Using optical sections to examine the dynamics of living specimens easily and quickly The VivaTome for fluorescence microscopes from Carl Zeiss is an optimal tool for developmental and cell biologists to examine the dynamics of living specimens without extensive prior knowledge of optical sectioning. For the visualization of fast processes, VivaTome is an attractively-priced solution […]

ELYRA product family combines PAL-M and SR-SIM technology With ELYRA, Carl Zeiss is introducing a product family that allows the superresolution PAL-M and SR-SIM microscopy techniques to be comprehensively used and individually combined for the very first time. This enables scientists in biomedical research to image cellular structures marked with fluorescent dyes with maximum spatial […]

Sensitivity in a New Dimension With the LSM 780, Carl Zeiss is now adding a new member to its family of LSM 7 laser scanning microscopes. The use of the new GaAsP detector technology has almost doubled the sensitivity of the currently leading LSM 710. Cell biologists and neurobiologists can now visualize weakly fluorescent or […]

MELVILLE, N.Y. — Nikon Instruments, Inc. (www.nikoninstruments.com) today unveiled its new A1R-MP Multiphoton and Confocal microscope system for high speed, high resolution and high sensitivity multiphoton excitation and confocal fluorescence imaging. The A1R-MP allows for imaging deeper, longer, sharper and brighter while remaining cell-friendly with fast resonant imaging at up to 420 fps. Nikon’s A1R-MP […]

MELVILLE, N.Y. – Nikon Instruments, Inc. (www.nikoninstruments.com) today introduced the new CL-Quant Automated Image Analysis Software featuring routines for assaying stem cell viability by label-free phase and fluorescence analysis. The software utilizes a unique set of preconfigured routines for standard assays and has a teachable interface for analysis creation and batch-processing for large time-lapse image […]

Rapidly Delivering an Automated Ion Channel Screening System CAMBRIDGE, England — The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leading supplier of innovative automation for life science applications today announced its Advanced Projects Group, has successfully collaborated with Cellectricon, the Swedish provider of innovative screening solutions for drug discovery, to produce fully automated high throughput patch clamp […]

STEMCELL Technologies Inc. Announces Release of Defined, Animal-Protein Free Maintenance Medium for hESCs and hiPSCs VANCOUVER — STEMCELL Technologies Inc. (STEMCELL) is pleased to announce the release of TeSR™2, a defined, animal-protein free maintenance medium for human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. This medium takes a step towards addressing the needs of researchers working […]

International Stem Cell Corporation, Through Its Subsidiary Lifeline Cell Technology, Announces the Launch and Sale of New Products into the Human Cell Research Market OCEANSIDE, Calif.– International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) (www.internationalstemcell.com), announces that it has launched fifteen new human cell culture products into the commercial research markets over the last twelve months through its […]

Analyzing fast processes in the cell Carl Zeiss has developed the DirectFRAP imaging system for all microscope users in cell biology and molecular genetics who examine processes in living cells on the basis of fluorescence-labeled proteins. Thanks to its operating principle and the photomanipulation in the wide field, DirectFRAP opens up the possibility of also […]

Full Sales and Support Team Providing New Products to Advance Life Science and Stem Cell Research Across E.U. From Newport, U.K. Office – MipTech Conference & Tradeshow SAN DIEGO & NEWPORT, England–Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life science company commercializing products to advance life science and stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production and drug discovery, today announced […]