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First Installation of Auto- Montage Software in India
Syncroscopy is delighted to announce Auto- Montage Pro, its innovative 3D image reconstruction software, is being used for the first time in India at the prestigious, Punjabi University Patiala to produce a classification guide of some of the world’s most unusual ant species.
Researchers in the Department of Zoology at Punjabi University Patiala are using a Nikon 1500 microscope and Auto-Montage Pro software to produce in-focus 3D images of ants from around India and the Himalayas. Using Auto-Montage Pro, the scientists have generated thousands of images of around 100 different ant species, many of which have never been properly identified and classified before.
Dr Himender Bharti, Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology at Punjabi University Patiala, said: “Many ants found in the Himalayas have developed interesting physical characteristics to cope with living in such a harsh environment. A large number of these features have not been documented and so an important part of ant evolution is being overlooked. This is why we need to generate accurate images of these species to complete this part of the ant classification.”
Dr Bharti continued: “Before we installed AutoMontage Pro software, we used to produce pictures of Indian ants with ink drawings or using a digital camera but the pictures couldn’t show the fine detail we required. Now, using Auto-Montage Pro we have been able to generate excellent images of our ant collection and we intend to produce a book showing the characteristics of each species using these images.”
Martin Smith of Syncroscopy, commented: “We are pleased our software has been successfully used for this fascinating project. The research being carried out at Punjabi University Patiala demonstrates once again that Auto-Montage Pro is outstanding for detailed imaging and its use can benefit any entomologist wanting to produce definitive classifications guides of species anywhere in the world.”
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Bibliography Demonstrates Applications of UV Area Imaging
Paraytec Ltd has announced a major expansion of their online applications bibliography and technical downloads section.
Paraytec have assembled a selection of application notes, technical articles, posters and presentations that dem - onstrate the growing array of applications
that benefit from their ActiPix™ technology.
Paraytec’s multi-award winning product, the ActiPix D100, is the world’s first quantitative UV area imaging system. As well as providing superior performance over existing micro and nano flow detectors the patented ActiPix opens up intriguing new possibilities never before possible using conventional detectors.
Applications for the company's patented ActiPix technology can be broadly classified into two types, area imaging or capillary based. Area imaging applications include real time study of diffusion processes, in-line quantification and sizing of biopharmaceuticals, dissolution/solubility testing and membrane transport studies. Capillary based applications include use of the ActiPix D100 as a sensitive and selective detector for multiplexed capillary electrophoresis (CE), nano-liquid chromatography (nano-LC) and capillary LC experiments.
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Two-Gas Mixer for Microscope Incubators
Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce the NEW 2GF Two-Gas Mixer.
This new apparatus generates CO2-Air mixtures with adjustable CO2 concentration in the range of 0-15%. Compatible with any microscope stage incubator, this mixer can also
be used as a stand-alone device - making it a versatile addition to any research laboratory. Accurate to ±0.1% and supplied with a reusable 0.2 mm pore PTFE membrane filtering device.
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MICROSCOPY & MICROTECHNOLOGY
Big Performance at the NANO Scale
Oxford Instruments’ revo - lutionary X-Max large area Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) is now available for the analytical TEM. The ability to handle high count rates in a liquid nitrogen free environment, combined with INCAEnergy TEM software, ensures X-Max will maximise the perf - ormance of a TEM.
The 80mm2 sensor guarantees high counts giving excellent analytical performance down to and including Be. This sensitivity offers potential for analysis of nano-particles and other nano- features.
In contrast to Si(Li) detectors, excellent resolution is maintained at high count rates over 100,000cps. These faster acquisition rates allow mapping and linescans in thicker samples where high counts would normally cause the Si(Li) detector to retract or the shutter to close. There is no need to turn down the beam current. High quality X-ray maps and linescans can be collected much more rapidly.
Max is peltier cooled and requires no liquid nitrogen, which allows the detector to cool down in seconds and therefore it is always ready for analysis. It has no moving parts or boiling LN2 to cause vibration and a motorised slide is used to remove the detector from high electron flux in low mag mode.
X-Max TEM is safe, convenient and environmentally friendly. The geometry has been optimised to suit most TEMs.
Circle no. 456
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