Leica SCN400 2.2 - Fast, Flexible Whole Slide Capture for Digital Pathology
Leica Microsystems announces the release of the SCN400 2.2 scanning platform. Batch processing in both brightfield and multi-channel fluorescence, coupled with user-friendly workflows, makes the SCN400 2.2 an all-round high performance solution for digital pathology scanning...
Customers can now choose between the systems MERLIN Compact, MERLIN VP Compact and MERLIN and configure them individually. The Plug-and-Play feature allows the customer to add and change detectors with minimum effort to handle tasks ranging from simple image capture to extensive material analysis. A large frame store of 32k x 24k pixels allows imaging of very large areas. New features include in-situ 3D surface reconstruction and calculation of 3D data from 2D data...
Read MoreJPK reports on the research in the Marseille INSERM/CNRS laboratories where the NanoWizard AFM system is being used for cell studiesAug 1, 2012JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter,reports on the use of the NanoWizard® AFM system at the INSERM/CNRS Laboratories in Marseille, France.
The Laboratory of Cell Adhesion and Inflammation is located in Marseille as part of the INSERM/CNRS complex on the Luminy campus. It is a multidisciplinary research unit comprised of investigators with backgrounds in physics, biology and medicine. Their aim is to adapt physical concepts and methodologies to the understanding of cell function, notably cell adhesion in the immune system, with the goal of applying the results of this fundamental research to relevant clinical problems...
Read MoreSteady Funding Initiatives are Instrumental in Channeling Optical Imaging into New Application Areas, States Frost & SullivanAug 1, 2012Application scope set to expand rapidly from current base of ophthalmology, cardiology, neurology and gastroenterology
Photometrics introduces the CoolSNAP™ MYO and the CoolSNAP™ KINO CCD cameras, the newest members of the popular CoolSNAP camera line
Designed to discern finer details in biological samples under lower light levels, the MYO and KINO enable scientists to achieve higher quality, higher resolution images than previous CCD technology...
Read MoreDefiniens Expands Large Data Analytics Functionality to Accelerate Image-based Research and DevelopmentJul 16, 2012New Definiens Image MinerTM 2 tightly integrates data mining with image analysis to streamline the knowledge-generation process
Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced the release of Definiens Image MinerTM 2. The new product provides researchers in the life sciences with deeper insights into underlying biology by integrating image with data analysis. Image Miner 2 makes the wealth of information in biomedical images accessible, accelerating life sciences research and allowing for successful biomarker development...
Read MoreEuropean launch of new microscope systems to be held at the EMC 2012 in ManchesterJul 16, 2012Olympus has announced that it will be launching a totally re-engineered line of highly customisable inverted microscope systems for life science research at the European Microscopy Congress (EMC) 2012 in Manchester, UK
As well as hosting a booth at the show, Olympus plan to demo some of its systems in the RMS learning zone at the meeting. This area is specifically designed to provide scientists and technicians with the opportunity to learn from commercial application specialists, as well as their academic peers. The company will also be hosting several breakout workshops at EMC 2012, where Olympus experts will be discussing the range of exciting applications the new systems will offer - seating will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis, so please arrive promptly to avoid disappointment...
Read MoreSectioning of bone as a specialist histology specimenJul 13, 2012Thermo Scientific HM355S and Finesse ME+ Automated Microtomes deliver quality sections from bone tissue
The significance of histological examination in the classification and diagnosis of clinical conditions is reliant on the expertise of the histology laboratory in managing the wide spectrum of specimen types submitted for analysis. From receipt of the tissue sample to presentation of a slide for microscopic examination, histologists must consider the composition of the specimen to effectively determine how it should be handled...
Read MoreCarl Zeiss Licenses Digital Pathology Patents from OlympusJul 13, 2012Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH and Olympus America Inc. CENTER VALLEY, Pa. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Carl Zeiss to access an extensive portfolio of patents held by Olympus in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy.
