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BioPhotonics: September 2010

BioPhotonics
 September 2010


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Tracking disease for science and the law It was a case of what, and then possibly who, dunit. In early 2009, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it was tracking a salmonella outbreak that had sickened hundreds and killed a handful. Ultimately the problem was traced back to contaminated peanut butter, which prompted a massive recall and spawned a series of investigations. The 2009 salmonella...
Cost-Effective, High-Performance Confocal Microscopy Since the first commercial confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) was introduced more than 20 years ago, it has become an essential tool for life sciences research, contributing to many...
Standardized Units for Reproducible Imaging Experiments Discerning why experimental results sometimes differ is problematic for researchers because current scientific cameras report data in nonstandardized ways, prohibiting direct and quantitative...
Pushing the boundaries in live-cell light microscopy Ever since Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first described the cellular world in the 1660s, the disciplines of biology and physics have been pushing each other to design better tools and...
Personalized Medicine: No Longer Ahead of Its Time? Personalized medicine – which takes advantage of molecular imaging, among other technologies, to determine the best course of treatment for individual patients – is an idea whose time has...
EDITORIAL
I believe we’ve met Hi, I’m Karen Newman, the new group publisher at Photonics Media. You and I may not have been formally introduced, but our paths have crossed – I’m certain of it. My career in business-to-business publishing has felt like an amazing all-access pass to research and manufacturing facilities, trade shows and conference rooms in a variety of fascinating industries. I love the...
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Inexpensive “dipstick” tests for diseases Scientists from the Center for Infectious Diseases at the Silicon Valley-based research institute SRI International are developing a simple test for some parasitic diseases that could help poorer...
Technique probes blood cell membranes Researchers have employed diffraction phase microscopy to gain more information about the morphology – form and structure – of human red blood cells. Their investigation could lead to...
Plastic test tube chemicals skew DNA data Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA absorb UV wavelengths, so genetic research is dependent upon accurate data gathered in this spectral range. Typically, absorbance spectroscopy measurements at 220-...
Lensless, phone-based imaging addresses global health care needs A tiny, lensless microscope could find widespread use in tele-medicine, especially in settings with limited resources, where it could contribute to significantly improved health outcomes, according...
Treating battlefield injuries with light Closing wounds with stitches and staples could one day be a thing of the past, thanks to work being done on treating airmen’s battlefield injuries with a light-activated technology. The...
Diagnosis through light, not the needle Radiologists one day could have an IR-based diagnostic tool integrated into traditional ultrasound systems that could lower the rate at which women must undergo breast biopsies for suspicious...
Phantom tissue puts OCT to the test Researchers at the University of Western Australia have come up with a material that mimics human tissue for optical coherence tomography applications. The researchers believe that their material,...
Matching dots and holes to build a better photodetector Matching quantum dots to properly sized microscopic holes in a gold film could be the key to building a new type of infrared photodetector, researchers report. They say it would have sensitivity...
RAPIDSCAN
Spectroscopy market: Outlook positive The value of the US spectroscopy market, estimated at $4.9 billion in 2009, is projected to rise to $6.5 billion in 2014, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6 percent, according to a report from BCC Research. Titled Spectroscopy (IAS004D) and published in May 2010, the report indicates that the spectroscopy instrumentation market for pharmaceutical applications, with an...
Olympus America Inc. A facility devoted to life sciences imaging has been opened at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. The UNC-Olympus Research Imaging Center, endowed by Olympus America Inc. of...
Texas Instruments Inc. In Dallas, Texas Instruments Inc. has announced the availability of its version 2.0 medical imaging software, an updated and expanded collection of algorithms optimized for its TMS320C64x+ digital...
University of Texas at San Antonio With a $1.2 million gift from the Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, a transmission electron microscope by JEOL Ltd. is now up and running at the University of Texas at San...
Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH of Berlin has acquired 12882%%RoMack of Williamsburg, Va., for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition was made through Leoni’s US subsidiary 4900%%FiberTech USA Inc. of...
TeraView Ltd. Medical device company T-Ray Science Inc. has granted a sublicensing agreement to TeraView Ltd. of Cambridge, UK, to use certain CW terahertz technology patented by MIT of Cambridge, Mass., and...
