Industry News
Real-Time 3D Imaging of Living Organisms at Sub-Cellular Resolution
Leica has entered into an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Columbia University to commercialize swept confocally aligned planar excitation (SCAPE) microscopy. SCAPE microscopy forms 3D images of living samples by scanning them with a sheet of laser light. SCAPE’s unique capabilities allow scientists to perform new kinds of experiments, from imaging individual neurons fi ring throughout the brain of adult fruit fl ies, to tracking calcium waves through cells in the beating heart of a zebrafi sh.
Leica Microsystems GmbH and Columbia University
www.leica-microsystems.com
Update to Olympus cellSens® Microscope Imaging Software
Olympus cellSens v. 1.16 soſt ware introduces a new instant multiple image alignment (MIA) feature that further streamlines users’ imaging workfl ow.
Version 1.16 of cellSens soſt ware includes new features and improvements to existing functions, enhancing the soſt ware’s speed, quality, and performance, including: real-time image stitching, open microscopy environment support, independent confi gurations, improved multi-position workfl ow for quick adjustment of the target focal plane and position, and easy creation of sample focus maps
Olympus Corporation
www.olympus-lifescience.com
Innovative Approach for Tracing Filaments in Dense 3D Neural Networks
Bitplane announced the launch of Imaris 8.4, which introduces a new approach to tracing neuron structures in 3D images. Torch TM , a patent-pending tool that intuitively highlights structures in close proximity to the cursor while darkening the rest of the image, enables users to effi ciently and accurately trace individual neurons within dense and thick samples. Improved depth visibility makes tracing in thick samples easier, allowing for the selection of a dynamic region of interest for tracing.
Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments Company
www.imaris.com/newrelease
Bruker Introduces All-Optical, Simultaneous 3D Stimulation and Multiphoton Imaging for Optogenetics Bruker announced the release of the Ultima NeuraLight 3D
simultaneous, all-optical stimulation and imaging platform for neuroscience applications. T e NeuraLight 3D module is the most advanced 3D holographic solution for multi-cell brain research to decode neural connectivity and neural networks. Bruker’s spatial light module technology enables the mapping of neural networks on an unprecedented level with respect to stimulation frequency and spatial resolution on both in vivo and in vitro experimental models.
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Bruker Corporation
www.bruker.com/FM
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Linkam Launches the Optical DSC450 for the Simultaneous Visualization of Thermal Transition Experiments
T e Optical DSC450 enables the user to measure glass transitions and melting behavior of a wide range of substances while accurately controlling temperature from -196 °C to 450 °C. T e atmosphere of the stage can also be purged with gas as required by the user.
A new feature which will increase the characterization capabilities of the DSC system is to combine it with imaging capability.
Linkam Scientifi c Instruments Limited
www.linkam.co.uk
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Announces the New Electrochemistry Cell for the Cypher ES Atomic Force Microscope
Electrochemistry capabilities are now available on the Cypher ES atomic force microscope (AFM), the highest-resolution, fast scanning AFM with environmental control. Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the availability of the new Electrochemistry Cell for studying electrochemical reactions in situ ,
including processes such as deposition, oxidation, corrosion, and mass transfer of metals and other materials at the nanoscale.
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.
http://oxinst.com/AFM
Compact Linear Piezo Stages Offer Nanometer Resolution and Extended Travel Ranges PI provides its compact linear piezo positioners—P-620.1 to P-629.1—of the PIHera family consisting of 60 stages available in a large variety of travel ranges. Flexure-guided piezo positioning stages deliver vibration-less motion, with virtually unlimited resolution, and fast response in comparison to mechanical bearing-guided motorized systems. T e lack of rolling elements means there is no bearing rumble to aff ect the uniformity or straightness of the linear motion.
PI (Physik Instrumente)
www.pi-usa.us
Nikon Small World in Motion 2016 Winners Nikon Small World in Motion is the video component of the long-standing Nikon Small World still photography competition. First Place: William Gilpin, Vivek Prakash, and Manu Prakash Stanford: “An eight-week-old starfi sh larva creates vortices in order to capture its main food source, swimming algae.” Second Place: Charles Krebs Charles Krebs Photography, “T e predatory ciliate ( Lacrymaria olor ).” T ird Place: Wim van Egmond, Micropolitan Museum Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands, “T e fungus Aspergillus niger growing fruiting bodies.”
Nikon, Inc.
www.nikonsmallworld.com
doi: 10.1017/S155192951600119X
www.microscopy-today.com • 2017 March
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