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Andor Neo sCMOS camera is perfect partner for correlative microscopy

CD44 is recognised as an important cell surface receptor involved in the adhesion of circulating leukocytes to endothelium, a process that is critical for their trafficking in the vasculature. Now, a Japanese group of researchers using an ultra-sensitive Andor Neo sCMOS camera in their correlative microscopy set-up has demonstrated that microvilli projections around the cell surface mediate this adhesion.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 11 Mar 2015

Weak spots in ebola’s defenses: an interview with Dr. Andrew Ward

There are hundreds of other antibodies against Ebola that we are in the process of imaging using the electron microscope. We are looking for new sites of vulnerability as well as subtle differences in the way the known sites are attacked. In particular we are looking for antibodies that the virus is unlikely to escape from when it mutates.

11 Mar 2015

VS120 – fast and precise fluorescence slide scanning

Olympus’ award winning VS120 virtual slide systems have been updated to enable precision and accuracy in high-speed fluorescence and brightfield scanning – with the ability to scan a brightfield slide in under two minutes.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 11 Mar 2015

VS120 – fast and precise fluorescence slide scanning

11 Mar 2015

Berkeley Lab scientists uncover new clues about cancer risk from low-dose radiation

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered new clues about the risk of cancer from low-dose radiation, which in this research they define as equivalent to 100 millisieverts or roughly the dose received from ten full-body CT scans.

11 Mar 2015

Researchers take images of tiny molecular machine that bacteria use to infect host cells

Armed with a microscope capable of zooming in on organisms measured in billionths of a meter, scientists report they are the first to observe one of the tiny molecular machines that bacteria use to infect host cells. Findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

10 Mar 2015

BioTools unveils revolutionary family of portable raman microscopes

BioTool’s revolutionary new family of portable Raman microscopes bridges the gap between microscopy and spectroscopy, bringing microRaman out of the lab and into the world at large, opening new opportunities for doing the same analyses in different locations with the same instrumentation.

9 Mar 2015

Leica Microsystems Launches FRAP Device for Widefield Microscopy

Leica Microsystems launches the Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) device for widefield microscopy, Leica WF FRAP. The device is made for the investigation of cellular dynamics and provides users the flexibility to define their bleaching area using masks of various sizes and shapes.

5 Mar 2015

Milestones in the History of microCT

An interview with Alexander Sasov about the major milestones in the development of microCT over the past 15 years.

From Bruker BioSpin Division 2 Mar 2015

KU Leuven researchers devise simple, effective solution to untangle DNA

Researchers have long sought an efficient way to untangle DNA in order to study its structure - neatly unraveled and straightened out - under a microscope. Now, chemists and engineers at KU Leuven, in Belgium, have devised a strikingly simple and effective solution: they inject genetic material into a droplet of water and use a pipet tip to drag it over a glass plate covered with a sticky polymer.

27 Feb 2015

New test can predict survival chances of women with breast cancer

Scientists have developed a new test which can predict the survival chances of women with breast cancer by analysing images of 'hotspots' where there has been a fierce immune reaction to a tumour.

27 Feb 2015

Bruker-sponsored sixth AFM Biomed conference highlights increasing impact of AFM in biological applications

Bruker recently sponsored the sixth AFM BioMed International Meeting on AFM in Life Sciences and NanoMedicine. Held last month at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in La Jolla, CA, the conference brought together more than 125 scientists from around the world.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 26 Feb 2015

EPSRC reveals new super-powerful electron microscope that can identify position of single atoms

A new super powerful electron microscope that can pinpoint the position of single atoms, and will help scientists push boundaries even further, in fields such as advanced materials, healthcare and power generation, will be unveiled today, Thursday February 19th, by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

23 Feb 2015

Mayo Clinic researchers identify molecule that lays groundwork for development of pancreatic cancer

A research team led by investigators from Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, and the University of Oslo, Norway, have identified a molecule that pushes normal pancreatic cells to transform their shape, laying the groundwork for development of pancreatic cancer -- one of the most difficult tumors to treat.

21 Feb 2015

Researchers reveal how C. difficile wreaks havoc on guts, causes life-threatening diseases

In a new paper in the journal Infection and Immunity, the researchers lay out for the first time exactly how C. difficile wreaks havoc on the guts of animals in a short time, and causes severe diarrhea and life-threatening disease in humans.

19 Feb 2015

Microsurgical technique revolutionizes treatment of infertile men

A microsurgical technique credited with revolutionizing treatment of men once thought to be infertile was recently performed at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a first for southeast Michigan.

17 Feb 2015

Tissue and cell diagnostics market reaches $7.7 billion in 2014

With fast and effective testing techniques, the tissue and cell diagnostics market was estimated to have reached $7.7 billion in 2014 for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) and other reagents used by clinical laboratories, according to Kalorama Information.

16 Feb 2015

NTU Singapore setting up new institute to find cures for human diseases

Nanyang Technological University is setting up a new institute to advance research in the life sciences, with a focus on ramping up Singapore's efforts in finding cures for human diseases.

16 Feb 2015

New laser technology shows promise for cancer treatment

Surgeons rely on 200-year-old technology when removing cancer--sight and touch--to determine how much to remove and what to leave alone. Laser technology pioneered at Florida Atlantic University has the promise to help a surgeon better determine if an area is cancer or healthy tissue. Moreover, when combined with laser treatment for cancer, this work lays the groundwork for laser robotic treatment of cancer.

16 Feb 2015

AXT adds TriFoil imaging products to their preclinical imaging portfolio

TriFoils flagship is the Triumph tri-modal imaging system that incorporates PET/SPECT and CT technologies all in a single instrument. It has a bore size of 15cm and an axial view of 30cm making ideal for small animal studies.

From MR Solutions 13 Feb 2015