Qioptiq Point Source, a member of the Qioptiq Group, has been renamed Qioptiq, effective immediately. The rebranding decision was part of the group’s strategy to operate under a single brand worldwide....
InfraRed Imaging Systems Inc. Medical device company InfraRed Imaging Systems Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, announced that it has received an $812,000 grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, an economic development arm of the...
Edmund Optics Inc. Optical components provider Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has announced that Life Technologies Corp. has awarded its Supplier Excellence award for optics commodities to Edmund’s...
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Friend, foe – or merely lunch? Milkweed is a perennial that is poisonous to some grazing livestock and a source of allergens to some humans. To most people, therefore, the plants are weeds – but to insects, they are a treasure trove of nutrients. In the woods, fields and untended gardens where they thrive, milkweed faces threats from bugs who love nothing more than to feed on their leaves or milky white sap all day. ...
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Microscopy Camera For high-quality, high-sensitivity imaging in low-light conditions, QImaging has released the Rolera EM-C2 electron-multiplying CCD microscopy camera. It aids researchers in applications such as...
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Microplate Cytometer TTP LabTech Ltd. has released its Mirrorball high-sensitivity laser scanning microplate cytometer for antibody discovery and fluorescence cellular screening applications. It offers simultaneous laser...
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Imaging Software Phenom-World BV, producer of the Phenom desktop scanning electron microscope, announces the launch of a new software product, the Phenom Pro Suite, whose applications expand the functionality of the...
Phenom-World BV
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DPSS Laser Cobolt AB has introduced a new wavelength on the single-frequency 05-01 platform released in 2009. The Cobolt Rumba diode-pumped solid-state laser operates at 1064 ±0.6 nm with up to 2 W of...
Cobolt AB
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Scientific Imaging The Cooke Corp. has unveiled the pco.edge camera system that offers complete high-fidelity scientific imaging. Based on a scientific CMOS image sensor, it delivers low noise, fast frame rates, a wide...
PCO-TECH Inc.
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LED-Curable Adhesive Dymax Ultra-Red 1120-M-UR is an ultrafast, tack-free, LED-curable plastic bonding medical device adhesive formulated for fast, on-demand cure with the company’s new BlueWave LED Prime UVA...
Dymax Corp.
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Aspheric Lenses Edmund Optics has introduced the TechSpec plastic hybrid aspheric lenses. The color-corrected molded aspheric-diffractive lenses are designed to eliminate chromatic aberrations caused by broadband...
Edmund Optics Inc.
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Diode Laser Coherent Inc. has increased its range of Cube FP fiber-pigtailed diode laser products with the addition of several new wavelengths and output power levels. With these additions, the lasers are now...
Coherent Inc.
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Digital Microscope The new VHX-1000 digital microscope from Keyence Corp. represents the fusion of high-performance digital microscopy with precision measurement. Quick, accurate measurement and observation for...
Keyence Corp.
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Plate Reader Hamamatsu Corp. has unveiled an imaging-based plate reader, the FDSSμCELL, designed for drug discovery instrumentation, and compound screening and kinetic cell-based assay development...
Hamamatsu Corporation
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Imaging Software Olympus Europa Holding GmbH has introduced the cellSens software for life sciences imaging applications. Available in three packages, it includes a user-definable interface. Only the required tools...
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
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Vision Workstation Newport Corp. is launching its Vision IsoStation vibration isolation workstation, which offers high performance and has user-friendly features and accessories. Designed to improve ease of...
MKS/Newport
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Laser Light Engines Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH has created a new laser series for applications in biotechnology. The Sole laser light engines combine up to six emission wavelengths and couple them into...
Omicron-Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH
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Microplate Spectrophotometer Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.’s Multiskan GO UV-VIS spectrophotometer offers free wavelength selection for 96- and 384-well plates and various types of cuvettes. It features a broad wavelength...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Molecular Spectroscopy
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Microplate/Seal Combination Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a black microplate and seal combination that eliminates sample degradation by exposure to light, even over long-term storage periods. Manufactured from...
Porvair Sciences Ltd.
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UV Handheld Lamps Laboratory technicians find the Spectroline portable E-Series UV lamps from Spectronics Corp. convenient for performing inexpensive gradient sampling. These small, lightweight lamps can easily be...
Spectronics Corp., Spectroline
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