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BioPhotonics: April 2010

BioPhotonics
 April 2010


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CMOS technology for digital dental imaging The dental industry is continually changing, with more and more dentists adopting the latest digital x-ray technology into their practices. The driving advantages of digital x-ray systems versus...
Lab Chips Get Specific After sometimes seeming like a solution in search of a problem, lab-on-a-chip technology may be finding its footing in application-specific incarnations, not in general-purpose devices. One key to...
Are Imaging Jobs Going Abroad? Hospitals have begun to call on doctors in India, for example, for preliminary readings of computed tomography (CT), x-ray, ultrasound and other scans. Proponents argue that this allows reading of...
The Outsourcing Option: No Longer Optional? The global medical equipment outsourcing market is forecast to reach $40 billion by 2016 with a compound annual growth rate of 16 percent, according to a report from GlobalData, based in London....
EDITORIAL
The effects of outsourcing Outsourcing, especially across borders, has its share of fans and also its share of foes. Defenders say it can enable significant cost and even time savings as well as access to higher-quality services and contractors with more specialized skills than an in-house production and design team might have; detractors say it can bring a range of headaches, including language barriers and lower company...
BIOSCAN
Mouse model shines light on locomotor circuits A new genetically modified mouse in which certain neurons respond to light stimulation could mean good things for patients with spinal cord injuries that impair their ability to walk. When the...
From fast-freeze to frame Researchers at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have obtained three-dimensional images of the vesicles and filaments involved in the communication among neurons in the brains of mammals. Using...
Disinfecting in the dark Ultraviolet water purifiers have been on the market for years and have gained popularity among those looking for a chemical-free, more natural approach to clean drinking water. Now researchers at the...
A SERRS way to determine blood sugar levels Surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) has proved to be an astute determiner of how much HbA1c is held in blood samples, which could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of people...
Nanobubbles detect and destroy disease Tiny bubbles pack a punch, enough to potentially knock out cancer. They also could be used for cancer diagnostics, offering a tool to both detect and treat the disease. Those are some of the research...
New view of heart muscle cells shows movement of ß2 adrenergic receptors Building better beta-blockers for various heart ailments may be on the horizon because of a novel imaging technique used by researchers at Imperial College London. Beta-blockers are drugs that...
RAPIDSCAN
US government support sought for biomed community A past president of the Optical Society of America (OSA) recently called on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide greater support for the health care industry by...
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Columbia, Md.-based Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has partnered with Cerno Bioscience of Danbury, Conn., which applies mathematical techniques to mass spectrometry. The companies will team...
Linden LLC Linden LLC, a Chicago-based health care private equity firm, has purchased Hycor Biomedical Inc. from Agilent Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Hycor, located in Garden Grove, Calif.,...
Evotec AG Evotec AG of Hamburg, Germany, has announced that it is collaborating with Active Biotech AB to identify small-molecule modulators of a priority biological target involved in immune disorders and...
Stratophase Stratophase, a UK-based real-time biochemical measurement and detection specialist, has announced that it is developing a multiparametric, multipoint in-line sensor system for high-value liquid...
PerkinElmer Inc. PerkinElmer Inc. of Waltham, Mass., a technology company focused on human and environmental health and safety, has announced that it has agreed to purchase the remaining interest of its joint venture...
Caliper Life Sciences Inc. Caliper Life Sciences Inc. of Hopkinton, Mass., and its wholly owned subsidiary Xenogen Corp. have announced the filing of a patent infringement lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern...
Cantimer Inc. Cantimer Inc. of Norwood, Mass., and Advanced Instruments Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., have jointly announced their signing of a license and product development agreement. Under terms of the...
Ambry Genetics Commercial clinical laboratory Ambry Genetics of Aliso Viejo, Calif., and RainDance Technologies Inc. of Lexington, Mass., have jointly announced their partnership in using the latter’s RDT...
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc. Preclinical and molecular imaging company Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc. of Woburn, Mass., has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute 3DHistech’s full suite of digital slide...
JPK Instruments AG JPK Instruments AG of Berlin, a nanoanalytic instruments manufacturer, has announced the installation of multiple instruments at the new Swansea University Centre for NanoHealth in Wales, UK....
Life Technologies Corp. In Carlsbad, Calif., Life Technologies Corp. has announced that its Applied Biosystems MicroSEQ salmonella spp. detection kit has been validated by the AOAC Research Institute, a nonprofit based in...
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The big blue marble rolls on In 1972, NASA released the first complete photograph of the planet Earth as it appears from outside the atmosphere. Its color and ornate appearance quickly earned Earth the name “the Blue Marble,” and the image of the planet against a background of open space went on to inspire millions of people to care more about the environment and their animal and human neighbors. Credit: NASA...
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Fluid Sensor The OCB350 fluid and air sensor from TT electronics Optek Technology is suitable for medical applications, including monitoring fluid or air in transfusion pump tubing. The device consists of an infrared LED and photo-transistor packaged in an opaque plastic housing to enhance ambient light rejection, and it operates over a temperature range from –40 to 85 °C. Capable of detecting...
