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Ultra Stable Microscope Platforms for Electrophysiology & Neuroscience

Prior Scientific’s Z-Deck rangeis a high quality, height adjustable platform designed specifically for upright microscopes widely used in electrophysiology and neuroscience, including the Nikon FN1/Ni, the Olympus BX51WI / BX61WI, and the Zeiss Axio Examiner microscopes.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 22 Feb 2016

Modular Imaging System Enables Creation of a Wide Range of Computational Cameras

Computer Science Professor Shree Nayar and Makoto Odamaki, a visiting scientist from Ricoh Corporation, have developed Cambits, a modular imaging system that enables the user to create a wide range of computational cameras. Cambits comprises a set of colorful plastic blocks of five different types—sensors, light sources, actuators, lenses, and optical attachments.

16 Feb 2016

Researchers Use External Light to Control Protein Activity in Mammalian Cells

Light can be used to control the transport of proteins from the cell nucleus with the aid of a light-sensitive, genetically modified plant protein. Biologists from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) working in the field of optogenetics have now developed such a tool. The researchers, under the direction of Dr. Barbara Di Ventura and Prof. Dr. Roland Eils, employed methods from synthetic biology and combined a light sensor from the oat plant with a transport signal.

16 Feb 2016

NIGHTSEA, EMS-Diatome Partner to Launch Second Annual KEY Award in Fluorescence Microscopy

Fluorescence is increasingly central to many fields of research, not only in the life sciences but also in geology, chemistry, and semiconductors. However, fluorescence microscopy equipment can be very expensive, often out of the reach of young faculty members setting up their first labs.

9 Feb 2016

Illumina Uses Advanced Mass Spectrometry Imaging Technologies to Analyze Molecules Produced by Living Cells

Findings by Adriana Romero determined that fungi in Alaska begin to adapt to high temperatures, speeding up their metabolism, growing and reproducing at a faster pace.

1 Feb 2016

Remicade Co-Developer Donates $500,000 to Fund New Microscopy Facility at Scripps Florida

The co-developer of Remicade®, one of the three top-selling drugs in the world, has donated more than $500,000 to fund what will be known as the Iris and Junming Le Foundation Super-Resolution Microscopy Facility on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).

30 Jan 2016