Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced that Definiens Tissue Studio® 3.5 now supports the automated analysis of in situ hybridization assays, including SISH, CISH, FISH and dual-ISH...
Read MoreCM Technologies Cell-IQ now available from D.I. Biotech in KoreaJun 6, 2012CM Technologies has appointed D.I. Biotech as the South Korean distributor of its powerful CellIQ® live cell imaging platform, further expanding its network of suppliers and reaffirming its commitment to providing the best long-term cellular imaging and analysis instrumentation to researchers around the world... Read MoreCollaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan AnnouncedJun 1, 2012In situ ultramicrotome turns ZEISS FE-SEM into high speed 3D cell and tissue imaging system
Today, the collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan, Inc. was officially announced. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is a leading supplier of light and electron microscopes. Gatan, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for the enhancement of electron microscopes' operation and performance. In this joint project, the companies will promote the development and sales of a system which provides high-resolution 3D data of resin embedded cell and tissue samples...
Read MoreFrost & Sullivan: Greater Public Funding, Paralleled by Increasing Profile of Private Healthcare, to Spur Medical Imaging Market in CEE and RussiaMay 29, 2012Provision of Alternative Financing by Medical Imaging Vendors and Governmental Support for Public-private Partnerships to Accelerate Market Growth
Rising disease incidence and growing awareness about health issues will boost demand for medical imaging services across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). However, the installed base of imaging devices in the region is insufficient, especially in the high-end segment, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET). At the same time, a large proportion of lower-end imaging modalities is obsolete and requires replacement. The availability of EU funds and governmental financial support, as well as the increasing importance of private healthcare, are set to help overcome this challenge.
Read MorePHENOM PRO X May 28, 2012The Phenom proX is a fast and intuitive desktop electron microscope with fully integrated EDS elemental analysis that provides high resolution SEM images and high quality sample analysis. For pharmaceutical, chemical industries, failure analysis purposes and metallurgical applications as well as biological applications and forensics, the Phenom will give your whole team access to affordable and reliable imaging and material analysis...
Read MoreNew Microscope System Leica DM4000 B LED for Biomedical Routine & Research ApplicationsMay 23, 2012Leica Microsystems launches the new Leica DM4000 B LED - a microscope system with innovative LED illumination optimally suited for biomedical applications. The specially designed LED transmitted light illumination solution is perfectly integrated in the microscope automation covering a wide range of microscopy applications. LED illumination produces constant color temperature at all intensity levels without heat buildup and thus enables stable results...
Read MoreNew 3D Piezo Movement MicromanipulatorMay 22, 2012Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce the Sensapex, a NEW 3D Piezo Movement Micromanipulator. This manipulator is a compact and has a full featured controller designed for high precision positioning to maximize your electrophysiological research...
Penetration mode provides high acceleration steps for cell insertion
20 mm of travel in all axes
Compact, allows multiple manipulators in a small space
Read MoreLinkam Scientific temperature controlled warm stages chosen for sperm motility in human fertility testingMay 21, 2012Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen by an NHS Fertility clinic as suppliers of a controlled warm stage to perform routine semen analysis at body temperature. A Scottish NHS laboratory has chosen a Linkam THL60-16 warm stage as a reliable solution for the assessment of sperm motility...
Read MoreJPK reports on the research activities of Dr Jochen Guck and his teams at Dresden & Cambridge UniversitiesMay 18, 2012JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the multi-faceted research projects of Dr Jochen Guck who runs simultaneous research at the Universities of Dresden and Cambridge. The biophysicist Dr. Jochen Guck has recently started his Humboldt Professorship of Cellular Machines at the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden (BIOTEC) while continuing to lead a team at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University (UK). His work at BIOTEC focuses on the development of new biophysical approaches for stem cell research, blood cell diagnostics and neuroregeneration...
Read MoreNew Possibilities for Multiphoton Microscopy from Carl ZeissMay 17, 2012Multiphoton confocal microscopes from Carl Zeiss now permit the simultaneous use of two NLO lasers or one laser with an optical parametric oscillator (OPO). Both components are fully integrated and expand the functionality of the multiphoton systems. In dual laser systems different laser wavelengths simultaneously excite several fluorescent dyes or proteins. Without time loss, users can image specimens with one wavelength and manipulate them in the multiphoton mode with another...
