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BioPhotonics - November 2008
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Small Animals, Big Promise
In light of rising health care costs, technology that improves the efficiency of medical research is welcome. Small-animal imagers promise to streamline therapy development by imaging biological processes in mouse or rat models of human disease. They offer a variety of individual and combination imaging modalities, including fluorescence, bioluminescence, x-ray (CT), PET, single-photon-emission...
Making Live-Cell Imaging Glow
Live cells represent vital model systems for studying organism development and human disease. Functional, molecular and morphologic quantitative fluorescence imaging techniques are important tools...
This Time, It’s Personal
Medicine in the near future will be based more on each patient’s unique genetic code – a phenomenon often referred to as personalized medicine.1–3 Certain drugs already target proteins produced in...
BreakthroughMedia
Biochemical toxicology
The fourth edition of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology features new chapters that explore the interface between toxicology and genomic sciences, including bioinformatics, proteomics, metabolomics...
Optics catalog
The fall 2008 “Optics and Optical Instruments Catalog” from Edmund Optics features new information about the company’s volume production capabilities and describes new products, such as telecentric...
Laboratory mechanicals
The 2009 catalog from Siskiyou Corp. details more than 400 items, including optomechanical components, motorized and manual translation stages, and related assembly hardware. The products have...
Redesigned Web Site
JPK Instruments AG, a manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in the life sciences and soft matter, has launched a redesigned Web site that provides information on the applications...
Radiochemical tools
PerkinElmer Inc. offers an online radiochemical tool kit to support researchers’ laboratory requirements. The resource includes a universal radioactive decay calculator, a liquid scintillation...
Antibodies resource
A 27-page brochure from Cell Signaling Technology Inc. titled “Antibodies Validated for Immunohistochemistry” features sections on mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling, PI3K/Akt signaling,...
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Gaming technology brings biology models to life
The graphics processing units (GPUs) behind today’s quick and complex gaming systems are being harnessed by researchers at Michigan Technological University in Houghton to build simulations of complex biological systems. Researchers used an agent-based model to simulate the human response to tuberculosis. First a nodule called a granuloma forms containing macrophages. At the core of the nodule...
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The SmartTable OTS optical table system from Newport Corp. is a vibration isolation system that features integrated accessories to enhance comfort and to optimize laboratory space, organization and safety. Suitable for applications such as laser microscopy and optical trapping, the system is available in a variety of sizes and performance levels. It is upgradable with three options: broadband...
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Laser diode
Photonic Products Ltd. has expanded its range of laser diode modules with the PM-606-P Photon, a near-infrared laser module that uses a 705-nm semiconductor laser diode from Opnext Inc. Designed for...
Photonic Products Ltd.
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Sapphire optics
Meller Optics Inc.’s sapphire optics are suitable for medical instruments and devices such as oximeters. The optics can be manufactured for specifications such as windows, including flat and stepped,...
Meller Optics Inc.
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Optical diffuser
A high-performance fused silica optical diffuser from Rayotek Scientific Inc. has applications in laser calibration systems for the aesthetic and medical fields. Its cone angle range is 10° to 40°...
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Microanalysis system
Noran System 7, and energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) x-ray microanalysis system from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., incorporates a high-throughput pulse processor, spectral imaging capability and...
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Washer dispenser
BioTek Instruments Inc. has unveiled its EL406 microplate washer dispenser. The device integrates both peristaltic and syringe drive dispensing technologies to optimize liquid handling processes in...
BioTek Instruments Inc.
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UV photodiode
Kyosemi Corp. has unveiled its KPDU37S1 UV photodiode that offers high responsivity for the detection of UV light at wavelengths from 360 to 380 nm. The photodiode has a responsivity of up to 140...
Kyoto Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
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Warmed platforms
Warner Instruments has introduced its WP-10 and WP-16 warmed platforms for 35- and 50-mm petri dishes, and glass and chambered slides. The platforms are constructed of aluminum to control...
Warner Instruments LLC
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Short-pulse amplifiers
Coherent Inc. has released two Legend Elite amplifiers, which offer pulse widths of less than 25 fs. The USX-HE model delivers pulse energies of more than 2.5 mJ, and the Duo-USX, pulse energies of...
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