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Researchers release open-source dataset offering instructions to build smartphone microscope

Add one more thing to the list of tasks your smartphone can perform. University of Houston researchers have released an open-source dataset offering instructions to people interested in building their own smartphone microscope.

30 Nov 2017

Researchers unlock genetic processes underlying cancer

For many, breast cancer is more than just a disease – it's personal. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives. But through new discoveries at the genetic level, the personal nature of cancer will eventually be what helps to beat it.

29 Nov 2017

New microscope optimized to perform studies using optogenetic techniques

A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuron communication.

29 Nov 2017

Study employs dye to identify lost ocean microplastics

A study conducted at the University of Warwick found a novel, inexpensive and innovative technique using a fluorescent dye to effectively identify the smallest microplastics in oceans, which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful.

28 Nov 2017

Using AFM to characterize cancer cells

An interview with Dr. Jim Gimzewski, UCLA conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab).

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 28 Nov 2017

Invasive cells deploy a trick to squeeze through barriers

Invasive cells deploy a trick to break through tissues and spread to other parts of the body, researchers report.

28 Nov 2017

Jena researchers unravel secrets of chemical language between algae and bacteria

It is a gruesome spectacle that meets the eyes of Prasad Aiyar as he looks down the microscope. The doctoral candidate from India, who came to Jena to do his Master's degree in Molecular Life Sciences, examines the species Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on a microscope slide.

28 Nov 2017

Echo brings first-to-market hybrid microscope to education and science communities

Echo, the company who created the first-ever hybrid microscope, announced today the completion of $7.5 million in Series A funding.

From Discover Echo Inc 24 Nov 2017

Simple mirror technique boosts the performance of diSPIM, study says

Researchers from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have significantly improved the efficiency, resolution, and speed of a light-sheet microscope, by using a simple mirror technique and not-so-easy computational analysis, with a wide range of applications for better imaging of embryos and live cells.

20 Nov 2017

Gene editing within a living person for the first time

Genetic editing has been performed in the laboratory until now. Living cells within Petri-dishes have been put under the microscope while gene editing tools such as CRISPR were used to cut, nick and replace parts of the DNA or genome that is defective with bits of DNA that is correct in its sequence. Now doctors in California have attempted to edit cells within a living person.

19 Nov 2017

Applying AFM to study the viscoelastic properties of cells

An interview with Prof. Manfred Radmacher, Universität Bremen conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab).

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 16 Nov 2017

Olympus’ 18-megapixel SC180 camera produces clear, crisp images at all magnifications

Optimized for sharing, documenting and publishing, the fast 18-megapixel SC180 camera uses the full optical resolution of the microscope and produces clear, crisp images at all magnifications.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 15 Nov 2017

High-speed video capillaroscopy system enables accurate measurement of red blood cell velocity

Scientists from ITMO University created a high-speed video capillaroscopy system that enables direct measurement of red blood cell velocity.

14 Nov 2017

Scientists devise new way to control single neurons using optogenetics

Researchers at MIT and Paris Descartes University have developed a new optogenetic technique that sculpts light to target individual cells bearing engineered light-sensitive molecules, so that individual neurons can be precisely stimulated.

13 Nov 2017

Scientists improve resolution of optical microscope using mirrored coverslip and computer algorithms

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Chicago improved the speed, resolution, and light efficiency of an optical microscope by switching from a conventional glass coverslip to a reflective, mirrored coverslip and applying new computer algorithms to process the resulting data.

13 Nov 2017

Common genetic fusion event could help identify patients with low-risk prostate cancer

Establishing the way in which a genetic alteration called a TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion forms in a prostate cancer, rather than the presence of the gene fusion itself, could help identify patients with prostate cancer with a low risk of spreading, which might determine the best course of treatment for the patient.

10 Nov 2017

LoaScope could be valuable approach in the fight against river blindness

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a disease caused by a parasitic worm found primarily in Africa. The worm (Onchocerca volvulus) is transmitted to humans as immature larvae through bites of infected black flies.

9 Nov 2017

Injection of nanoparticles could divert immune cells that cause inflammation

A surprise finding suggests that an injection of nanoparticles may be able to help fight the immune system when it goes haywire, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. The nanoparticles divert immune cells that cause inflammation away from an injury site.

9 Nov 2017

Johns Hopkins scientists report first-ever creation of protein hydrogels inside living cells

Johns Hopkins cell biologists report what they believe is the first-ever creation of tiny protein-based gelatin-like clumps called hydrogels inside living cells.

7 Nov 2017

Malaria detection using breath analyzers

Researchers are on the verge of developing a new breath test that could detect malaria. The team from Washington University in St. Louis found that malaria in blood leaves a typical “breathprint” that is unique and can be detected using a breath analyzer test.

6 Nov 2017

Microscope News and Research

Researchers release open-source dataset offering instructions to build smartphone microscope

Researchers unlock genetic processes underlying cancer

New microscope optimized to perform studies using optogenetic techniques

Study employs dye to identify lost ocean microplastics

Using AFM to characterize cancer cells

Invasive cells deploy a trick to squeeze through barriers

Jena researchers unravel secrets of chemical language between algae and bacteria

Echo brings first-to-market hybrid microscope to education and science communities

Simple mirror technique boosts the performance of diSPIM, study says

Gene editing within a living person for the first time

Applying AFM to study the viscoelastic properties of cells

Olympus’ 18-megapixel SC180 camera produces clear, crisp images at all magnifications

High-speed video capillaroscopy system enables accurate measurement of red blood cell velocity

Scientists devise new way to control single neurons using optogenetics

Scientists improve resolution of optical microscope using mirrored coverslip and computer algorithms

Common genetic fusion event could help identify patients with low-risk prostate cancer

LoaScope could be valuable approach in the fight against river blindness

Injection of nanoparticles could divert immune cells that cause inflammation

Johns Hopkins scientists report first-ever creation of protein hydrogels inside living cells

Malaria detection using breath analyzers

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