Category: Microscopy
Pittcon 2019: On an Upward Trajectory
This year, the 70th annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon), held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, featured a number of new events and sessions. Included among them were a birthday celebration and the unveiling of the newly made-over Pete Conn, the conference mascot. Pittcon opened on Saturday, March... Read more
Automated microscope for gentle and fast confocal 4D imaging
Enhancing ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 with ZEISS LSM 900 for optical sectioning News The proven ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 is a fully integrated high-end imaging system with various incubation and detection options. It combines the easy-to-use automation of a boxed microscope with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscope. To get better data... Read more
New Multiplex mode for ZEISS Airyscan 2 enables fast and gentle confocal microscopy
ZEISS LSM 9 family for life sciences research introduced News Life sciences research can be demanding, and if you are involved in neuroscience, cancer research or other cell- or organism-based disciplines, you’ll often need microscopy data for your work. Emerging technologies such as CRISPR / Cas open up innovative ways of thinking and allow you... Read more
Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope Named Finalist for Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards
Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope Named Finalist for Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards HILLSBORO, Ore., April 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) was named a finalist for Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards in the Health and Wellness category. The Krios... Read more
Why do dopamine neurons die particularly fast in a specific brain area?
Research team from York uses confocal microscopy from ZEISS to investigate neurodegeneration processes in Parkinson’s disease Customer Story People with Parkinson’s lose control of their muscles, resulting in changes of speech and gait. It is caused by the death of a specific population of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra – a specific brain area that plays an important role... Read more
Hitachi High-Technologies Launches the SU3800 and SU3900 Scanning Electron Microscopes
April 3, 2019 — Featuring a large specimen chamber and advanced functionalities — Tokyo, Japan, April 3, 2019—Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that it will commence sales of the SU3800 and the oversized SU3900 scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) featuring the ability to accommodate large, heavy specimens, along with advanced functionalities for... Read more
Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
ZEISS supports new EMBL Imaging Centre with solutions for correlative microscopy News A foundation stone ceremony for the new EMBL Imaging Centre, located on the campus of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, took place on 1st April 2019. The new facility will give researchers access to the most modern microscopy technologies... Read more