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$3M Breakthrough Prize Awarded to STORM Microscopy Pioneer SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, 2018 — The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its sponsors — Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki — announced the recipients of their 2019 prizes on Oct. 17, 2018. Xiaowei Zhuang has won a $3M Breakthrough Prize in life sciences for her work on STORM microscopy. Courtesy of Cheryl Senter/HHMI. The inventor of a “super-resolution” microscopy technique that biologists are using to reveal the hidden
Smart Light-Sheet Microscope Provides Progressive Multiview of Mice Embryo Development ASHBURN, Va., Oct. 15, 2018 — Researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus developed a new microscope using adaptive light-sheet microscopy techniques to capture mouse development at the single-cell level. The team is making the microscope and...
Ultrafast Camera Takes Trillions of Images per Second in a Single Exposure MONTREAL, Canada, and PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 15, 2018 — Single-shot 10-trillion-frame-per-second compressed, ultrafast photography is now possible with a new camera, developed by a team from Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), in collaboration with researchers at California Institute...
Argonne’s Zaluzec Named Microanalysis Society Fellow LEMONT, Ill., Oct. 11, 2018 — Nestor J. Zaluzec, a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has been named an inaugural fellow in the Legends Class of the Microanalysis Society, an award that recognizes his contributions to advanced...
Machine Learning Enables Label-Free Prediction of 3D Images from Transmitted-Light Microscopy SEATTLE, Sept. 21, 2018 — Scientists at the Allen Institute have used machine learning to develop a label-free tool for predicting 3D fluorescence directly from transmitted-light images. Instead of fluorescence microscopy, the new method uses only black-and-white images...
Microscopy Add-On Enhances Neuronal Image Resolution Under Dim Conditions TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 18, 2018 — A new add-on for laser-scanning microscopes, built from commercially available hardware and open-source software, could improve the quality of 2D and 3D imaging of neuronal activity in the living brain, even under photon-deprived imaging conditions....
Optical Trapping and Raman Spectroscopy Are Combined to Measure Live Cell Interaction NOTTINGHAM, England, and GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 13, 2018 — Using multiple laser beams and Raman spectroscopy, researchers at the Universities of Nottingham and Glasgow have designed and built a new instrument that could help scientists learn more about how infections take hold and how antibiotic-resistant...
Penn’s Wang Receives $320K NSF Award for Microscopic Biomarker Visualization STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Sept. 12, 2018 — Yong Wang, professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award of some $320,000 to develop a technology that will more easily and accurately visualize trace biomarker proteins under a microscope....
New Imaging Techniques Improve Researchers’ Ability to Visualize Vertebrate Specimens LAWRENCE, Kan., Sept. 5, 2018 — Imaging techniques pioneered by researchers at the University of Kansas (KU) could enable scientists around the world to better capture complex morphological features of vertebrates for comparative anatomical studies. Cleared-and-stained head of a...
Vision Engineering Celebrates 60th Anniversary NEW MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 23, 2018 — Microscope developer Vision Engineering Inc. is celebrating its 60th anniversary of manufacturing inspection and noncontact measurement systems. The company was founded in the U.K. in 1958 by Rob Freeman, a toolmaker with the Jaguar racing team....
Researchers Use Photovoltage Measurements to Observe Quantum Spin Effects SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2018 — Scientists have observed specific spin phenomena in topological insulators and metals using a scanning photovoltage microscope. The new, practical way to examine quantum behavior of materials could yield information useful for building future...
Principia Buys $7M Stake in CrestOptics ROME, July 30, 2018 — Italian venture capital firm Principia SGR bought a $7 million stake in optical and electro-optical technology developer CrestOptics spa. CrestOptics is active in the design, production, distribution, and integration of high-resolution optical and...
Nanoscope’s 3D Superresolution Reveals Alzheimer’s Source WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 17, 2018 — A superresolution nanoscope could enable 3D imaging of amyloid plaques — a characteristic feature of Alzheimer’s disease — with up to 10 times greater detail than conventional microscopes. Researchers at Purdue University combined active shaping of...
Fluorescent Fish Genes Could Help Uncover Source of Pediatric Cancer HOUSTON, July 17, 2018 — A transgenic zebrafish that produces fluorescent tags in migratory embryonic nerve precursor cells could help lead researchers to the origins of neuroblastoma, a pediatric cancer in which malignant cells form in immature nerve tissue. Undergraduate...
Jenoptik Demonstrates Augmented Microscopy Platform JUPITER, Fla., July 13, 2018 — Jenoptik Optical Systems LLC has collaborated with Google on microscopy technology to assist pathologists in detecting cancer using deep learning. The technology brings AI to conventional microscopy through overlay of digital content directly into a...
Capasso Group Develops Flat Lenses with Same Technology Used to Make Chips CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 5, 2018 — Optics and lenses are everywhere. They’re in laptops, cameras, and telescopes. Focusing the entire visible spectrum with lenses has been a challenge because each wavelength moves through materials at different speeds. Red wavelengths will move...
Superresolution Microscopy Enhances DNA Nanostructures MUNICH, Germany, June 26, 2018 — A method of superresolution microscopy, called DNA-PAINT, allows all of the strands within DNA-based nanostructures to be visualized individually, with a high degree of spatial resolution. Using DNA-PAINT, researchers can directly visualize all...
PicoQuant Opens Chinese App Center BERLIN, June 11, 2018 — Optoelectronics developer PicoQuant GmbH has opened its Application Center China, a showroom for time-resolved fluorescence test measurement technology based in China’s Optical Valley. The new facility will serve potential customers from all...
Label-Free Microscopy Analyzes Dynamics of Cell Membrane Components URBANA, Ill., June 6, 2018 — A new live cell imaging technique will enable researchers to observe the formation and growth of cell membrane focal adhesions. Examining focal adhesions — cell membrane components that regulate adhesion and migration — is one of the...
QCL-based IR Microscopy Performs Rapid Cancer Diagnosis BOCHUM, Germany, May 23, 2018 — A quantum cascade laser-based IR microscope was used for the rapid, label-free classification of colorectal cancer tissues. IR imaging has been shown to be a reliable method for tissue classification. However, the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)...
NIH Researchers Merge Microscopy Techniques for Faster Images BETHESDA, Md., May 17, 2018 — To create sharper images more quickly, researchers blended instant structured illumination microscopy (iSIM) with total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM). The new technique, called instant TIRF-SIM, allows researchers to observe...
Engineered Glass Slide Enables Microscopic Thermal Mapping BUFFALO, N.Y., May 15, 2018 — Using a coating of an optical exceptional point structure, researchers demonstrated a multifunctional microscope slide that supports real-time monitoring and mapping of temperature distribution and heat transport, in addition to conventional...
Larson Named MSA Fellow MADISON, Wis., May 11, 2018 — David J. Larson, director of scientific marketing for material analysis technology developer CAMECA Instruments Inc., has been appointed a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA). The MSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the...
Bocher Named Microscopy Marketing Head at PI KARLSRUHE, Germany, April 25, 2018 — Nanopositioning systems developer Physik Instrumente GmbH & Co. KG (PI) has named Thomas Bocher as its marketing segment head for microscopy and life sciences. “I started work at PI in my new role with a great deal of pleasure and...
AO-LLSM Microscope Achieves Aberration-Free Imaging ASHBURN, Va., April 23, 2018 — Scientists have combined lattice light-sheet microscopy (LLSM) with adaptive optics (AO) to capture high-resolution 3D movies of cells deep within living systems. The AO-LLSM microscope enables cells to be viewed in their native multicellular...
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