JPK Instruments extends the European sales team with two new members in GermanyAug 19, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Neicke and Dr. Elmar Hartmann as new members of the sales team...
Read MoreThe Olympus VS120 virtual slide system for digitising slides at high magnification Aug 9, 2011Olympus has released the latest version of its virtual slide (VS) product range, the VS120. The system can rapidly scan a slide in less than two minutes, creating a digital ‘virtual slide' that is an exact copy of the original. This is easily created and navigated using an intuitive graphical interface. The new unit provides semi-automatic and manual focusing modes for working with challenging samples, enhanced image clarity using the new Sample Detection Mask for automatic slide scanning, and increased optimisation of user workflow....
Read MoreCarl Zeiss Obtains License from University of California for Illumination TechniqueAug 9, 2011Carl Zeiss has received a license from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of "Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy" (mSPIM), an advanced illumination technique for light sheet fluorescence microscopy...
Read MoreChina Medical Technologies and Leica Microsystems Announce CollaborationAug 9, 2011China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED) (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, and Leica Biosystems, a division of Leica Microsystems, a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments, today announced that they have established a sales, research and development collaboration to co-develop and market automated FISH kits to be used on the Leica BOND system. CMED will sell the Automated FISH Kits in China and Leica will have an option to sell the FISH kits in the rest of the world...
Read MoreCambridge Technology Company ionscope helps researchers make heart discoveryAug 9, 2011SICM, a high resolution microscopy technique, has been used by a team of researchers to identify a drug that could one day be used to prevent abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmia. The study, published in Hepatology[1] this week, was enabled by SICM, which is the result of 7 years of research and development by ionscope Ltd. The global market for SICM equipment is supplied using patented technology from ionscope's offices in Cambridge, UK...
Read MoreZ Polarizer: a Unique Converter Presents New AdvantagesAug 8, 2011A direct laser writing technique for production of radial polarization converter also called as Z polarizer was developed by Workshop of Photonnics in cooperation with prof. Peter G. Kazansky.
Read MoreNEW ChemiFast Substrate from Syngene Offers Higher Sensitivity and Long Signal Life with Chemiluminescent BlotsAug 8, 2011Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is pleased to introduce ChemiFast, a new chemiluminescence substrate specifically designed for use with all Syngene's chemiluminescence imaging systems. ChemiFast is highly sensitive and produces an enhanced signal that is stable for up to 24 hours, making it ideal for detecting even faint protein bands on Western blots...
Read MoreLinkam TS1400 high temperature stage selected by the Bodnar Group at Virginia Tech to study geological specimensAug 8, 2011Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report the use of their 1400°C high temperature stage to study silicate melt inclusions in the Fluids Research Group of the Geosciences Department at Virginia Tech. Researchers in the Fluids Research Group at Virginia Tech are concerned with the distribution, properties and role of fluids in and on the Earth, from its surface (shallow Earth's crust) to its deep interior (Earth's mantle)...
Read MoreNew software for MalvernAug 3, 2011Malvern Instruments has released a new version of software for the company's Morphologi G3 particle characterization system. This fully automated image analysis-based system delivers particle size and shape information for wet and dry samples, and for the analysis of foreign particulate matter collected on filters. Among the new applications in the version 7.40 software are facilities for user-defined light settings and automated dark-field measurements...
Read MoreDigital Cameras Ideal for All Contrast Methods in Light MicroscopyAug 2, 2011Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce its NEW line of ProgRes® Digital CMOS and CCD Microscope Cameras. These cameras are the result of more than two decades experience in the development and production of high-end solutions for digital imaging. The highly versatile and cost effective ProgRes® CMOS Camera range allows for quick and precise setting of both specimen and microscope...
Read MoreGlass Bottom Microplates for Imaging ApplicationsJul 29, 2011Precision manufactured to be extremely flat (+/- 15 microns across base) - KrystalTM glass bottom plates from Porvair Sciences provide unmatched performance for whole-plate CCD imaging and laser detection applications. Available in a choice of 24-, 96- and 384-well formats - Krystal glass bottom plates combine the advantageous optical properties of glass, low background and low birefringence, with the versatility of a microplate...
Read MoreOlympus introduces silicon immersion objectives for life science imagingJul 13, 2011Olympus has introduced two new silicon oil-immersion objectives, the UPLSAPO30xS and UPLSAPO60xS. The new lenses are ideal for live cell experiments, particularly those investigating thick samples or requiring long-term imaging. Users can generate bright images at higher resolution, as silicon oil significantly improves optical performance in comparison to conventional oil- or water-based approaches...
