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BioPhotonics: May/Jun 2020

BioPhotonics
 May/Jun 2020


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Diffuse Optics Filters Diagnoses Diffuse optics and the study of light absorption and scattering in various tissues can track blood oxygenation and other factors that help assemble an accurate medical diagnosis. Light scatters...
Light Brings a Delicate Touch to Treatment Almost as soon as the first working laser was built in 1960 by Theodore Maiman, reports from users of lasers multiplied regarding the curious effects that light can elicit on living tissue. In 1962,...
Light Sheet Microscopy: Transforming 3D Fluorescence Imaging Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is a fast and efficient imaging technique that combines the speed of wide-field imaging with optical sectioning and low photobleaching. LSFM has become an...
NIR-II Looks Deep into the Research Realm In vivo imaging in the second near- infrared biological window (NIR-II) is in its early stages but will undoubtedly affect life science research on many levels, both in preclinical and clinical work...
EDITORIAL
An image of COVID-19 Millions of people worldwide are caught up in the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and the new reality that has restricted movements, interactions, and ways of doing business. This burden has especially been felt by health care personnel and clinicians who are struggling to bring lifesaving medical care to a growing number of people who need it. Resources are stretched thin, requiring the...
BIOPINION
Seeing a path from schooling to careers Closing the gap in the qualified technical workforce is a major challenge for both academia and industry across all segments of photonics. Problems faced include the lack of student awareness due to incorrect perceptions about the field, the lack of clear steps and programs for those who switch careers, the lack of meaningful college-employer partnerships, and the lack of relevant hands-on...
BIOSCAN
Research Shows How Artificial Light Affects Arctic Fish Counts University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment professor Jonathan Cohen has co-written a new study that looks at how artificial light during the polar night disrupts Arctic fish and...
UK, French Firms Develop Neural Chip for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Cambridge Consultants, a global product development and technology consultancy firm, and French startup Neuro Engineering Technologies Research Institute (NETRI) have achieved a brain-on-a-chip...
Imaging Agent Illuminates Cancer and Surrounding ‘Hijacked’ Cells Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have developed an imaging agent that can identify multiple types of tumors as well as the surrounding normal cells that the cancer uses as a...
Light and Heat Combined to Create Biocompatible Microparticles Using light and heat, researchers at Duke University developed a technique for manufacturing biocompatible microparticles for potential use in drug delivery, diagnostics, and tissue engineering....
Spectroscopic Toolkit for Structural Biology Could Aid in Drug Design A fluorescence-based imaging technique for monitoring single molecules could lead to a better understanding of how molecules are assembled, function, and interact, aiding in structure-guided drug...
Optogenetic Control of Protein Speeds ALS Symptoms in Zebrafish A joint research group in Japan reproduced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) symptoms in zebrafish by remotely controlling a disease-associated protein molecule with light. In ALS, motor neurons...
Technique Interprets Hyperspectral Images Using Phasor Approach An imaging technique called spectrally encoded enhanced representations (SEER) provides greater clarity and works up to 67 times faster and at 2.7 times greater definition than existing spectral...
Hybrid Microscope Improves Efficiency of Tissue Pathology Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have paired infrared capabilities with high-resolution optical microscopy and machine learning to bring cancer diagnostics into the...
RAPIDSCAN
Coherent Appoints Andreas Mattes CEO Coherent Inc. and its board of directors has named Andreas “Andy” W. Mattes, previously senior adviser at McKinsey & Company and president and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf, as the...
Jelle Hendrix Wins 2020 HORIBA Award HORIBA Scientific, a manufacturer of fluorescence spectroscopy systems, presented Jelle Hendrix, assistant professor at the Biomedical Research Institute of Hasselt University in Belgium, with the...
ZEISS Medical Technology Announces New Leadership Andrew Chang will be appointed president of Carl Zeiss Meditec, and effective May 1, Euan Thomson will assume the roles of president of Ophthalmic Devices and head of Ophthalmic Devices Strategic...
Olympus Announces Light Microscopy Image Awards Olympus has announced the winners of its first Global Image of the Year Life Science Microscopy Award. The winning image, captured by Ainara Pintor of Spain using a superresolution confocal...
NIH Launches $1M Competition Targeting Global Health Via Hand-held Diagnostics To spur the development of noninvasive, hand-held, digital technologies to detect, diagnose, and guide therapies for diseases with high global and public health impact, the National Institutes of...
SPIE, Edmund Optics Award Top Companies in Startup Challenge Six new companies were awarded funding last week during the 10th annual Photonics West Startup Challenge event. Three top companies were selected by a panel of judges in the fields of health care and...
