Industry News
Electron Microscopy Sciences Announces Exciting New Products Added in Catalog XVII
Electron Microscopy Sciences strives to fi nd new products for the microscopy researcher as they come to market. Catalog XVII off ers many of the latest fi nds including: NIGHTSEA
Viewing Systems, DataColor CHROMACAL Image Calibration System, LatticeAx
Grids in new gold and thick versions, Slide Warmers, PP3010T Cryo Preparation Systems, Graphene, EMS Freeze Substitution Kit, and the Lynx II Tissue Processor.
™ Cleaving Systems, C-fl at
Electron Microscopy Sciences
www.emsdiasum.com/Requests/Catalog
Andor Technology Launches GPU Express – Optimized Solution for Real-Time GPU Data Processing
Andor announced the launch of GPU Express, which off ers accessible and optimized data management for real-time GPU processing. T e Andor GPU Express library has been created to simplify and optimize data transfers from camera (or multiple cameras) to a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA graphical processing unit (GPU) card, to facilitate accelerated GPU processing. GPU Express integrates easily into SDK3 for Andor sCMOS cameras, providing a powerful solution for management of high-bandwidth datafl ow challenges.
Andor Technology plc
www.andor.com/gpu-express
Andor and Bitplane Announce the Launch of the 2015 Insight Awards
Andor and Bitplane announced the launch of the 2015 Insight Awards. T is worldwide scientifi c imaging competition rewards visually stunning and scientifi cally captivating images, spectra, graphics, and movies. T e Insight Awards are open to entries produced with either Andor or Apogee equipment or Bitplane soſt ware regardless of the technique or application. Researchers can submit their entry into one of three categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, or Imaris.
Andor Technology Ltd (Andor) and Bitplane, Oxford Instruments companies
www.theinsightawards.com
Imaris 8.1 Launch –Leading Image Visualization and Analysis Software
Bitplane has launched the latest edition of Imaris, version 8.1. Imaris 8.1 builds on the powerful and versatile infrastructure introduced with Imaris 8.0. The new version offers a range of useful solutions for microscopy core facilities and sites where researchers need to work on their data using different computers.
Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments Company
www.bitplane.com/imaris8
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Specialist Catalog for Microscopy Illumination
Prior Scientifi c published a 12-page catalog that brings together its range of high performance LED and metal halide light sources proven to provide excellent illumination for your microscopy work. Regardless of microscopy technique, high-quality imaging requires high-performance illumination in order to obtain the best possible results. Prior Scientifi c has designed a range of precisely engineered, reliable, and long-lasting light sources tailored to the exacting requirements of scientists across a broad range of disciplines.
Prior Scientifi c Instruments Ltd.
www.prior-scientifi
c.co.uk
JEOL Names Image Contest Winners
Pollen season 2015 produced micrographs that recently won the monthly JEOL Electron Microscope Contest. April’s winning image of hibiscus pollen grains was submitted by Howard Berg of Danforth who used the JEOL JSM-6010 InTouchScope SEM to image, and then he used Photoshop to create an embossed eff ect and colorize the image. T e May image is one of a single
grain of pollen from a Morning Glory fl ower, taken by Stefan Eberhard,
JEOL USA, Inc.
www.jeolusa.com
New Hexapod Controller Launched by PI
Precision motion control systems specialist, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., launched the new C-887.52, a sophisticated hexapod controller for parallel kinematics precision positioners that is based on the company’s three decades of experience with hexapod mechanics design and control. With a real-time operating system, 6-D vector motion control, comprehensive high-level command set, and optional collision avoidance soſt ware, this compact bench-top solution will extract the maximum perfor- mance and precision out of hexapod parallel positioning systems.
PI (Physik Instrumente)
www.pi-usa.us
Masahiro Kawasaki Recipient of MSA Award
JEOL is pleased to announce that the Microscopy Society of America Chuck Fiori Outstanding Technologist Award for Physical Sciences was presented to Dr. Masahiro Kawasaki of JEOL USA at a special presentation during M&M 2015. Dr. Kawasaki is the director of TEM applications and business solutions for the Americas. Dr. Kawasaki has made signifi cant contributions to the development of new TEM/scanning TEM techniques, and he has been responsible for introducing and teaching these techniques to countless microscopists.
JEOL USA, Inc.
www.jeolusa.com
doi: 10.1017/S1551929515000681
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