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.

Flow cytometry platform developer LeukoDx has entered into agreements for investments totaling up to $8 million over the next three years, which should enable the company to take developing its Point of Care flow cytometry platform to the registration stage.

Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics and Tornado Medical Systems formed a co-development partnership for spectrometers based on Tornado's High Throughput Virtual Slit technology.

The European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE), part of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), will host a workshop May 21–23 covering developments in cellular, whole-body optical, and optoacoustic technology; targeted nanoparticles; and smart activatable probes to follow cell migration, cell death, and other molecular processes.

Xavier Intes, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further his noninvasive optical molecular imaging technique to help identify and treat cancerous tumors.

The Optical Society (OSA) and the OSA Foundation (OSAF) have established the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, which honors Feld's fundamental contributions in Raman spectroscopy to diagnose tissues and image diseases via endoscopy and optical tomography.

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) devices, calibrated to new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standard reference spectra, bring forth new insight on the physiology of tissue injury and healing.

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a biosensor that includes fluorescent proteins embedded in a diatom shell (a type of marine algae that make up the bulk of phytoplankton) that alter their glow when they are exposed to a particular substance.

In a strategic collaboration, stem cell technology developer VistaGen Therapeutics and cell imaging technology specialist Vala Sciences will strive to advance drug safety screening methodologies.

University of Toronto researchers have developed a faster, cheaper portable device to track the progression of HIV in patients living in developing countries.

Starfruit-shaped gold nanorods synthesized by researchers at Rice University could boost medical imaging and chemical sensing applications that depend on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).

The BD Accuri C6 benchtop flow cytometer from BD Biosciences examines thousands of cells for reporter gene transfection efficiency and cell population heterogeneity.

Horiba Scientific has incorporated into its spectrofluorometers a line of white-light lasers from NKT Photonics.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)—using a fluorescence-activated cell sorting technique—have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive-age women and shown that these cells can produce what appear to be normal egg cells (oocytes).