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MIT's Ed Boyden awarded research prize for optogenetics work

05/04/2012 The first A. F. Harvey engineering research prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), which is a prize of £300,000, was awarded to Professor Ed S. Boyden of the Massachusetts ...
Postdoctoral researcher Steven Adie, professor P. Scott Carney, graduate students Adeel Ahmad and Benedikt Graf, and professor Stephen Boppart, all of the University of Illinois, developed a method to computationally correct aberrations in 3D tissue microscopy

Adaptive optics, computer software pair to correct aberrations in optical imaging

04/30/2012 University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations, enabling higher-quality images and 3D datasets in real-time imaging applications such as im...
An artistic representation of the cutting method used to measure the microtubules' lengths

Femtosecond laser ablation sheds new insight on cell division

04/27/2012 Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), using a femtosecond laser, sliced through and made quantitative measurements of the mitotic spindle (an apparatus that ...

CLEO show to move to June in 2013

04/26/2012

Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013.

X-ray 'bionanoprobe' boosts study of cellular processes

04/25/2012

A team of researchers have developed a non-destructive x-ray microscopy solution to image cryogenically preserved cells and advance studies of intra-cellular biology.

The 9.6 mm probe housing (right) next to the housing of the earlier prototype 18 mm probe (left) showing the reduction in packaged probe size

Femtosecond probe with 'lightsaber'-like precision promising for laser surgery

04/24/2012 Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a small, flexible endoscopic medical device fitted with a femtosecond laser "scalpel" that can remove—with 'lightsaber'-l...

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Leica Microsystems slide scanner for digital pathology

07/05/2011 The SCN400 F fluorescent and brightfield digital slide scanner from Leica Microsystems combines brightfield slide scanning and multichannel fluorescence imag...

LIMO medical laser offers two parallel wavelengths

11/20/2010 The FQ-Series medical laser from LIMO with a 1470 nm wavelength offers a parallel wavelength of 980, 940 or 810 nm, making higher absorption possible in wate...

Fiberguide fused silica capillary tubing for protein characterization

08/19/2010 A line of fused silica capillary tubing from Fiberguide Industries delivers reliable operation in demanding conditions in protein characterization, smal...

Optical mapping system enables automated, microbial whole genome analysis

06/17/2010 OpGen, Inc.'s Optical Mapping System for microbial whole genome analysis is based on Optical Mapping Technology, which generates ordered, whole genome restri...

BioImagene iSlide enhances transition from manual to digital pathology

03/16/2010 Using the iSlide input device from BioImagene pathologists can move a glass slide, just the way they would on a microscope stage, to ergonomically view digit...

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