MONTREAL – CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center in Montreal has partnered with Leica Microsystems to establish a cutting-edge microscopy facility that is mutually beneficial for both the Centre and Leica. Left to right: Elke Küster-Schöck, Lianne Dale, Gilles Hickson, Graziella Di Cristo, Jacques L. Michaud, and Wayne England. This platform is the latest of Leica Microsystems’ […]

ZEISS and KIT make plans for shared innovation building KIT carve-outs offer long-term prospects at site More modern growth environment for successful Karlsruhe-based company Nanoscribe GmbH ZEISS and KIT promote strategic partnership OBERKOCHEN/Germany ZEISS plans to build a new shared innovation hub on the north campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Construction is […]

Oxford Instruments NanoScience announces the long-term collaboration agreement signed with CASmF Science and Technology Limited (CASmF) in China, to jointly develop high precision Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) products using TeslatronPT, the Cryofree® superconducting magnet system from Oxford Instruments. SPM products form images of surfaces using a physical probe that scans the specimen. The SPM probe when used with TestatronPT can be […]

The atomic force microscope ToscaTM 400 by Anton Paar is available for sale now. This high-end product measures nano-surface properties and was specially designed for industrial users. Thanks to the automation on every level of operation, ToscaTM 400 is easy to handle. Until now atomic force microscopes were complex and rather complicate to operate thus they were – and […]

Optiscan Imaging Limited (Optiscan, the Company or OIL) is pleased to announce the appointment of an Exclusive Distributor for China. The Company has executed a Distribution Agreement with Chinese based China Gate Scientific (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (China Gate) for the latest Optiscan Preclinical Research system, ViewnVivo. Optiscan’s General Manager of Preclinical Research Products, Andrew Froude, said “The […]

A new microscope that can capture 3D images of live organisms in real time: this is the QIs-scope, an innovation from a spinoff of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), 4D Nature. The microscope can be used in biomedical research or to improve clinical diagnosis procedures. This new-generation microscope can make three-dimensional images of small […]

Andor Zyla 5.5 sCMOS camera at the heart of new technique to perform real-time 3D imaging at unprecedented spatial resolution Belfast, Northern Ireland Advances in confocal, two-photon and light-sheet microscopy have rapidly advanced our understanding of cellular and subcellular structures and processes. However, live cell and whole animal imaging could be on the verge of […]

JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) announces the release of the JSM-7610FPlus, which is an upgraded model of the ultrahigh resolution Schottky field emission scanning electron microscope JSM-7610F, to be released in September 2017. Product development background Scanning electron microscopes are used in a wide range of fields, such as nanotechnology, metallurgy, semiconductors, ceramics, medicine, and […]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the Skládal Research Group at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. They are studying biomolecules and cells with JPK’s NanoWizard® AFM and ForceRobot® systems as part of a development of new biosensors. Dr Jan Pribyl is Deputy Group […]

JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) is pleased to announce the “JEOL-Nikon CLEM Solution Center”, a collaborative project between Nikon and JEOL Ltd., will be established on September 1, 2017. The center will be opened in the R & D Building of JEOL to provide experience in and collect and deliver technical information on cutting-edge CLEM* […]