Read MoreLeica Microsystems Launches SCN400 F Combined Fluorescence and Brightfield Slide ScannerJul 13, 2011
Leica Microsystems announces the release of the Leica SCN400 F combined fluorescent and brightfield digital slide scanner. The SCN400 F brings together Leica's award winning brightfield slide scanning capabilities and multi-channel fluorescence imaging in a single platform, providing versatility to researchers and core laboratories utilizing Digital Pathology...
Read MoreEnhancing Microscope Imaging and AnalysisJul 12, 2011Olympus has launched the cellSens 1.5 software platform, the latest in its line of industry-leading applications for capturing and analyzing microscope images. cellSens 1.5 features Windows 7 64-bit operation. It fully integrates all the imaging and analysis capabilities of such microscopes as the newly introduced fully motorized Olympus BX63 microscope, along with all previously supported Windows 7-compatible hardware and accessories...
Read MoreJPK's ForceRobot system produces high volume single molecule force spectroscopy results at the University of NebraskaJul 12, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of the Medical School at the University of Nebraska. The Department has selected the JPK ForceRobot® 300 system to extend their studies applying atomic force microscopy, AFM, in the measurement of single molecule force spectroscopy...
Read MoreMicroscopes to Suit ALL Your Cell Biology Research Needs!Jul 12, 2011Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce its New line of Unitron and Accu-Scope microscopes. These instruments are ideal for applications ranging from small specimen examination to tissue culture and cell biology...
Read MoreNEW Coverslips for Microscopy ImagingJul 11, 2011Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce its NEW line of German borosilicate glass coverslips in #1.0 and #1.5 thickness. Warner Instruments has expanded its line of coverslips to include the #1.5 thickness in round, rectangular, and square sizes. The new 3 mm round coverslip in #1 thickness is widely used for the cranial window technique...
Read MoreConfoMap Surface Analysis Software for ZEISS microscopesJul 11, 2011Carl Zeiss and Digital Surf announce the signing of an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide ConfoMap® software. ConfoMap® is a surface imaging and analysis software for confocal microscopes and compound microscopes for topographical research...
Read MoreNew GeneGnome5 Chemiluminescent Imaging System Guarantees Scientists can Accurately Image Blots with Minimal System TrainingJul 11, 2011Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to unveil its new GeneGnome5, a dedicated chemiluminescent imaging system designed to make precise imaging of chemiluminescent Western blots a simple, one click task. The new GeneGnome5 has a high resolution, cooled camera inside a light tight cabinet that is fully integrated to a...
Read MorePhenom-World launches the Temperature Controlled Sample Holder and improved Fibermetric application for the Phenom G2 desktop scanning electron microscope.Jul 8, 2011
Prolong the viewing time of vacuum-sensitive and vulnerable samples with the new Temperature Controlled Sample Holder and execute more analysis on your fiber materials with the improved Fibermetric application.
Read MoreLeica Microsystems Launches Free Digital Pathology App for iPad and iPhoneJul 5, 2011Leica Microsystems announces the release of the SlidePath Gateway application for iPad and iPhone, which is the latest addition to the Total Digital Pathology portfolio. SlidePath Gateway is a Digital Pathology viewing application with built-in educational content from leading institutes and pathologists. The free application is available now for download from the Apple App store...
Read MoreSingle Cell Cloning Emerges from the ShadowsJul 4, 2011Solentim highlighted the advanced capabilities of its leading cell imaging and analysis instrument, Cell MetricTM, at the 22nd ESACT conference. Engineered to provide a high throughput workflow solution to screen for colonies from single cell cloning experiments, Cell MetricTM uses its proprietary non-image based focussing to find and locate all possible colonies by imaging the whole well, right up to the edge...
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JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Neicke and Dr. Elmar Hartmann as new members of the sales team...
Olympus has released the latest version of its virtual slide (VS) product range, the VS120. The system can rapidly scan a slide in less than two minutes, creating a digital ‘virtual slide' that is an exact copy of the original. This is easily created and navigated using an intuitive graphical interface. The new unit provides semi-automatic and manual focusing modes for working with challenging samples, enhanced image clarity using the new Sample Detection Mask for automatic slide scanning, and increased optimisation of user workflow....
Carl Zeiss has received a license from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of "Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy" (mSPIM), an advanced illumination technique for light sheet fluorescence microscopy...
China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED) (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, and Leica Biosystems, a division of Leica Microsystems, a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments, today announced that they have established a sales, research and development collaboration to co-develop and market automated FISH kits to be used on the Leica BOND system. CMED will sell the Automated FISH Kits in China and Leica will have an option to sell the FISH kits in the rest of the world...
