CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY

Targeted to both new and experienced confocal microscopists, a Web site unveiled by Nikon Instruments Inc. describes its confocal products and techniques, providing detailed guides to selecting equipment for specific applications, and links to tutorials and instructional pages within the company’s Microscopy U site. The portal identifies sensitivity, spectral separation and acquisition time as common challenges and presents possible solutions to these issues based on research, testing and product design. Matters such as how to ensure accuracy and repeatability in confocal research and the advantages of swept field confocal over spinning disk technology also are discussed.