Optek Technology, Industrial Sensing & Control
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Protein Characterization Wyatt Technology Corp. has unveiled its size exclusion chromatography columns in a range of pore sizes for protein analysis by multiangle light scattering. According to the company, they cease to...
Wyatt Technology Corp.
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Hybrid Microplate Reader BioTek Instruments Inc. has expanded its multimode microplate reader family with the release of the patent-pending Synergy H4 with Hybrid Technology for fluorescence applications. The compact model...
BioTek Instruments Inc.
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Motorized Microscope Stage Prior Scientific Inc. has introduced the H117P2IX flattop stage for the Olympus IX inverted microscope series. Suitable for all high-precision biomedical and materials science scanning operations, it...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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Machine Vision Camera Viewbits, the industrial cameras division of Computer Modules Inc., has launched the Iyeron, a 12-megapixel, 25-fps machine vision camera with a 1.9-in. monochrome progressive-scan CMOS sensor....
ViewBits
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Fluorescence Microscopy Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has released the xcellence series of research-grade microscopy systems for live-cell fluorescence imaging. They offer advanced techniques such as total internal reflection...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Raman System BaySpec Inc. has unveiled the NIR long-wave RamSpec series for Raman instrumentation of biological tissues, including skin, with minimal fluorescence interference. The instrument, which operates at...
BaySpec Inc.
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STED Microscopy Leica Microsystems GmbH has launched the TCS STED (stimulated emission depletion) CW microscopy system. Available as an upgrade for systems that are already installed, the device combines the...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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NIR Spectrometer Hamamatsu Corp. has released a NIR miniature spectrometer for process measurements. Optimized for carbon-hydrogen combinational calculation of substances such as asphaltene, cellulose and carbonate,...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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UV Imaging Synbiosis, a division of Synoptics Group, has released the ProcUV, a UV imaging accessory for its ProtoCOL 2 system. The device enables instant imaging of bacteria-expressing GFPs, fluorescent... Request info >
Fluorescence Detection Go!Foton’s Selfoc μ-fluorescence photometer, the FLE1000, has 1-nm sensitivity or lower and is available in red, green, blue and UV wavelengths. Housed in a compact body, it can be used as a...
Go!Foton Corp.
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UV LED Flashlight Spectronics Corp.’s Spectroline Optimax 365 cordless, rechargeable true UVA LED inspection flashlight is available for photoactivation and UVA dosing. Using ultrahigh-flux LED technology, it...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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Drug Screening A label-free drug discovery technology called Soprano has been introduced by PharmaDiagnostics NV. The screening tool, which does not require special equipment, uses a technique called localized... Request info >
EMCCD Camera The iXon blue electron EMCCD has been added to Andor Technology plc’s family of low-light-imaging cameras. Based on a blue-enhanced variant of a 512 x 512 back-illuminated EMCCD sensor, it is...
Andor Technology Ltd., Corporate Headquarters
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Fluorescent Conjugates Vector Laboratories Inc. has added several DyLight fluorescent conjugates for immunofluorescent staining to its product range. Direct alternatives to traditional fluorophores, including fluorescein... Request info >
Nanoparticle Characterization NanoSight Ltd. has announced the release of the NS500 nanoparticle characterization system, incorporating new hardware and software to deliver automatic, high-resolution particle-by-particle analysis...
NanoSight Ltd.
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Plate Reader Digilab Inc. has released the Identity plate reader for high-throughput measurement and identification of samples using Raman spectroscopy. The plate reader can be used with 96- or 384-well...
Digilab Inc.
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Blue LEDs Opto Diode Corp. has unveiled its OD-469L high-output blue LEDs. Featuring a narrow beam angle, they are suitable for fluorescence applications in medicine, scientific testing instruments and...
Opto Diode Corporation
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Chemical Analyzer Maxmat SA has announced the Maxmat PL II, a multidisciplinary analyzer for testing in clinical chemistry, coagulation, immunochemistry and ELISA. Suitable for scientific research, the tool can create... Request info >
Crystal Imaging Rigaku Automation’s Minstrel HT UV high-throughput ultraviolet and visible crystal imaging and protein crystal monitoring system is for use in protein crystallization experiments. The robotic...
Rigaku Americas Corp.
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Optical Amplifier The QLight SAX20r X-Amp, a 1060-nm semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) from Alphion Corp., is for use as a gain element in swept and amplified spontaneous emission sources. Also suitable for use in...
Alphion Corp.
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Spectroscopy Software Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has released version 8.1 of its KnowItAll Informatics system, a fully integrated software and database package that includes database building and management, search,...
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Informatics Div.
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Antivibration Workstation Ergonomic ScienceDesk workstation frames and accessories have been announced by Thorlabs Ltd. The second-generation products include improvements to the welded steel construction and vibration...
Thorlabs Ltd.
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