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...
Read MoreAnasys 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...
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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...
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...