Read MoreAgar Scientific announces new highly concentrated colloidal gold for research applicationsMay 17, 2012Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces a new range of highly concentrated gold colloidal nanoparticles from British Biocell International (BBI). 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. One of these ranges is the gold nanoparticles produced by BBI...
Read MoreNEW Generation UltraSafe Blue DNA/RNA Safe Dye from Syngene Is Safer to Use and up to 20 Times more Sensitive than Ethidium BromideMay 16, 2012Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions today introduced its new generation UltraSafe BlueTM a non-toxic, non-carcinogenic fluorescent dye specifically developed as a safer and more sensitive alternative to Ethidium bromide for staining agarose and acrylamide gels. UltraSafe Blue from Syngene is a new generation of safe fluorescent nucleic acid stain which allows detection of 0.5pg of dsDNA using Syngene's new UltraSlim-LED blue-light transilluminator... Read MoreUltraviolet (UV) Imaging Lens for Forensic InvestigationMay 14, 2012The Model 228 lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. provides high performance in both the UV and visible wavebands, enabling forensic scientists and crime scene investigators to identify and focus on a target in the visible and then quickly slide the UV filter across to take images in the UV without having to refocus... Read MoreNew Cell Metric CLD imaging and analysis system with microplate stacker for automated cell line development May 11, 2012Solentim, the provider of high resolution imaging for fast clone selection, has introduced the new Cell MetricTM CLD bench top system, optimised to provide fast, reliable and automated cell line development (CLD). The high resolution offered by Cell Metric's unique cell imaging and analysis system offers an alternative approach to manually checking cell line monoclonality, providing the fast, unequivocal identification, qualification and tracking of clones derived from single cells. The proven Cell Metric platform is paired with an integrated stacker system to form the new Cell Metric CLD...
Read MoreThermal Imaging Helps Improve Safety in SpaceMay 9, 2012An applications report is available from FLIR Systems that describes how its infrared camera systems were selected and have been used by NASA Langley Research Center for its shuttle and International Space Station programs. The US Space Agency initially opted in favour of infrared technology to inspect possible tile damage on the heat shields of its space shuttles following the 2003 Columbia space shuttle catastrophe. Following a thorough evaluation of all infrared cameras on the market, the NASA engineers chose a ThermaCAM S65 camera developed by FLIR Systems to undertake its investigative research...
Read MoreThe Zoom Microscope Axio Zoom.V16 by Carl ZeissMay 9, 2012With Axio Zoom.V16, Carl Zeiss is defining a new instrument class in microscopy. For the first time, zoom microscopes are now combining typical benefits of stereomicroscopes such as zoom optics and long working distances with the higher resolutions of light microscopes. In comparable image fields, Axio Zoom.V16 offers a 2.5 times higher resolution than stereomicroscopes. With a 16x zoom range, Axio Zoom.V16 surpasses all comparable microscopes currently available...
Read MoreNikon develops enhanced C2 plus confocal microscopeMay 8, 2012
In response to increasing demand for live cell confocal imaging, Nikon Instruments has introduced the C2 plus, an enhanced version of its C2 Confocal Laser Point Scanning Microscope for entry and mid-level confocal imaging. Benefitting from faster scanning speeds, the new modular C2 plus also utilises the latest version 4.0 of NIS-Elements software to provide increased accuracy and sensitivity in image capture...
Read MoreHCS and Cell Based Assays Returns for Second Year at ELA 2012May 8, 2012Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, is delighted to announce the incorporation of a conference stream dedicated to HCS and Cell Based Assays. This popular stream will return for the second annual ELA conference and exhibition on the 30th-31st May at the Conference Center Hamburg, Germany, and will discuss the advancements in HCS and cell based assays, with a particular focus on live cell imaging, and image acquisition and analysis... Read MoreQuick Release Magnetic Imaging ChambersMay 8, 2012
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce a new family of chambers designed to quickly form coverslip-bottom imaging chambers using standard size coverslips.
Features include
Silicone o-ring seals, no grease required
Magnetic clamping
Use of standard size coverslip
Read MoreYork researchers create May 4, 2012Researchers from the University of York are pioneering the development of electron microscopes which will allow scientists to examine a greater variety of materials in new revolutionary ways. The team, headed by Professor Jun Yuan and Professor Mohamed Babiker, from the University's Department of Physics has created electron beams with orbital angular momentum - electron vortex beams - which will open the way to many novel applications including the more efficient examining of magnetic materials...
