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BioPhotonics: December 2015

BioPhotonics
 December 2015


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Spectroscopy Can Head Off Food Safety Crises Consumers expect that the food they purchase has been checked for potential health hazards. In today’s hyper-connected world, it’s becoming more important for a company to ensure the products it sends to market are safe, avoiding alarm and illness, both of which could cause irreparable harm to the company’s reputation. The food and agriculture industries face many challenges in...
Pushing Sensitivity to the Brink: Selecting the Right Imaging Technology for Your Application Knowledge of the most common sensor technologies and camera housing properties, along with their pros and cons in the context of low-light life sciences applications, will give users a better...
An Illuminated State of Mind In a small laboratory with very little equipment, psychiatrist, neuroscientist and professor Karl Deisseroth began a high-risk project to render individual neurons photosensitive. Despite facing a...
EDITORIAL
Optogenetics: Still a Hot Topic Optogenetics has been getting a lot of press for several years now. An early mention of it as an emerging field came in a news story on Photonics.com dated Oct. 13, 2009, which was a report of a hot topics session at a recently wrapped Frontiers in Optics meeting. In July 2010, contributing editor Marie Freebody wrote a brief article on the emerging topic in this magazine. That same year,...
BIOSCAN
Broadband Laser Aimed at Cancer Detection Mid-infrared (MIR) light is rich with molecular "fingerprint" information that can be used to detect anything from atmospheric pollutants to cancer cells. While some lasers already operate in this...
Tissue Scaffolding Made from Laser-Patterned Silk Hydrogels made of silk protein have emerged as a promising platform for tissue engineering thanks to their transparency, which allows laser patterning deep below the material's surface. Silk protein...
Automated Biopsy Assessment Possible with SLIM Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) might provide a quantitative way to diagnose breast cancer. Researchers at the University of Illinois recently used data-based SLIM assessment to...
Imaging of Nanoscale Pores Aids Drug Discovery Drug discovery efforts may get a boost from a new imaging technique based on superresolution microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Called fcsSOFI — for fluorescence correlation...
Fluorescence Microscopy Probes Spinal Neuron Connections Using two-photon fluorescence microscopy, researchers have gained new insight into how the spinal cord mediates commands from the brain to get the body moving. The findings could help identify ways...
Color-Changing Substance Detects Biological, Mechanical Problems Responsive to a range of stimuli, a color-changing metallic substance could help detect problems as varied as mechanical strain and pollution. The material can be engineered to emit specific colors...
Light Moves Mirror for 3D Sensing Using a mirror moved by the force of light, a new laser system could enable the miniaturization of 3D sensors for driverless cars and bioimaging. The mirror, an ultrathin high-contrast grating,...
Feedback Provides Better Optogenetics Control Feedback control could give optogenetics the specificity it needs to fight neurological disorders like epilepsy, chronic pain and depression. Neural stimulation systems based on electrical inputs...
RAPIDSCAN
Prior Scientific Changes Leadership Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. has made several changes to its executive leadership team. After seven years with the company, Dr. Monika Maintz is stepping down as managing director to manage an...
LightPath Predicts Revenue Growth in 2016 Optical components producer LightPath Technologies Inc. predicts continued sales growth after executing a new global strategy in fiscal 2015. Revenue for the fiscal year, which ended June 30, totaled...
EM Imaging Licenses Fluorescence Imaging Agent for Cancer Detection Edinburgh Molecular Imaging Ltd. (EM Imaging) has signed an exclusive global license with GE Healthcare Ltd. and Dyax Inc. for development of a novel fluorescence imaging agent that could improve the...
Specim Nets €5.3M for Hyperspectral Imaging Expansion Spectral Imaging Oy Ltd. (Specim) has received €5.3 million (about $5.9 million) in growth financing to expand into intelligent, hyperspectral measurement. The venture capital financing is...
Opsens Spins Off Industrial Fiber Sensors Division Fiber optic sensors developer Opsens Inc. is separating its medical and industrial divisions. Opsens itself will continue to develop and market sensors used to diagnose and guide treatment of...
NIST to Evaluate Argolight Fluorescence Calibration Sources Fluorescence technology from Argolight aimed at improving the reproducibility of optical microscopy measurements is set to undergo evaluation by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and...
