Olympus 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...
Read MoreThe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) uses the JPK NanoWizard family of AFMs for the nanoscale characterization of optical systems and devicesApr 11, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany where the JPK NanoWizard® family of AFMs provide the backbone for topographic and optical research activities...
Read MoreSetting new standards in optical metrologyApr 11, 2011The Olympus LEXT OLS4000 is being used as a benchmark tool for the development of good practice guidelines and new reference standards in optical metrology. With both of these projects being detailed at the upcoming 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) at Twickenham Stadium, Olympus is at the forefront of developments in metrology. The LEXT OLS4000 has therefore aided the development of various tools to improve the reliability and usability of optical metrology techniques...
Read MoreImaging Solutions for Every ApplicationApr 11, 2011Carltex, Inc. of Nyack, NY has been appointed the distributor for BestScope International Ltd, a well-known and respected supplier in the field of Microscopy and Scientific Instrumentation...
Read MoreCell Receptor Recycling Mechanism Discovery opens up New Class of Therapeutic TargetsApr 8, 2011Using the Andor Revolution XD Confocal Microscope for live cell studies, Prof. Puthenveedu has led an international team of researchers to elucidate how signalling receptors are recycled to the cell membrane. The discovery of the mechanism by which signalling receptors travel back to the surface of the cell after activation and internalisation opens up a new class of therapeutic targets...
Read MoreJPK Instruments launch the NanoWizard 3 NanoScience AFMApr 7, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, continues to expand its family of high performance research systems with the announcement of the availability of the NanoWizard® 3 NanoScience AFM system...
Read MoreLED light source Colibri.2 Apr 7, 2011
Introducing Colibri.2 Carl Zeiss now offers now an improved LED light source for fluorescence microscopy. Colibri.2 is adaptable to a majority of microscopes and is easily controlled in the AxioVision software. A multitude of different experiments can be effortlessly designed and executed by using Colibri.2...
Read MoreLeica Microsystems Licenses Digital Pathology Patents from OlympusApr 7, 2011Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany and Olympus America Inc. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Leica 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 MoreWHO recommends LED-fluorescence microscopy for detection of tuberculosisApr 6, 2011For the efficient and rapid detection of tuberculosis bacteria the World Health Organization WHO now recommends LED-fluorescence microscopy. With Primo Star iLED Carl Zeiss developed, in cooperation with FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), a microscope aligned for this application...
Read MoreThe Evactron Decontaminator from XEI Scientific cleans carbon contamination with hydrogenApr 6, 2011XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports the use for cleaning carbon decontamination using hydrogen...
Read MoreAdvancing optical metrologyApr 6, 2011Olympus has today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL), the conference will take place from 12 - 15 April 2011 at the Twickenham Stadium in London...
Read MoreLinkam temperature controlled tensile stage selected by the Mather Group to aid polymer characterizationMar 30, 2011Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments announce the use of their temperature controlled tensile stage by the Mather Group at Syracuse University. Patrick Mather is Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University. His research group focuses on functional materials: in particular, the development of polymeric and hybrid materials with prescribed functionality beyond traditionally passive mechanical roles...
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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...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany where the JPK NanoWizard® family of AFMs provide the backbone for topographic and optical research activities...
The Olympus LEXT OLS4000 is being used as a benchmark tool for the development of good practice guidelines and new reference standards in optical metrology. With both of these projects being detailed at the upcoming 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) at Twickenham Stadium, Olympus is at the forefront of developments in metrology. The LEXT OLS4000 has therefore aided the development of various tools to improve the reliability and usability of optical metrology techniques...
Carltex, Inc. of Nyack, NY has been appointed the distributor for BestScope International Ltd, a well-known and respected supplier in the field of Microscopy and Scientific Instrumentation...
Using the Andor Revolution XD Confocal Microscope for live cell studies, Prof. Puthenveedu has led an international team of researchers to elucidate how signalling receptors are recycled to the cell membrane. The discovery of the mechanism by which signalling receptors travel back to the surface of the cell after activation and internalisation opens up a new class of therapeutic targets...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, continues to expand its family of high performance research systems with the announcement of the availability of the NanoWizard® 3 NanoScience AFM system...
Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany and Olympus America Inc. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Leica 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...
For the efficient and rapid detection of tuberculosis bacteria the World Health Organization WHO now recommends LED-fluorescence microscopy. With Primo Star iLED Carl Zeiss developed, in cooperation with FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), a microscope aligned for this application...
XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports the use for cleaning carbon decontamination using hydrogen...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments announce the use of their temperature controlled tensile stage by the Mather Group at Syracuse University. Patrick Mather is Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University. His research group focuses on functional materials: in particular, the development of polymeric and hybrid materials with prescribed functionality beyond traditionally passive mechanical roles...