Read MoreThe Olympus DSX portfolio May 4, 2012Olympus has today launched its new family of opto-digital microscopes; the DSX series. Through the combination of advanced optics, electronics and Olympus's renowned expertise, the DSX microscopes provide users with superb operating simplicity, and absolute performance reliability. Consisting of three models: the DSX100 free-angle wide zoom microscope, the DSX500 high resolution upright microscope and the DSX500i high resolution inverted microscope, Olympus can provide a complete inspection system to meet the needs of applications across R&D and quality control. These include inspection and analysis within the automotive industry, palaeontology, geology, PCB manufacture, fibre structure, micro-channels, metallography and the geometry of small parts... Read MoreA Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade 2012 has been awarded to NanoSight, the UK's fastest growing biotechnology companyMay 3, 2012NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, are pleased to announce that the company has been selected to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category for International Trade 2012. This award comes after many other prestigious awards in the past twelve months, notably the Technology World 2011 Business Innovation Award presented by Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, and after being named the UK's fastest growing biotechnology company by Deloitte. NanoSight was founded in 2004 by Dr Bob Carr and John Knowles after Carr discovered a technology which allows particles so small they were below the normal optical microscope limit to be seen, sized and counted in less than a minute for a fraction of the cost of electron microscopes...
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Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced that Definiens Tissue Studio® 3.5 now supports the automated analysis of in situ hybridization assays, including SISH, CISH, FISH and dual-ISH...
CM Technologies has appointed D.I. Biotech as the South Korean distributor of its powerful CellIQ® live cell imaging platform, further expanding its network of suppliers and reaffirming its commitment to providing the best long-term cellular imaging and analysis instrumentation to researchers around the world...
Today, the collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan, Inc. was officially announced. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is a leading supplier of light and electron microscopes. Gatan, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for the enhancement of electron microscopes' operation and performance. In this joint project, the companies will promote the development and sales of a system which provides high-resolution 3D data of resin embedded cell and tissue samples...
Rising disease incidence and growing awareness about health issues will boost demand for medical imaging services across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). However, the installed base of imaging devices in the region is insufficient, especially in the high-end segment, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET). At the same time, a large proportion of lower-end imaging modalities is obsolete and requires replacement. The availability of EU funds and governmental financial support, as well as the increasing importance of private healthcare, are set to help overcome this challenge.
The Phenom proX is a fast and intuitive desktop electron microscope with fully integrated EDS elemental analysis that provides high resolution SEM images and high quality sample analysis. For pharmaceutical, chemical industries, failure analysis purposes and metallurgical applications as well as biological applications and forensics, the Phenom will give your whole team access to affordable and reliable imaging and material analysis...
Leica Microsystems launches the new Leica DM4000 B LED - a microscope system with innovative LED illumination optimally suited for biomedical applications. The specially designed LED transmitted light illumination solution is perfectly integrated in the microscope automation covering a wide range of microscopy applications. LED illumination produces constant color temperature at all intensity levels without heat buildup and thus enables stable results...
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce the Sensapex, a NEW 3D Piezo Movement Micromanipulator. This manipulator is a compact and has a full featured controller designed for high precision positioning to maximize your electrophysiological research...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen by an NHS Fertility clinic as suppliers of a controlled warm stage to perform routine semen analysis at body temperature. A Scottish NHS laboratory has chosen a Linkam THL60-16 warm stage as a reliable solution for the assessment of sperm motility...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the multi-faceted research projects of Dr Jochen Guck who runs simultaneous research at the Universities of Dresden and Cambridge. The biophysicist Dr. Jochen Guck has recently started his Humboldt Professorship of Cellular Machines at the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden (BIOTEC) while continuing to lead a team at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University (UK). His work at BIOTEC focuses on the development of new biophysical approaches for stem cell research, blood cell diagnostics and neuroregeneration...
Multiphoton confocal microscopes from Carl Zeiss now permit the simultaneous use of two NLO lasers or one laser with an optical parametric oscillator (OPO). Both components are fully integrated and expand the functionality of the multiphoton systems. In dual laser systems different laser wavelengths simultaneously excite several fluorescent dyes or proteins. Without time loss, users can image specimens with one wavelength and manipulate them in the multiphoton mode with another...
Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces a new range of highly concentrated gold colloidal nanoparticles from British Biocell International (BBI). 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. One of these ranges is the gold nanoparticles produced by BBI...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions today introduced its new generation UltraSafe BlueTM a non-toxic, non-carcinogenic fluorescent dye specifically developed as a safer and more sensitive alternative to Ethidium bromide for staining agarose and acrylamide gels. UltraSafe Blue from Syngene is a new generation of safe fluorescent nucleic acid stain which allows detection of 0.5pg of dsDNA using Syngene's new UltraSlim-LED blue-light transilluminator...
The Model 228 lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. provides high performance in both the UV and visible wavebands, enabling forensic scientists and crime scene investigators to identify and focus on a target in the visible and then quickly slide the UV filter across to take images in the UV without having to refocus...
Solentim, the provider of high resolution imaging for fast clone selection, has introduced the new Cell MetricTM CLD bench top system, optimised to provide fast, reliable and automated cell line development (CLD). The high resolution offered by Cell Metric's unique cell imaging and analysis system offers an alternative approach to manually checking cell line monoclonality, providing the fast, unequivocal identification, qualification and tracking of clones derived from single cells. The proven Cell Metric platform is paired with an integrated stacker system to form the new Cell Metric CLD...
An applications report is available from FLIR Systems that describes how its infrared camera systems were selected and have been used by NASA Langley Research Center for its shuttle and International Space Station programs. The US Space Agency initially opted in favour of infrared technology to inspect possible tile damage on the heat shields of its space shuttles following the 2003 Columbia space shuttle catastrophe. Following a thorough evaluation of all infrared cameras on the market, the NASA engineers chose a ThermaCAM S65 camera developed by FLIR Systems to undertake its investigative research...
With Axio Zoom.V16, Carl Zeiss is defining a new instrument class in microscopy. For the first time, zoom microscopes are now combining typical benefits of stereomicroscopes such as zoom optics and long working distances with the higher resolutions of light microscopes. In comparable image fields, Axio Zoom.V16 offers a 2.5 times higher resolution than stereomicroscopes. With a 16x zoom range, Axio Zoom.V16 surpasses all comparable microscopes currently available...
In response to increasing demand for live cell confocal imaging, Nikon Instruments has introduced the C2 plus, an enhanced version of its C2 Confocal Laser Point Scanning Microscope for entry and mid-level confocal imaging. Benefitting from faster scanning speeds, the new modular C2 plus also utilises the latest version 4.0 of NIS-Elements software to provide increased accuracy and sensitivity in image capture...
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA)
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce a new family of chambers designed to quickly form coverslip-bottom imaging chambers using standard size coverslips.
Researchers from the University of York are pioneering the development of electron microscopes which will allow scientists to examine a greater variety of materials in new revolutionary ways. The team, headed by Professor Jun Yuan and Professor Mohamed Babiker, from the University's Department of Physics has created electron beams with orbital angular momentum - electron vortex beams - which will open the way to many novel applications including the more efficient examining of magnetic materials...
Olympus has today launched its new family of opto-digital microscopes; the DSX series. Through the combination of advanced optics, electronics and Olympus's renowned expertise, the DSX microscopes provide users with superb operating simplicity, and absolute performance reliability. Consisting of three models: the DSX100 free-angle wide zoom microscope, the DSX500 high resolution upright microscope and the DSX500i high resolution inverted microscope, Olympus can provide a complete inspection system to meet the needs of applications across R&D and quality control. These include inspection and analysis within the automotive industry, palaeontology, geology, PCB manufacture, fibre structure, micro-channels, metallography and the geometry of small parts...
NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, are pleased to announce that the company has been selected to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category for International Trade 2012. This award comes after many other prestigious awards in the past twelve months, notably the Technology World 2011 Business Innovation Award presented by Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, and after being named the UK's fastest growing biotechnology company by Deloitte. NanoSight was founded in 2004 by Dr Bob Carr and John Knowles after Carr discovered a technology which allows particles so small they were below the normal optical microscope limit to be seen, sized and counted in less than a minute for a fraction of the cost of electron microscopes...