COVID-19 NEWS
NJIT Designers Fabricate Masks and Shields to Combat COVID-19 As medical supplies dwindle in the face of increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, members of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) community are designing and fabricating devices using lasers to bolster supply. After consulting with emergency room physicians on specifications, a team in the Makerspace at NJIT designed and manufactured a prototype of a face shield that can be used by...
Smartphone-Based System Tests Saliva for Infectious Diseases Engineers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into a smartphone. The lab, which is about the size of a credit card, can diagnose infectious diseases such...
Virus Testing Kits to Be Developed Using RNA Imaging Technology A Simon Fraser University (SFU) research team will be using RNA imaging technology it has created to develop coronavirus testing kits. The decision to apply the technology, called Mango, to COVID-19...
Photonics Market Feels Impacts of COVID-19 at Many Levels With COVID-19 now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and states of emergency declared around the globe, the photonics market is starting to feel the impacts of the virus —...
CRISPR Technology to Target RNA Viruses Such as COVID-19 Researchers at the New York Genome Center and New York University have developed a new kind of CRISPR screen technology to target RNA. Many CRISPR-based genetic screens can only edit or target DNA,...
AR Rapid-Deployment Kits Aid Training, Response to COVID-19 To help organizations collaborate and quickly train workers in R&D and manufacturing environments, augmented reality company Apprentice.io is sending dozens of its Tandem Rapid Deployment Kits to...
COVID-19 Increases Demand for UV LEDs that Disinfect Spaces Seoul Viosys, a developer of UV LED technology and a subsidiary of Seoul Semiconductor, announced this week that customer inquiries for its violeds UV LED products, which can be used for sterilizing...
POST SCRIPTS
Spirits remain distinct under the microscope Fans of American whiskey now have the microscopic proof that there’s something special about it — just as long as there’s a “coaster” underneath their examination. Researchers recently found that when droplets of these spirits evaporate from a glass surface, the remaining solids leave an intricate web-like pattern behind. And interestingly, the droplets form unique patterns based on the brand of...
PRODUCTS
Liquid Chromatograph The LC6000 Liquid Chromatograph from SCION Instruments Ltd. offers an array of automation options for workflow optimization in the laboratory. Key features include high gradient performance,...
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Multispectral Prism Camera The FS-3200T-10GE-NNC Fusion Series prism-based camera from JAI Inc. features three separate multispectral wavebands. The device uses a dichroic prism that divides incoming light to three...
JAI Inc.
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Femtosecond Amplifier The Astrella HE femtosecond amplifier from Coherent Inc. delivers up to 9 mJ at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. The Astrella HE integrates a titanium-sapphire oscillator, a single-stage...
Coherent Inc.
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Femtosecond Hybrid Fiber Laser The Spectra-Physics® Spirit® 1030-140 femtosecond hybrid fiber laser from MKS Instruments Inc. delivers >140-W power and >600-µJ pulse energy with ultrashort <400-fs pulses in...
MKS Instruments Inc.
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Light Sheet Microscope System The ClearScope light sheet microscope system from MBF Bioscience performs high-resolution, 3D imaging of intact, cleared specimens. The technology permits fast imaging speed, high-quality...
MBF Bioscience
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SWIR Camera The NIRvana HS from Teledyne Princeton Instruments is a SWIR camera that uses the advantages of the second NIR window (NIR-II) window to meet the needs of the scientific, industrial, and medical...
Teledyne Princeton Instruments
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UV LEDs UV LEDs from UVphotonics NT GmbH feature emission wavelengths from 310 to as low as 230 nm. The UVB and UVC LEDs feature 10,000-hour lifetime and output powers of up to 45 mW at 310 nm and 30...
UVphotonics NT GmbH
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3D Imaging System The SPINDLE® imaging system from Double Helix Optics allows researchers to extend 2D capabilities to 3D with a click-on module that attaches to existing camera and microscope systems. The...
Double Helix Optics
Medical Imaging Device The LC-OCT medical imaging device from DAMAE Medical SAS uses the NKT Photonics SuperK supercontinuum white light laser to detect skin cancer at an early stage and without the need for biopsies. ...
DAMAE Medical
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Field Flow Fractionation System The EAF2000 Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation System from Postnova Analytics GmbH is designed to enhance the separation and characterization of biopharmaceutical, environmental,...
Postnova Analytics GmbH
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Nanoflow Cytometry Measurement System The NanoAnalyzer from NanoFCM Co. Ltd. provides nano-flow cytometry measurements. It delivers comprehensive measurement of size, concentration, and phenotyping, down to 10- to 40-nm, depending...
NanoFCM Inc.
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Microscopy Well The µ-Slide 18 Well series from ibidi GmbH enables high-resolution, cost-effective cell culture experiments. With its thin polymer coverslip bottom, the device allows for high cell...
ibidi GmbH
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