SICM, a high resolution microscopy technique, has been used by a team of researchers to identify a drug that could one day be used to prevent abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmia. The study, published in Hepatology[1] this week, was enabled by SICM, which is the result of 7 years of research and development by ionscope Ltd. The global market for SICM equipment is supplied using patented technology from ionscope's offices in Cambridge, UK...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is pleased to introduce ChemiFast, a new chemiluminescence substrate specifically designed for use with all Syngene's chemiluminescence imaging systems. ChemiFast is highly sensitive and produces an enhanced signal that is stable for up to 24 hours, making it ideal for detecting even faint protein bands on Western blots...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report the use of their 1400°C high temperature stage to study silicate melt inclusions in the Fluids Research Group of the Geosciences Department at Virginia Tech. Researchers in the Fluids Research Group at Virginia Tech are concerned with the distribution, properties and role of fluids in and on the Earth, from its surface (shallow Earth's crust) to its deep interior (Earth's mantle)...
Malvern Instruments has released a new version of software for the company's Morphologi G3 particle characterization system. This fully automated image analysis-based system delivers particle size and shape information for wet and dry samples, and for the analysis of foreign particulate matter collected on filters. Among the new applications in the version 7.40 software are facilities for user-defined light settings and automated dark-field measurements...
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce its NEW line of ProgRes® Digital CMOS and CCD Microscope Cameras. These cameras are the result of more than two decades experience in the development and production of high-end solutions for digital imaging. The highly versatile and cost effective ProgRes® CMOS Camera range allows for quick and precise setting of both specimen and microscope...
Precision manufactured to be extremely flat (+/- 15 microns across base) - KrystalTM glass bottom plates from Porvair Sciences provide unmatched performance for whole-plate CCD imaging and laser detection applications. Available in a choice of 24-, 96- and 384-well formats - Krystal glass bottom plates combine the advantageous optical properties of glass, low background and low birefringence, with the versatility of a microplate...
Olympus has introduced two new silicon oil-immersion objectives, the UPLSAPO30xS and UPLSAPO60xS. The new lenses are ideal for live cell experiments, particularly those investigating thick samples or requiring long-term imaging. Users can generate bright images at higher resolution, as silicon oil significantly improves optical performance in comparison to conventional oil- or water-based approaches...
Leica Microsystems announces the release of the Leica SCN400 F combined fluorescent and brightfield digital slide scanner. The SCN400 F brings together Leica's award winning brightfield slide scanning capabilities and multi-channel fluorescence imaging in a single platform, providing versatility to researchers and core laboratories utilizing Digital Pathology...
Olympus has launched the cellSens 1.5 software platform, the latest in its line of industry-leading applications for capturing and analyzing microscope images. cellSens 1.5 features Windows 7 64-bit operation. It fully integrates all the imaging and analysis capabilities of such microscopes as the newly introduced fully motorized Olympus BX63 microscope, along with all previously supported Windows 7-compatible hardware and accessories...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of the Medical School at the University of Nebraska. The Department has selected the JPK ForceRobot® 300 system to extend their studies applying atomic force microscopy, AFM, in the measurement of single molecule force spectroscopy...
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce its New line of Unitron and Accu-Scope microscopes. These instruments are ideal for applications ranging from small specimen examination to tissue culture and cell biology...
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce its NEW line of German borosilicate glass coverslips in #1.0 and #1.5 thickness. Warner Instruments has expanded its line of coverslips to include the #1.5 thickness in round, rectangular, and square sizes. The new 3 mm round coverslip in #1 thickness is widely used for the cranial window technique...
Carl Zeiss and Digital Surf announce the signing of an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide ConfoMap® software. ConfoMap® is a surface imaging and analysis software for confocal microscopes and compound microscopes for topographical research...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to unveil its new GeneGnome5, a dedicated chemiluminescent imaging system designed to make precise imaging of chemiluminescent Western blots a simple, one click task. The new GeneGnome5 has a high resolution, cooled camera inside a light tight cabinet that is fully integrated to a...
Prolong the viewing time of vacuum-sensitive and vulnerable samples with the new Temperature Controlled Sample Holder and execute more analysis on your fiber materials with the improved Fibermetric application.
Leica Microsystems announces the release of the SlidePath Gateway application for iPad and iPhone, which is the latest addition to the Total Digital Pathology portfolio. SlidePath Gateway is a Digital Pathology viewing application with built-in educational content from leading institutes and pathologists. The free application is available now for download from the Apple App store...
Solentim highlighted the advanced capabilities of its leading cell imaging and analysis instrument, Cell MetricTM, at the 22nd ESACT conference. Engineered to provide a high throughput workflow solution to screen for colonies from single cell cloning experiments, Cell MetricTM uses its proprietary non-image based focussing to find and locate all possible colonies by imaging the whole well, right up to the edge...