Nanotechnology leader, Ionscope Ltd, announces the appointment of Dr Ward Hills as CEO and Dr Andy Richardson as CTO. Both joined the company last month as product shipments were being made to Mexico, China and the UK. Ionscope manufactures Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopes (SICMs) for imaging living cells. SICMs are used by neurological and cardiac […]
This week a Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope (SICM) was received by Shanghai-based Genetimes for installation in the Faculty of Basic Medicine of Zhe Jiang University in Hangzhou (China). “SICM devices allow nanoscale topographic imaging of live cells without destroying the fine structures on the cell membrane or disrupting cellular processes. No other approach can currently […]
Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments company, announces Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy (sMIM), an atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique that enables nanoscale mapping of permittivity and conductivity with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution on any material including conductors, semiconductors and insulators. sMIM is the latest tool in Asylum’s “Beyond Topography” initiative which seeks to provide valuable nanomechanical […]
Berwyn, PA – AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) today announced the appointment of Volker Dreisbach as Vice President, Asia. He replaces Lim Meng Kee, who retires after 21 years with the Company. “Volker brings extensive international experience to his new position, and we expect him to play a key role in the continued growth and success of […]
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how the NanoTracker™ Optical Tweezers system is being applied in the study of biomacromolecules at NTNU in Trondheim. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology at Trondheim is Norway’s second largest university. Dr Marit Sletmoen is an […]
BILLERICA, Mass. — Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) announced the election of Dr. Gilles Martin to its Board of Directors, effective as of today. Dr. Martin is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Eurofins Scientific Group, a Luxembourg-based international life-sciences company which provides a range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. Dr. Martin […]
TESCAN, building on the success of its TIMA scanning electron microscope mineralogy analyzer, announced today the introduction of the TIMA with the Automated Loading System (AutoLoader). The TIMA equipped with AutoLoader is the first fully automated mineral analyzer to permit robust, continuous and unattended sample loading. This newly pioneered design delivers unprecedented high throughput analysis, […]
Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of the SPM-8000FM high resolution scanning probe microscope. Equipped with a frequency modulation (FM) detection method, and positioned in the HR-SPM (high resolution scanning probe microscope) category, the SPM-8000FM is Shimadzu’s flagship model of scanning probe microscope (SPM). The SPM-8000FM is the first instrument capable of making ultra-high resolution surface […]
Santa Clara, CA — Park Systems, a leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) products, announces the debut of Park XE15, a powerfully versatile atomic force microscope featuring a unique MultiSampleTM scan. This newly developed large sample AFM provides researchers and operators with the ability to automatically image and measure up to nine individual samples. […]
NEW ORLEANS — Today at the 2013 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR) introduced the Opterra Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope, which sets a new standard for integration of confocal imaging with photoactivation. The new Opterra microscope utilizes a number of innovative features to obtain the speed of wide-field imaging and the […]
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