POST SCRIPTS
Exploring the Essence of Shimmer The shimmering iridescence on the petals of the Queen of the Night tulip is not only a delight to gardeners but also of interest to scientists. The deep purple tulip’s multicolored sparkle is an example of what researchers call structural color, that is, an optical effect produced by physical structure rather than chemical pigment. Tiny ridges in the petals of the flower split white light...
PRODUCTS
3× Zoom Lens The MicroMate 3× zoom lens system from Navitar Inc. is designed to capture and process four times as much data compared to a traditional optical system. The system images onto a four-thirds sensor and retains the same pixel resolution across the entire field. With a large field of view and fixed pupil position, the lens offers a fixed numerical aperture over the entire zoom range. It can be...
Navitar Inc.
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Spectral Sensor The Spark-DET-VIS from Ocean Optics delivers full spectral measurements over the visible wavelength range of 380 to 700 nm. The tiny sensor-only version weighs less than 1 g, making it suitable...
Ocean Insight
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Linear Stages Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. has announced the HLD117 series of linear stages for inverted research microscopes. The HLD117 stages float over a magnetic track, driving the X and Y stage...
Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd.
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Measurement Software IC Measure software from The Imaging Source LLC enables on-screen measurement and image capture. The software gauges lengths, surfaces and angles, and provides image capture and enhancement...
The Imaging Source LLC
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CMOS Camera The pulse camera from Basler AG features optimization algorithms that improve image quality. The 60-g device is designed for applications in the medical, life sciences, traffic, transportation,...
Basler AG
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Light Source Suitable for both end users and OEMs, a dual-wavelength excitation light source from Siskiyou Corp. may be used in optongenetics and other life sciences applications. The IS-LEDc combines the...
Siskiyou Corp.
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Video Camera Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, part of Shimadzu Corp., has announced the Hyper Vision HPV-X2 high-speed video camera with the company's FTCMOS burst image sensor to increase photosensitivity. ...
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc.
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Single-Photon Counter Aurea Technology offers the PicoXea, a picosecond-resolution time correlated single-photon-counting analyzer. The device integrates a single-photon avalanche photodiode, picosecond pulsed laser...
Aurea Technology
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LED Illuminator Excelitas Technologies Corp. has announced the X-Cite TURBO LED illuminator for microscopy imaging and detection. The device includes the LaserLED Hybrid Drive, providing maximum excitation...
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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OCT Angiography System Optovue Inc. has announced AngioAnalytics, an angiography quantification system for the detection of eye disease based on optical coherence tomography. The device quantifies the density of...
Optovue
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High-Speed Camera The Fastcam Mini AX100 from Photron Inc. features 1024-pixel resolution and frame rates up to 4000 fps. At a reduced resolution, 540,000 fps is possible. Light sensitivity achieves ISO 40,000...
Photron USA Inc.
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Digital Cameras Vision Research Inc. has announced expansion of its UHS series of 1-MP ultrahigh-speed cameras with the Phantom v2512, v2012, v1612 and v1212. The cameras use 1- and 2-TB CineMag IV flash...
Vision Research Inc., Phantom Digital High-Speed Cameras
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FLIM Camera System Designed for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy in the frequency domain, a camera system from PCO AG features a novel charge-swing sensor. The pco.flim offers 1008 × 1008...
PCO-TECH Inc.
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FRAP Imaging Platform A fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) imaging platform from Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG provides accurate and flexible live-cell photomanipulation. The cellFRAP employs a...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Microscope Upgrade Kit PicoQuant GmbH’s upgrade kit now supports the Zeiss LSM 880 confocal laser scanning microscope. The upgrade kit enhances the microscope's capabilities through the addition of...
PicoQuant GmbH
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Measuring Microscopes Titan Tool Supply Inc. has announced two high-magnification measuring microscopes with vernier micrometer heads for inspection of electronic and semiconductor components, metallurgical parts, plastic...
Titan Tool Supply Inc.
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Microscope Camera Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH has launched the Progres Gryphax Subra, a microscope camera for applications in quality assurance and control. The Subra represents the first model in a new...
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH, Optical Systems
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Portable Raman Microscopes BioTools’ new family of portable Raman microscopes bridges the gap between microscopy and spectroscopy. The Mobile μRaman (pictured) is designed for examining particles, liquids,...
BioTools Inc.
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Microscope Cameras New tablet camera systems from Motic provide a dynamic imaging station that will preview, acquire, store, measure and communicate microscope images. Built on Android technology, the new line...
Motic Instruments Inc.
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