Anasys scientific co-founder appointed to prestigious professorship in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignJun 17, 2011Anasys Instruments is pleased to announce that Dr William P King has been appointed as the Bliss Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to his faculty position at UIUC, Dr. King serves as a key scientific advisor to Anasys Instruments...
Read More2D Gel Image Analyser at Major Ophthalmology Centre Is Being Successfully used to Study Proteomic Profiles of Ocular DiseasesJun 17, 2011Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its Dyversity 2D gel imaging system is being used by scientists at one of Latin America's most prestigious Ophthalmological Institutions, the Institute of Ophthalmology "Fundación Conde de Valenciana" in Mexico, to study which proteins are associated with ocular diseases...
Read MoreOutstanding success of international metrology conference and exhibitionJun 10, 2011Olympus attended the recent International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, where it displayed its advanced measuring confocal laser scanning microscopy, the LEXT OLS4000. Hosted by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the event was highly successful with a record number of delegates in attendance...
Read MoreCarl Zeiss Reports Global GrowthJun 10, 2011Carl Zeiss has ended the first six months of fiscal year 2010/11 with a substantial improvement in sales and earnings over the previous year: revenues totaled EUR 2.143 billion, and earnings before income tax (EbIT) EUR 355 million. In addition to the full consolidation of the eyeglass business as the new Vision Care business group for the first time, strong organic growth - particularly in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Medical Systems and Industrial Metrology business groups - contributed to the positive half-yearly balance sheet presented by the company in Stuttgart...
Read MoreLinkam tensile stage chosen to control stress in growth of human collagen by the University of LiverpoolJun 10, 2011Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen by the Physics Department of the University of Liverpool to study the effects of controlling stresses applied during the growth of collagen secreted from human fibroblast cells The research goal of Senior Research Assistant, Dr Caroline Smith, and her colleagues at the University of Liverpool is to advance the treatment of tendon injuries by developing a method of growing oriented human collagen....
Read MoreEdinburgh Start-Up Creates WorldJun 10, 2011A University of Edinburgh based start-up company has created the world's first 3D hologram based on the properties of a Nobel Prize winning scientific discovery which enhances biomedical research into the behavioural activity of proteins. Holoxica, which specialises in Holography and 3D Display has made the world's first ever medical imaging hologram of a Green Fluorescent Protein (or GFP) structure, allowing scientists to visualise the structure without any glasses or other visual aids...
Read MoreNew updates to the Olympus FV10-ASW software extend FluoView FV1000 and FV1000MPE laser scanning capabilitiesJun 6, 2011Olympus has introduced FV10-ASW 3.0, the latest version of its software for the FluoView FV1000 range of confocal laser scanning microscopes (cLSM) and Fluoview FV1000MPE (multiphoton excitation) systems. By incorporating high dynamic range imaging (HDRI), a greater dynamic range of fluorescence between the lightest and darkest areas of a sample is obtained. Furthermore, signal to noise ratios are minimised, enabling clear, highly resolved images to be easily captured...
Read MoreThe University of St Andrews chooses NanoSight NTA system for exosomes characterizationJun 6, 2011NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology reports that the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews is using nanoparticle tracking analysis, NTA, to characterize exosome behaviour...
Read MoreAgar Scientific announces FischioneJun 2, 2011Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces the new 1050 TEM Mill from Fischione Instruments to provide tabletop precision preparation for producing high-quality TEM samples for a wide variety of applications...
Read MoreLinkam temperature controlled cryo stage selected by the Leiden University Medical Center to study biological specimensJun 2, 2011Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments announce the use of their THMS600 temperature stage at the Leiden University Medical Center to aid the cryo-study of biological specimens. Professor A.J. Koster (Leiden University Medical Center) is one of the founders of NeCEN, the Netherlands Center of Electron Nanoscopy which was formed to advance cryo-TEM in the Netherlands...
Read MoreCarestream Molecular Imaging Offers New High Speed, Highly Sensitive, Multimodal Imaging System for In Vitro ApplicationsMay 19, 2011Carestream Molecular Imaging is pleased to introduce the new Gel Logic 4000 PRO - a premium, fully automated luminescent, UV-fluorescent, and radio-isotopic imaging system for the life science research community. Designed for speed and sensitivity, the Gel Logic 4000 PRO can image a wide range of sample formats such as gels (DNA/RNA/protein), membranes (Western, Southern, Northern blots), colony and microtiter plates...
Read MoreOlympus keeps you focused on your researchMay 12, 2011Olympus has today announced the release of the inverted IX81 microscope with ZDC2 Z-Drift compensation system. This next generation solution ensures that your samples are always in focus, providing extremely sharp images. The two modes, continuous and ‘one-shot', enable the completion of any time-lapse experiments...