The patents included in the licensing deal cover methods and equipment for creating, storing and delivering virtual microscopy slides. The technology enables individuals to view and share high-resolution virtual microscopy images over the Internet...
Read MoreXEI Scientific announces the first sales of their Evactron TEM Wand localized plasma cleaning system for TEM applicationsJul 13, 2012XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, announce that they have begun shipments of the Evactron TEM WandTM systems.
Specifically designed to deliver the proven downstream plasma cleaning technique efficiently to critical areas of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), the Evactron TEM Wand allows microscopists to easily clean the sample introduction, goniometer and pole piece areas of their microscopes. Removal of the unwanted carbon contamination provides clearer images and data without artifacts...
Read MoreR&D 100 Award for Super-Resolution Microscope from Leica MicrosystemsJul 10, 2012Leica SR GSD Convinces Jury with Unprecedented Performance in Fluorescence Microscopy
The Leica SR GSD is a winner of the R&D100 Award, granted by R&D Magazine for outstanding technical developments. It is the 50th anniversary of this prestigeous award. Leica Microsystems was honored together with the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen for the development of this ground-breaking widefield super-resolution microscope...
Read MoreAgar Scientific highlights SMART TEM Grids from Dune Sciences for research applicationsJul 10, 2012Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, reports on the SMART GridsTM for TEM work developed and manufactured by Dune Sciences.
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. Successful Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) depends upon the quality of the specimen prepared and the ability to successfully reproduce samples for analysis. Until recently, "success" was a relative term and an elusive target. Conventional TEM grids could work but it was often a cumbersome process resulting in a lack confidence in the results...
Read MoreThe Science and Engineering Institutes, Singapore, are using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis to characterize exosomes.Jul 10, 2012NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, reports on the work of Dr Seow Yiqi at SCEI, Singapore where they apply Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) to characterize exosomes for use in delivering therapeutic moieties to specific tissues in vivo.
The Molecular Engineering Laboratory was established in 2009 by Nobel Laureate Dr Sydney Brenner as a multi-disciplinary laboratory where diverse expertise from different realms of science could come together to develop novel technologies. Post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory undertake a wide variety of research ranging from organic fluorophore development to characterization of marine biomaterials with unique physical properties to genetic therapies.
Read MoreLeica Microsystems and Indica Labs Announce Availability of Integrated Advanced Digital Pathology Image AnalysisJul 6, 2012Leica Microsystems, world-leading provider of Total Digital Pathology solutions, and Indica Labs, developing excellence in image analysis for Digital Pathology, today announce the integration of Indica Labs' advanced image analysis algorithm portfolio into Leica Microsystems digital pathology solution.
Users of the Leica Microsystems Tissue IA product can now source from Indica Labs, a range of image analysis algorithms, providing solutions to many diverse tissue-based quantification applications. Indica Labs' image analysis algorithms for molecular assay and morphological feature detection and quantification in whole slide images, coupled with Leica Microsystems' Tissue IA, provides an easy-to-use solution for complex image analysis problems in Digital Pathology...
Read MoreUnderstanding protein crystallization growth at the University of Leeds using a temperature stage from Linkam Scientific InstrumentsJul 3, 2012Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their LTS350 stage at the University of Leeds to visualise and grow HEW lysozyme crystals.
The Institute for Particle Science and Engineering is a centre of excellence within the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Leeds. Researchers here focus on projects that address the engineering science of particulate processes and products. PhD and MSc students have been using an LTS350 hot-stage system in their research for several years... Read MoreNew Compact Gel Documentation System from Syngene is aptly named PXi (pronounced Pixie)Jul 2, 2012It may be small, but the PXi (Pixie) gel doc is perfect for imaging Western blots (chemiluminescence and mulitplex fluorescent secondary antibodies) 1D gels and even 2D gels!
