SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it is collaborating with Stanford University in a research program designed to explore a new class of nanoscale devices using a combinations of the scanning probe microscope (SPM) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). The research will enable the rapid prototyping and characterization of nanoscale […]

Fluorescence microscopy training course on the Internet The educational website for fluorescence microscopy www.zeiss.com/campus has been supplemented with sections on Spectral Imaging and Fluorescent Proteins and now also provides comprehensive information on these topics. By visiting the website, interested scientists can learn more about the concepts of spectral imaging and FRET microscopy. The new fluorescent […]

Resolution Beyond the Diffraction Limit JENA/Germany, CHICAGO/Illinois/USA — Carl Zeiss is launching new systems for optical sectioning during the annual Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience 2009 meeting to be held in Chicago from October 17th to October 21st. The ELYRA product family features several new superresolution microscopy methods and significantly expands the application of light microscopy […]

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 […]

Carl Zeiss and the University of California, San Francisco, agree on marketing rights for superresolution microscopy Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH has received a license from the University of California for the commercialization of “superresolution”, a microscopy technique offering extraordinarily high resolution. The technique called Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) was developed by scientists Mats G.L. Gustafsson, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

NIS-Elements Version 3.1 Offers Expanded Device Support for All Nikon Systems and Microscopy Vendor Products and 64 bit Compatibility; Adds New Functionality and Imaging Tools MELVILLE, N.Y. – Nikon Instruments, Inc. (www.nikoninstruments.com) today announced the release of a new version of its industry leading microscopy acquisition and analysis software – NIS-Elements. The new NIS-Elements Version […]