Tokyo, Japan Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that a Yokogawa CSU-W1 confocal scanner unit has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). This CSU-W1 is a core component of Chiyoda Corporation’s COSMIC confocal microscope system, which will be installed in “KIBO,” the ISS’s Japanese Experiment Module, and is expected to start being used in […]

ZEISS’ investment in Perseus Biomics marks the start of a technology collaboration with the microbiome analytics startup based in Leuven, Belgium Oberkochen (Germany), Leuven (Belgium) | ZEISS Group The partnership announced today aims to develop an optical technology for microbiome research, specifically the quantitative analysis of the microbiome. ZEISS can draw on its longstanding, extensive […]

The UltraMicroscope Blaze enables 3D imaging of large or multiple cleared samples across scales BERGISCH GLADBACH – Miltenyi Biotec today announces the UltraMicroscope Blaze. With cutting-edge optics, it is the world’s first and only fully automated light sheet microscope. The new instrument enables users to image an entire mouse or multiple samples at subcellular resolution […]

Wetzlar and Berlin — Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce the donation of a THUNDER 3D Live Cell imaging system to the Institute of Virology of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Since the start of the current coronavirus outbreak, the Institute of Virology on Campus Charité Mitte, led by Director Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, has been […]

STELLARIS, designed to empower researchers to drive progress in science, is confocal microscopy re-imagined Mannheim, Germany — World-leading designer and manufacturer of microscopes and scientific equipment, Leica Microsystems, has announced the launch of its flagship new confocal microscopy platform, called STELLARIS. The platform will significantly improve how scientists are able to capture three-dimensional images of […]

BELLEVUE, WA, US — DRVISION Technologies LLC, a pioneer in computer vision and the world’s leading AI microscopy software company has been awarded up to 2.16 million USD from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to develop the AI Restoring and Staining platform (AIRS). The R&D funded by this Fast-Track collaborative research grant (# […]

MELVILLE, N.Y.,  — Nikon Instruments Inc., innovator of advanced microscope systems, today announced that it will assume direct representation for all Research Microscopy BioSystems products in the New England and Upstate New York regions. With increased demand from the scientific community for cutting-edge technology and highly skilled staff to properly support it, Nikon is well poised […]

New Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscope Introduced Jena/Germany | ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) with its unique illumination principle allows fast and gentle imaging of whole living model organisms, tissues, and developing cells. The high stability of ZEISS Lightsheet 7 enables researchers to observe living samples over extended periods of time – […]

ZEISS to expand presence in Dresden with another ZEISS Innovation Hub Oberkochen, Dresden/Germany — ZEISS has successfully concluded its acquisition of Saxonia Systems AG, a specialist for customized software solutions. The fully acquired company will now operate as Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation. In the future, the new unit Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation will further support […]

Synergizing RIKEN’s excellence in basic research in bioengineering with ZEISS’s expertise in imaging and sensing Oberkochen/Germany, Tokyo/Japan |  ZEISS Group ZEISS and RIKEN Innovation Co., Ltd. today entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to jointly explore opportunities in aiming to identify projects where the combination of RIKEN’s expertise in bioengineering and image data manipulation and […]