniques have failed...
Read MoreCatalogue features extensive range of Ceti MicroscopesAug 8, 2012Laboratory equipment specialists MEDLINE SCIENTIFIC have recently published a new dedicated CETI MICROPSCOPE catalogue which was launched at ACHEMA 2012.
This new 44 page catalogue features the extensive range of CETI microscopes which are designed to suit all budgets and most popular applications. The range includes models for simple educational applications through to more sophisticated models for research and clinical tasks. Important new models include the LED powered Stereo microscopes, such as the STAR24LED, Steddy LED and the Varizoom. These offer variable top and bottom LED lighting as standard to ensure that the sample can be viewed without suffering any thermal damage over a prolonged viewing time...
Read MoreCambridge Research Biochemicals Signs Deal with LI-COR Biosciences for Infrared Dye Labelled PeptidesAug 7, 2012Leading research peptide manufacturer, Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB) announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive license with LI-COR Biosciences (LI-COR) to develop, manufacture and sell IRDye® and IRDye® QC-1 near-infrared dye-labelled peptides for research use only.
CRB is a world leader in providing dye labelled products to researchers. The partnership with LI-COR will enable the company to provide dye labelled peptides, which are unique in the field of fluorescence imaging applications...
Read MoreTecMicroscopes announce sales of their Microtec light microscopes into multiple education facilities across the UKAug 7, 2012TecMicroscopes in conjunction with Mazurek Optical Services, suppliers of the Microtec range of light microscopes and accessories, is pleased to announce multiple sales into academic institutions across the UK.
TecMicroscopes and its principle sales partner, Mazurek Optical Services are very pleased to announce the installation of three new suites of microscopes to UK universities and schools. Mazurek's excellent service and support record as noted as doing "an excellent job, so promptly and so efficiently" by Marta Salamonowicz, Research Administrator at the UCL Prostate Cancer Research Centre, backed by the high level of optical performance at an economical price of Microtec has been the basis of these sales...
Read MoreJPK reports on the use of their NanoWizard systems in the Microscopy & Imaging Facility at the University of CalgaryAug 7, 2012JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM systems at the Microscopy & Imaging Facility (MIF) at the University of Calgary in Canada.
The Calgary Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF) is a world-class university-wide facility housing transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), advanced light microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), including single cell force spectroscopy (SCFS), and advanced image processing for three-dimensional electron and light microscopy, directed by Professor Matthias Amrein.
Read MoreNew Olympus NA 1.7 APON100Aug 7, 2012High quality single molecule imaging and analysis in cells
Olympus, a leading manufacturer of professional opto-digital products, has launched the NA 1.7 APON100×HOTIRF objective for the imaging of intracellular molecules. With a world record-breaking numerical aperture (NA) of 1.7, the objective achieves the highest Z-resolution ever recorded for a Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscope. The benefits for research using TIRF microscopy include extremely thin penetration depth and high signal-to-noise ratio, making the lens ideal for single molecule dynamic studies and super resolution applications... Read MoreCarl Zeiss reveals High Definition FE-SEM SIGMA HDAug 6, 2012The High Definition Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) SIGMA HD is revealed at the Microscopy & Microanalysis conference 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona by Carl Zeiss Microscopy.
SIGMA HD offers customers high resolution, fast imaging and easy sample navigation for nanoscale analytics in addition to the performance of the established SIGMA series...
One key environmental issue involves the effects of the pollution from heavy industries on the environment. Different equipment with different techniques is required to be able to study and analyze these effects. With the Phenom proX desktop SEM, sample structures can be physically examined and their elemental composition determined. Viewing three-dimensional images of microscopic structures only solves half the problem when analyzing samples. It is often necessary to collect more than optical data to be able to identify the different elements in a specimen...
This event is home to Europe's largest exhibition dedicated to microscopy, and will see the launch of Queensgate's groundbreaking new objective scanning mechanism and analogue controller, offering faster, more accurate and more stable microscope objective focusing than ever before...
Lecturer at the London Nanotechnology Centre and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Dr Bart Hoogenboom's main research interest is where nanotechnology tools may be used to study and manipulate single biomolecules. Specifically, he applies AFM as the only instrument that provides ~1 nm spatial resolution on large biomolecules that are "alive", or in more scientific terms, they are still functional and may be studied in the natural environment, i.e. aqueous salt solution...
Agar Scientific is a market leader in the supply of high quality accessories to assist with sample handling for the microscopy market serving a very broad range of application areas. With traceability of results becoming ever more important, the availability of reliable calibration standards is extremely important to the electron microscopist...
For the first time, it allows the user to build a cost effective and future proof system based around the renowned SliceScope microscope. Multiphoton imaging uses high intensity pulsed lasers, fast moving mirrors, and precision optics to allow researchers to image structure and activity within living tissue. A laser spot is scanned quickly over a sample, exciting dyes within the tissue. The emitted light is collected with sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and the image is captured and displayed on a PC screen...
With magnification from whole mouse to individual cells, the iBox Explorer2 provides breakthrough advances for cancer research studies. Researchers can now visualize tumor margins, micro metastasis and more with the wide range of magnifications from 0.17x to 16.5x. The upright optics provide an ultra-long working distance and high numerical aperture (NA) for detailed, exacting in vivo imaging research...
Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a new form of digital microscope which can create an image 100 times faster than regular equipment - without losing image quality. The team of scientists have developed a new type of confocal microscope that produces high-resolution images at very fast speeds...
Prior to the final voting, a jury of scientists had examined all submissions and made a selection. Readers of G.I.T. Laboratory Journal, customers and visitors of Analytica 2012 in Munich and of Achema 2012 in Frankfurt then selected their favorites. Carl Zeiss Microscopy launched the FIB SEM in March this year. The system combines the advantages of the CrossBeam workstation with the capabilities of a pulsed micro-focus laser for fast ablation of material...
One of the most important uses for fluorescent proteins like GFP, mCherry, and mOranage is real-time monitoring of cellular processes in live cells. Now with the PHERAstar FS microplate reader, it is possible to miniaturize and increase throughput of fluorescent protein cell-based assays that were not possible before...
CENIMAT is a national scientific research center sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. It is divided into four Research Teams: Dielectrics Materials and Structures Group, Electronics and Microelectronics Materials Group, Polymeric and Mesomorphic Materials Group and Structural Materials Group.
Olympus has announced a new release of its powerful and flexible cellSens software (now version 1.7), offering a range of new benefits that allow any user to generate expert results, regardless of experience level. These include the brand new ‘Well Navigator’ Solution, which opens up a new world of flexible, multi-well imaging experiments. cellSens 1.7 also offers High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging for the perfect exposure of challenging samples, 2D deconvolution for maximising image clarity and a new database model for streamlining the management of large data repositories with many users...
Located in a specially renovated facility near Rutgers' Livingston campus, the Molecular Imaging Center now houses the Albira PET/CT, a Carestream In-Vivo MS FX PRO optical imaging system, an MRI system, 3-D displays and other technologies, plus a federally registered holding facility for small animals. The center will support research in basic sciences, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and many other fields...
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy systems, announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution, the latest spectrometer to join the LabRAM series of research Raman spectrometers. The LabRAM HR Evolution is highly versatile. It offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It also has an unsurpassed achromatic optical design with a high focal length. In fact, it provides high spectroscopic resolution and a unique wavelength range capability from 200nm to 2000nm with an access to frequencies as low as 10cm-1 thanks to the Ultra Low Frequency module, providing high content spectroscopic information for chemical and structural identification as well as an accurate spatial resolution at sub-micron scale...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy, a company of the Carl Zeiss Group and leading provider of light, laser-scanning and electron and ion beam microscopes, announces a new program which allows users to trade in their current Zeiss systems for credit towards a new 7-series laser scanning, spectral confocal system. The old products that are being accepted for trade in are the LSM 510, LSM 5 LIVE, LSM 5 Pascal or Bio-Rad confocal. The credit from trading in your old systems can be applied to Zeiss' LSM 780, LSM 710 or LSM 700 systems.
The revolutionary CERA technology is now able to extract fingerprints from discharged cartridge cases, not visible by any other means. The scenes of many crimes involving firearms, where spent cartridge cases are the only evidence recovered, has traditionally posed a particular challenge for forensic scientists. Using fingerprints, caused by corrosive sweat, on brass metal cartridge cases has enjoyed some recent success in producing identifiable fingerprints* where conventional techniques have failed...
This new 44 page catalogue features the extensive range of CETI microscopes which are designed to suit all budgets and most popular applications. The range includes models for simple educational applications through to more sophisticated models for research and clinical tasks. Important new models include the LED powered Stereo microscopes, such as the STAR24LED, Steddy LED and the Varizoom. These offer variable top and bottom LED lighting as standard to ensure that the sample can be viewed without suffering any thermal damage over a prolonged viewing time...
CRB is a world leader in providing dye labelled products to researchers. The partnership with LI-COR will enable the company to provide dye labelled peptides, which are unique in the field of fluorescence imaging applications...
TecMicroscopes and its principle sales partner, Mazurek Optical Services are very pleased to announce the installation of three new suites of microscopes to UK universities and schools. Mazurek's excellent service and support record as noted as doing "an excellent job, so promptly and so efficiently" by Marta Salamonowicz, Research Administrator at the UCL Prostate Cancer Research Centre, backed by the high level of optical performance at an economical price of Microtec has been the basis of these sales...
The Calgary Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF) is a world-class university-wide facility housing transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), advanced light microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), including single cell force spectroscopy (SCFS), and advanced image processing for three-dimensional electron and light microscopy, directed by Professor Matthias Amrein.
Olympus, a leading manufacturer of professional opto-digital products, has launched the NA 1.7 APON100×HOTIRF objective for the imaging of intracellular molecules. With a world record-breaking numerical aperture (NA) of 1.7, the objective achieves the highest Z-resolution ever recorded for a Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscope. The benefits for research using TIRF microscopy include extremely thin penetration depth and high signal-to-noise ratio, making the lens ideal for single molecule dynamic studies and super resolution applications...
SIGMA HD offers customers high resolution, fast imaging and easy sample navigation for nanoscale analytics in addition to the performance of the established SIGMA series...