Syngene is a world-leading manufacturer of gel documentation system. The PXi, Syngene's newest addition to its product portfolio, is a new high resolution, multi-application image analysis system. This powerful system is currently the best in its class for scientists that want a compact, one-click method for accurately imaging chemiluminescent and fluorescent blots, as well as 1-D gels (up to 10cm x 12 cm) stained with any type of fluorescent dye. The system sports 6.3 megapixel goodness and unparalleled sensitivity for a variety of mulitfunctional and mulitplex applications...
Read MoreEuropean Microscopy Congress Jun 29, 2012The Scientific Programme for emc2012 comprises eight parallel sessions with the Life Sciences featuring more strongly than ever before.
The Scientific Programme for the 15th European Microscopy Congress includes six plenary talks, 123 invited speakers and 330 oral presentations spread across 72 sessions that embrace light and electron microscopy. The Congress has built its reputation on the Physical Sciences, but recent conferences have included sessions on the Life Sciences... Read MoreBio-Day, a technology seminar focused on Life ScienceJun 29, 2012HORIBA Scientific, world-leader in scientific instrumentation, organizes its first Technology Seminar focused on Life Sciences.
This one-day event will be dedicated to introducing recent applications in Life Sciences. A series of presentations from key users will be followed by discussions and demonstrations of the instruments with a team of experts.
The European medical imaging services market is highly fragmented, intensely competitive and beset with pricing pressures. The expansion of service portfolios to include new, customised service structures will be critical to keeping in sync with evolving consumer needs. The most important challenge for market participants will be to conflate a global view with a local approach that addresses specific country market requirements...
Read MoreJPK reports on the biophysical research activities of Dr Michael Higgins of IPRI and ACES at the University of Wollongong in AustraliaJun 18, 2012JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of AFM to study the nanoscale interactions of biological systems at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) of the University of Wollongong in the group of Dr Michael Higgins...Read MoreMax is the New Mini!Jun 14, 2012GelMax Imager for fast and easy precast and mini gel imaging!
UVP, LLC announces the release of the new GelMaxTM Imager which is designed for fast, easy imaging of precast and mini gels. The GelMax accommodates a wide range of precast and mini gels up to 11.5 x 16cm in size...
Aurox Limited, a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative optical imaging equipment, has won a 2012 Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation. The award comes in recognition of the development and successful market introduction of the SD62 microscope, one of an ever increasing portfolio of Aurox products...
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Leica Microsystems announces the release of the SCN400 2.2 scanning platform. Batch processing in both brightfield and multi-channel fluorescence, coupled with user-friendly workflows, makes the SCN400 2.2 an all-round high performance solution for digital pathology scanning...
Customers can now choose between the systems MERLIN Compact, MERLIN VP Compact and MERLIN and configure them individually. The Plug-and-Play feature allows the customer to add and change detectors with minimum effort to handle tasks ranging from simple image capture to extensive material analysis. A large frame store of 32k x 24k pixels allows imaging of very large areas. New features include in-situ 3D surface reconstruction and calculation of 3D data from 2D data...
The Laboratory of Cell Adhesion and Inflammation is located in Marseille as part of the INSERM/CNRS complex on the Luminy campus. It is a multidisciplinary research unit comprised of investigators with backgrounds in physics, biology and medicine. Their aim is to adapt physical concepts and methodologies to the understanding of cell function, notably cell adhesion in the immune system, with the goal of applying the results of this fundamental research to relevant clinical problems...
Current optical imaging technologies provide reproducible, accurate, objective, quantitative assessments of tissue structures. As the marked progress in optical imaging techniques observed in recent years is instigating a new wave of business opportunities, there are still areas to improve...
Designed to discern finer details in biological samples under lower light levels, the MYO and KINO enable scientists to achieve higher quality, higher resolution images than previous CCD technology...
Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced the release of Definiens Image MinerTM 2. The new product provides researchers in the life sciences with deeper insights into underlying biology by integrating image with data analysis. Image Miner 2 makes the wealth of information in biomedical images accessible, accelerating life sciences research and allowing for successful biomarker development...