Read MoreNew May 12, 2011The new "Springer Series in optical Science" book on "Confocal Raman Microscopy" was edited by WITec Scientists Dr. Thomas Dieing, Dr. Olaf Hollricher and Dr. Jan Toporski and has just been released. The goal of the book is to provide the best possible overview of the theoretical and practical facts and issues associated with confocal Raman microscopy...
Read MoreThe University of Leipzig adds JPK's CellHesion 200 capability to enhance cell-cell force measurementsMay 10, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports that the University of Leipzig has chosen the CellHesion® 200 system for their Institute of Experimental Physics I...
Read MoreWITec introduces May 10, 2011WITec, worldwide leader in nano-analytical microscopy systems, has launched the new True Surface Microscopy option. The core element of this revolutionary imaging mode is an integrated sensor for optical profilometry. Large-area topographic coordinates from the profilometer measurement can be precisely correlated with the large-area confocal Raman imaging data...
Read MoreNEW G:BOX Chemi IR6 System for IR Image AnalysisMay 9, 2011Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to introduce the G:BOX Chemi IR6, a new multi-application imaging system, designed for scientists that want a rapid and affordable method of analysing IR and fluorescently stained proteins on multiplexed Western blots...
Read MoreLeica Microsystems Releases Fully Automated HER2 FISH TestMay 9, 2011Leica Microsystems has announced the European release of the fully automated Leica HER2 FISH System for the Leica BOND advanced staining system. Designed for easy and accurate assessment of HER2 gene status in breast cancer tissue, the Leica HER2 FISH System combines the use of the gold standard PathVysion®* HER2 FISH probes, supplied by Abbott Molecular Inc, with Leica's industry-leading BOND automated platform, delivering accurate results for diagnostic confidence...
Read MoreOlympus showcases the latest version of its Olympus Stream materials science microscopy imaging software at Control, StuttgartMay 6, 2011Olympus has launched the latest version of its highly successful Olympus Stream materials science microscopy imaging software family. Olympus Stream 1.6 provides a number of new and improved features, which not only increase workflow efficiency, but also enhance the overall capabilities of the software. Olympus Stream 1.6 is now compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7, 64 bit, operating system, making it fully compatible with all new computer systems...
Read MoreDirectOverlay display & analysis software from JPK InstrumentsMay 6, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, provides a unique software package to make the display of light microscopy images together with atomic force microscopy images a seamless exercise. This package is called DirectOverlay...
Read MoreFLIR Camera Selected to Help Regulate Environmental EmissionsMay 3, 2011FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions has been selected by the DCMR Environmental Protection Agency to supply a FLIR GF320 Optical Gas Imaging camera for inspection and law enforcement tasks...
Read MoreMeiji Techno announces the availability of the latest software for Lumenera's INFINITY range of camerasApr 28, 2011Meiji Techno UK, one of the UK's leading suppliers of light microscopes and accessories, is pleased to announce the latest upgrades for the Lumenera range of INFINITY cameras...
Read MoreLeica Microsystems and Definiens Announce Co-Marketing in the Area of Drug Discovery ResearchApr 15, 2011Leica Microsystems, a leading global designer and producer of precision optical systems, and Definiens, the leading Health Image IntelligenceTM company, today announced a co-marketing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Definiens and Leica will cooperatively market their complementary products and host joint workshops and educational events. Customers will benefit from streamlined high-content image analysis, allowing them to better identify and understand pathways and mechanisms...
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Anasys Instruments is pleased to announce that Dr William P King has been appointed as the Bliss Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to his faculty position at UIUC, Dr. King serves as a key scientific advisor to Anasys Instruments...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its Dyversity 2D gel imaging system is being used by scientists at one of Latin America's most prestigious Ophthalmological Institutions, the Institute of Ophthalmology "Fundación Conde de Valenciana" in Mexico, to study which proteins are associated with ocular diseases...
Olympus attended the recent International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, where it displayed its advanced measuring confocal laser scanning microscopy, the LEXT OLS4000. Hosted by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the event was highly successful with a record number of delegates in attendance...
Carl Zeiss has ended the first six months of fiscal year 2010/11 with a substantial improvement in sales and earnings over the previous year: revenues totaled EUR 2.143 billion, and earnings before income tax (EbIT) EUR 355 million. In addition to the full consolidation of the eyeglass business as the new Vision Care business group for the first time, strong organic growth - particularly in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Medical Systems and Industrial Metrology business groups - contributed to the positive half-yearly balance sheet presented by the company in Stuttgart...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen by the Physics Department of the University of Liverpool to study the effects of controlling stresses applied during the growth of collagen secreted from human fibroblast cells The research goal of Senior Research Assistant, Dr Caroline Smith, and her colleagues at the University of Liverpool is to advance the treatment of tendon injuries by developing a method of growing oriented human collagen....
