The International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) presented its 2012 awards at the CYTO 2012 show, held June 23–27 in Leipzig, Germany.

Genome sequencing technology developer and maker Pacific Biosciences (NASDAQ:PACB) and nanoelectronics research center Imec (Leuven, Belgium) will enter into a multi-year research collaboration focused on developing advanced microchips for highly multiplexed, single-molecule genetic analysis.

SPIE has established a new award—the Biophotonics Technology Innovator award—which will honor extraordinary achievements in biophotonics technology development that show strong promise or potential impact.

Scientists at the Stowers Institute of Medical Research have developed a microscopy method—pairing fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) with calibrated imaging—to count the number of fluorescent molecules in a cluster, and then determine how DNA twists into a unique chromosomal structure called the centromere.

Global Industry Analysts (GIA) recently released a global report on biophotonics markets, forecasting them to exceed $99 billion by the year 2018.

Knowing that the ability to distinguish and isolate rare cells from a large population of assorted cells is essential for early disease detection and disease monitoring, engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a new optical microscope that can detect circulating cancer tumor cells, which are precursors to metastasis (the spread of cancer).

Normally, a microarrayer—so named because it is capable of laying down hundreds of tiny sample droplets in specific places on a microscope slide's surface—creates DNA arrays for genetic research.

Growth in multiphoton microscopy has been driven by advances in laser technology-advances that have also facilitated access to multimodal imaging. For instance, a femtosecond laser that enables multiphoton imaging of multiple features in a specimen simultaneously over a wide range can also enable second-harmonic generation (SHG) and even coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy.

Laser capture microdissection (LCM)-an example of biophotonics technology transferred from National Institutes of Health to industry-has ranked on NIH's top 20 commercial products list for six of the last eight years.

You've heard of "lab on a chip" technology. Now say hello to AFM-IR, or "lab on the tip," which combines atomic force microscopy (AFM) and infrared (IR) microspectroscopy to provide both nanoscale resolution and chemical specificity for bioanalysis.

Rather than using a serial approach with different methods of looking at biological events, some platforms provide parallel options.

Spectrometers—instruments that measure light intensity or polarization across a specific segment of the electromagnetic spectrum to analyze and identify chemical composition—range in size from tabletop to handheld.

SERS and silver nanoparticles are combining forces to boost sensitivity for detection of organic contaminants that occur at low-level concentrations in air and water.

Acupath Laboratories has received validation approval by the New York State Department of Health for the lab's AcuProbe Spitz test based on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), a technique that detects and localizes the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences on chromosomes.