As well as hosting a booth at the show, Olympus plan to demo some of its systems in the RMS learning zone at the meeting. This area is specifically designed to provide scientists and technicians with the opportunity to learn from commercial application specialists, as well as their academic peers. The company will also be hosting several breakout workshops at EMC 2012, where Olympus experts will be discussing the range of exciting applications the new systems will offer - seating will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis, so please arrive promptly to avoid disappointment...
The significance of histological examination in the classification and diagnosis of clinical conditions is reliant on the expertise of the histology laboratory in managing the wide spectrum of specimen types submitted for analysis. From receipt of the tissue sample to presentation of a slide for microscopic examination, histologists must consider the composition of the specimen to effectively determine how it should be handled...
The patents included in the licensing deal cover methods and equipment for creating, storing and delivering virtual microscopy slides. The technology enables individuals to view and share high-resolution virtual microscopy images over the Internet...
Specifically designed to deliver the proven downstream plasma cleaning technique efficiently to critical areas of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), the Evactron TEM Wand allows microscopists to easily clean the sample introduction, goniometer and pole piece areas of their microscopes. Removal of the unwanted carbon contamination provides clearer images and data without artifacts...
The Leica SR GSD is a winner of the R&D100 Award, granted by R&D Magazine for outstanding technical developments. It is the 50th anniversary of this prestigeous award. Leica Microsystems was honored together with the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen for the development of this ground-breaking widefield super-resolution microscope...
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. Successful Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) depends upon the quality of the specimen prepared and the ability to successfully reproduce samples for analysis. Until recently, "success" was a relative term and an elusive target. Conventional TEM grids could work but it was often a cumbersome process resulting in a lack confidence in the results...
The Molecular Engineering Laboratory was established in 2009 by Nobel Laureate Dr Sydney Brenner as a multi-disciplinary laboratory where diverse expertise from different realms of science could come together to develop novel technologies. Post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory undertake a wide variety of research ranging from organic fluorophore development to characterization of marine biomaterials with unique physical properties to genetic therapies.
Users of the Leica Microsystems Tissue IA product can now source from Indica Labs, a range of image analysis algorithms, providing solutions to many diverse tissue-based quantification applications. Indica Labs' image analysis algorithms for molecular assay and morphological feature detection and quantification in whole slide images, coupled with Leica Microsystems' Tissue IA, provides an easy-to-use solution for complex image analysis problems in Digital Pathology...
The Institute for Particle Science and Engineering is a centre of excellence within the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Leeds. Researchers here focus on projects that address the engineering science of particulate processes and products. PhD and MSc students have been using an LTS350 hot-stage system in their research for several years...
Syngene is a world-leading manufacturer of gel documentation system. The PXi, Syngene's newest addition to its product portfolio, is a new high resolution, multi-application image analysis system. This powerful system is currently the best in its class for scientists that want a compact, one-click method for accurately imaging chemiluminescent and fluorescent blots, as well as 1-D gels (up to 10cm x 12 cm) stained with any type of fluorescent dye. The system sports 6.3 megapixel goodness and unparalleled sensitivity for a variety of mulitfunctional and mulitplex applications...
The Scientific Programme for the 15th European Microscopy Congress includes six plenary talks, 123 invited speakers and 330 oral presentations spread across 72 sessions that embrace light and electron microscopy. 
This one-day event will be dedicated to introducing recent applications in Life Sciences. A series of presentations from key users will be followed by discussions and demonstrations of the instruments with a team of experts. 
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of AFM to study the nanoscale interactions of biological systems at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) of the University of Wollongong in the group of Dr Michael Higgins...
UVP, LLC announces the release of the new GelMaxTM Imager which is designed for fast, easy imaging of precast and mini gels. The GelMax accommodates a wide range of precast and mini gels up to 11.5 x 16cm in size...
Aurox Limited, a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative optical imaging equipment, has won a 2012 Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation. The award comes in recognition of the development and successful market introduction of the SD62 microscope, one of an ever increasing portfolio of Aurox products...