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BioPhotonics - September 2013
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Smartphones Set to Revolutionize the Medical World …
… but companies developing portable diagnostic devices for use in underserved settings must first consider a host of practical factors. The smartphone is an obvious choice for bringing...
STED Microscopy: A New Chapter in Light Imaging
When Stefan Hell invented a technique that pushed beyond the diffraction limit of light for the first time, a new field of nanoscale imaging was born. Now laboratories around the world are using STED...
CW Lasers Boost Resolution for Microscopy
The growth in applications of various superresolution microscopy and nanoscopy techniques is driving a demand for small continuous-wave lasers with higher power and new wavelengths. This is the first...
Bright Lights in the Bio(photonics)sphere
As students around the world head back to school, let’s take a moment to acknowledge some of the work being carried out by the under-20 crowd. Last month, in a news story, we highlighted the...
Editorial
Is It Your Time to Shine?
The Prism Awards – the annual international competition recognizing cutting-edge products that break conventional ideas, solve problems and improve life through photonics – is accepting entries for the 2014 competition. But hurry; time is running out. Visit www.photonicsprismaward.com for details and the entry form. Because their products are the best and brightest, Prism Awards...
BioScan
QD method combines best of optical, electron microscopy
A fast, versatile and high-resolution technique that combines the best of optical and scanning electron microscopy could provide surface and subsurface viewing of features as small as 10 nm in size. This will be useful for a wide range of applications including materials characterization and the life sciences, its creators say. Researchers at NIST have developed the microscopy method using...
Breakthrough enables photosensitive-drug development
A chemical nano-engineering breakthrough favoring the development of light-regulated therapeutic molecules could lead to personalized medicine that limits treatment time and reduces unwanted...
SERS, nanoprobes seek to detect infections early
Nanoprobes can be used with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to reveal a specific molecular marker’s optical fingerprint and to detect infections before patients even show symptoms,...
Telescopic contact lens helps AMD patients see
A slim, telescopic contact lens that switches between normal and magnified vision in combination with liquid crystal eyeglasses could provide a relatively unobtrusive way to enhance the sight of...
Gold nanoprobes + FRET = cancer insights
Gold nanoprobes paired with FRET microscopy could yield a new generation of biological imaging and sensing techniques – researchers could study cancer cells in more minute detail and measure...
Laser-guided codes advance THz imaging
A single-pixel imaging technique uses laser-guided codes to quickly and efficiently manipulate stubborn terahertz waves, producing clear images in a matter of seconds, which could advance areas such...
Erupting ‘nanovolcanoes’ for drug delivery
“Nanovolcanoes” carved out of a synthetic polymer using UV light can store and release precise amounts of materials, which its creators say makes it suitable for drug-delivery...
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3 Questions with Dr. Adam Wax of Oncoscope Inc. and Duke University
Dr. Adam Wax is changing the way we look at cancer. Literally. His research at Duke University, where he is a professor in the biomedical engineering department and on the faculty of the medical...
Global Microscopy Device Market to Hit $6.2B in 2018
The global market for microscopy devices was valued at $3 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach an estimated value of $6.2 billion in 2018 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11...
Leica Biosystems
Leica Biosystems of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, has acquired privately held Kreatech Diagnostics of Amsterdam, a provider of DNA fluorescence in situ hybridization probes and target labeling...
Snake Creek Lasers LLC
Snake Creek Lasers LLC has moved its office and manufacturing operations to Friendsville, Pa., 20 miles west of its previous address. The new facility offers a more energy-efficient manufacturing...
Biolase Inc.
California-based Biolase Inc.’s EPIC 10 soft-tissue diode laser platform was awarded the gold medal for the Dental Instruments, Equipment and Supplies category at the 15th Annual Medical Design...
REO
Boulder, Colo.-based REO has named Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif., as the exclusive global sales partner for its range of HeNe lasers. Under the terms of the agreement, Newport will inventory all of...
Zeiss
Optics and optoelectronics manufacturer Zeiss of Oberkochen, Germany, has announced that it will acquire 3-D x-ray microscope provider Xradia Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif., and will rename it Carl Zeiss...
Biozoom Inc.
The Biozoom scanner – a portable, handheld device for noninvasive transdermal analysis of antioxidants and other biomarkers in the human body – from Biozoom Inc. of Agoura Hills, Calif.,...
Visualant Inc.
Light-based identification and diagnostics solutions provider Visualant Inc. of Seattle has completed a funding round in excess of $5 million led by Special Situations Technology Funds of New York....
BiOptix
BiOptix of Boulder, Colo., has announced a partnership with the University of Colorado at Denver to offer low-cost surface plasmon resonance (SPR) services to Colorado-based researchers in academia...
