The ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT is a new ZEISS site at one of the most innovative locations in Germany A new space for carve-outs and greater collaboration between business and academia 12,000 m2 of flexible space thanks to an investment of €30 million OBERKOCHEN/Germany, KARLSRUHE/Germany. ZEISS held a groundbreaking ceremony today on the north campus […]

WITec’s proven 3D Raman imaging functionality is now available in an inverted microscope. WITec has launched the alpha300 Ri inverted Raman microscope. It combines the advantages of data acquisition from below with the established merits of 3D confocal Raman imaging, a powerful and versatile technique that can chemically characterize samples nondestructively and without labeling or […]

Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems introduces LIGHTNING, a new detection concept for scientific imaging, initially available for all TCS SP8 confocal laser scanning microscope systems. Operating in real time, LIGHTNING extracts valuable image information from previously unseen or inaccessible fine structures and details. This expands imaging capabilities both in the classic confocal range and beyond the […]

State-of-the-art facility features the first imaging system of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Wetzlar, Germany / Thuwal, Saudi Arabia: The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus today. With the new center, KAUST and Leica Microsystems embark […]

Justin Mynar, KAUST associate vice president for research and executive director of the Core Labs, speaks during the opening of the KAUST-Leica Center of Excellence in Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus. KAUST and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus on March 12. With the new center, […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — US-based scientific camera designer and manufacturer Photometrics, scientific instruments manufacturer Cairn Research and systems developer Mizar Imaging have created a partnership to offer a new, high power, high sensitivity light sheet fluorescence microscopy solution. The MizarTILT light sheet system combined with the Photometrics Prime 95B, the world’s first back-illuminated scientific CMOS camera, provides an […]

Rockland, MA. –  Prior Scientific Instruments, Ltd., a Cambridge based manufacturer of precision optical and mechanical instrumentation is pleased to announce that it has acquired Queensgate Instruments, a division of Elektron Technology.  Queensgate, with its manufacturing based in Torquay, is a leading supplier of high precision nanopositioning systems and sensors. “Queensgate is the premier manufacturer […]

PicoQuant and Ionovation now offer an integrated platform that combines microscopy and force spectroscopy As a joint development, PicoQuant and Ionovation combined time-resolved microscopy and optical tweezers in a single system. Both instruments retain their individual functionalities but can also be used together, thus enabling customers to carry out time-resolved fluorescence microscopy (e.g. fluorescence lifetime […]

Deliver an industry-first automatic spherical aberration compensation function Left: Olympus TruResolution Objective; Right: 3D reconstructed image of mouse in vivo brain (Thy1-YFP-H mouse sensory cortex) acquired using TruResolution objective with auto adjustment function. Image data courtesy of Dr. Hiromu Monai, Dr.Hajime Hirase and Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki, RIKEN BSI-Olympus Collaboration Center For high-res images click here. For video of mouse in vivo brain click here. […]

Scientifica is excited to announce Ed Saint is taking on the role of Sales and Marketing Director. Ed joined Scientifica in 2006 as a university intern, and has been involved in many different functions within the company. This has included marketing, sales and installation right through to business development. Most recently, Ed has been working […]