A University of Edinburgh based start-up company has created the world's first 3D hologram based on the properties of a Nobel Prize winning scientific discovery which enhances biomedical research into the behavioural activity of proteins. Holoxica, which specialises in Holography and 3D Display has made the world's first ever medical imaging hologram of a Green Fluorescent Protein (or GFP) structure, allowing scientists to visualise the structure without any glasses or other visual aids...
Olympus has introduced FV10-ASW 3.0, the latest version of its software for the FluoView FV1000 range of confocal laser scanning microscopes (cLSM) and Fluoview FV1000MPE (multiphoton excitation) systems. By incorporating high dynamic range imaging (HDRI), a greater dynamic range of fluorescence between the lightest and darkest areas of a sample is obtained. Furthermore, signal to noise ratios are minimised, enabling clear, highly resolved images to be easily captured...
NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology reports that the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews is using nanoparticle tracking analysis, NTA, to characterize exosome behaviour...
Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces the new 1050 TEM Mill from Fischione Instruments to provide tabletop precision preparation for producing high-quality TEM samples for a wide variety of applications...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments announce the use of their THMS600 temperature stage at the Leiden University Medical Center to aid the cryo-study of biological specimens. Professor A.J. Koster (Leiden University Medical Center) is one of the founders of NeCEN, the Netherlands Center of Electron Nanoscopy which was formed to advance cryo-TEM in the Netherlands...
Carestream Molecular Imaging is pleased to introduce the new Gel Logic 4000 PRO - a premium, fully automated luminescent, UV-fluorescent, and radio-isotopic imaging system for the life science research community. Designed for speed and sensitivity, the Gel Logic 4000 PRO can image a wide range of sample formats such as gels (DNA/RNA/protein), membranes (Western, Southern, Northern blots), colony and microtiter plates...
Olympus has today announced the release of the inverted IX81 microscope with ZDC2 Z-Drift compensation system. This next generation solution ensures that your samples are always in focus, providing extremely sharp images. The two modes, continuous and ‘one-shot', enable the completion of any time-lapse experiments...
The new "Springer Series in optical Science" book on "Confocal Raman Microscopy" was edited by WITec Scientists Dr. Thomas Dieing, Dr. Olaf Hollricher and Dr. Jan Toporski and has just been released. The goal of the book is to provide the best possible overview of the theoretical and practical facts and issues associated with confocal Raman microscopy...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports that the University of Leipzig has chosen the CellHesion® 200 system for their Institute of Experimental Physics I...
WITec, worldwide leader in nano-analytical microscopy systems, has launched the new True Surface Microscopy option. The core element of this revolutionary imaging mode is an integrated sensor for optical profilometry. Large-area topographic coordinates from the profilometer measurement can be precisely correlated with the large-area confocal Raman imaging data...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to introduce the G:BOX Chemi IR6, a new multi-application imaging system, designed for scientists that want a rapid and affordable method of analysing IR and fluorescently stained proteins on multiplexed Western blots...
Leica Microsystems has announced the European release of the fully automated Leica HER2 FISH System for the Leica BOND advanced staining system. Designed for easy and accurate assessment of HER2 gene status in breast cancer tissue, the Leica HER2 FISH System combines the use of the gold standard PathVysion®* HER2 FISH probes, supplied by Abbott Molecular Inc, with Leica's industry-leading BOND automated platform, delivering accurate results for diagnostic confidence...
Olympus has launched the latest version of its highly successful Olympus Stream materials science microscopy imaging software family. Olympus Stream 1.6 provides a number of new and improved features, which not only increase workflow efficiency, but also enhance the overall capabilities of the software. Olympus Stream 1.6 is now compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7, 64 bit, operating system, making it fully compatible with all new computer systems...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, provides a unique software package to make the display of light microscopy images together with atomic force microscopy images a seamless exercise. This package is called DirectOverlay...
FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions has been selected by the DCMR Environmental Protection Agency to supply a FLIR GF320 Optical Gas Imaging camera for inspection and law enforcement tasks...
Meiji Techno UK, one of the UK's leading suppliers of light microscopes and accessories, is pleased to announce the latest upgrades for the Lumenera range of INFINITY cameras...
Leica Microsystems, a leading global designer and producer of precision optical systems, and Definiens, the leading Health Image IntelligenceTM company, today announced a co-marketing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Definiens and Leica will cooperatively market their complementary products and host joint workshops and educational events. Customers will benefit from streamlined high-content image analysis, allowing them to better identify and understand pathways and mechanisms...