National Photonics Initiative (NPI)
The Washington-based National Photonics Initiative (NPI) has applauded the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for its recent recommendation strongly endorsing low-dose CT scans for patients...
Minimally Invasive Devices Inc. (MID)
Minimally Invasive Devices Inc. (MID) of Columbus, Ohio, has raised an additional $2.5 million from Radius Ventures, topping off its Series B financing at $11.5 million. The Series B originally...
ABLADE
The new €2.3 million Europewide ABLADE (Advanced Bladder cancer LAser Diagnostics and thErapy) project – coordinated by the University of Dundee, working with industrial partners –...
Quantum Wave Fund (QWave)
Quantum Wave Fund (QWave), a new Boston- and Moscow-based venture capital fund focused on physics and materials science, has made its first round of investments in companies seeking to commercialize...
Zecotek Imaging Systems Pte Ltd.
Zecotek Imaging Systems Pte Ltd., the wholly owned subsidiary of Zecotek Photonics Inc., based in Canada and Singapore, has signed a joint collaboration agreement with Tokyo-based Hamamatsu Photonics...
Bodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) LLC
Bodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) LLC of Newton, Mass., has received two US patents for enhancements to its nonscanning hyperspectral imaging product line. The patents support technology...
Life Technologies Corp.
To expand its cell analysis offerings for both research and diagnostics applications, Life Technologies Corp. of New Delhi has acquired Advanced Microscopy Group (AMG), a developer of imaging systems...
People In The News
Dr. James P. Gordon, co-inventor of the maser and a seminal contributor to optics and quantum electronics, died in Rumson, N.J., on June 21. He was 85. In 1954, as a student of Charles Hard Townes at...
Postscripts
Skin scan can quantify stress levels
Exactly how stressed out are you? Can you put a number on it? Evaluating stress levels could be easier, more objective and, well, less stressful, thanks to a handheld optical system tested recently in the workplace. The system, called Biozoom, aims to help users manage their antioxidant levels, nutritional uptake and general fitness, according to Biozoom Inc. of Agoura Hills, Calif. The...
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Microscope Cameras
Leica Microsystems’ two new microscope cameras are equipped with sensors for live imaging up to 30 fps and a USB 3.0 interface for fast data transfer. The Leica Application Suite (LAS) and the LAS Advanced Fluorescence software provide image acquisition, analysis and documentation for routine bright-field or fluorescence applications. The DFC3000 G, suited for routine fluorescence...
Leica Microsystems AG, Microscopy Div.
Z-Axis Elevator Stage
Made for adapting onto the top of standard X-Y microscopy stages, the PZ 300 AP Z-axis elevator stage from piezosystem jena has two parallel working piezo drives that allow the centrically located...
piezosystem jena GmbH
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Ti:Sapphire-Pumped OPO
Radiantis has launched the Oria IR, a Ti:sapphire-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for nonlinear microscopy and spectroscopy. Fully automated, it provides wavelength coverage with high...
Radiantis
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Laser Series
JDSU’s two new series of lasers, ST and FCD561, are geared toward the manufacturing and life sciences markets, respectively. The ST series fiber laser pump, powered by a proprietary diode...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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UV Fiber Assemblies
Laser Components GmbH has released assembled patch cords based on UV fibers for applications including fluorescence spectroscopy, UV laser power transmission, medical technology and UV illumination....
Laser Components Germany GmbH
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Piezo Linear Actuator
Physik Instrumente (PI) has added the P-604 to its PiezoMove family of motion-amplified, flexure-guided piezo linear actuators. Providing a displacement of 300 µm and measuring only 20...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Laser Diode Collimators
The Optoelectronics Co.’s new laser diode collimators have high alignment accuracy and are aimed at OEMs and system integrators who are looking for a smaller and more affordable laser source....
The Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.
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CW Laser Series
Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corp. brand, has extended the Excelsior One CW laser series with the release of three new wavelengths: 515, 553 and 594 nm. The expanded series of 14 diode-pumped...
MKS/Spectra-Physics
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Cooled Scientific Cameras
Artemis CCD Ltd.’s VS line of thermoelectrically cooled scientific cameras is aimed at OEMs of integrated imaging, spectroscopy and other low-light-detection systems. The line now includes a...
Artemis CCD Ltd. (See Atik Cameras)
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Color Line-Scan Camera
e2v has launched two color versions of its ELiiXA+ line-scan cameras. The new 16k/8k and 8k/4k cameras offer a true-color mode, making them suitable for high-resolution document scanning and the...
Teledyne e2v - UK
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Multimode Detection Platform
Molecular Devices has released its SpectraMax i3 multimode detection platform, a stand-alone reader that can be combined with various proprietary modules for added capabilities including...
Molecular Devices LLC
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