Jan. 17, 2012

sCMOS Camera With High Sensitivity, High Resolution and Fast Readout

Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the world's first Gen II sCMOS camera, the ORCA-Flash4.0.  It simultaneously provides high sensitivity (over 70% QE at 600 nm), very low noise (1.3 electrons), and fast frame rates (100 frames/s). This versatile camera is suitable for many applications including super-resolution microscopy, TIRF microscopy and FRET. moreJan. 11, 2012

Polarization Extension for Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopes Allows Fluorescence Anisotropy ...

Since several years, time-resolved fluorescence measurements can be performed with commercially available confocal laser scanning microscopes (LSM) that have been upgraded with a suited upgrade kit.  The polarization extension for PicoQuant's upgrade kit for LSM can now also perform polarization measurements. moreDec. 13, 2011

sCMOS Camera With High Sensitivity, High Resolution and Fast Readout

Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the world's first   Gen II sCMOS camera, the ORCA-Flash4.0.  It simultaneously provides high sensitivity (over 70% QE at 600 nm), very low noise (1.3 electrons), and fast frame rates (100 frames/s).
This versatile camera is suitable for many applications including super-resolution microscopy, TIRF microscopy and FRET. moreDec. 08, 2011

Cobolt Releases High Performance Diode Laser Modules

Cobolt has released the Cobolt MLD Series lasers, high performance laser diode modules covering a spectral range between 405 and 660 nm. moreOct. 19, 2011

Lennart Nilsson Award 2011: The Secret Life of Cells – in Colour

The 2011 Lennart Nilsson Award is to be presented to American biologist Nancy Kedersha, who is to receive the prize for her colour pictures showing the inner life of a cell.

The annual Lennart Nilsson Award is the world's most distinguished award in the field of scientific and medical photography, and is presented annually in honour of the legendary Swedish photographer. Like Lennart Nilsson, this year's recipient, Nancy Kedersha, has captured worlds that are otherwise hidden from human sight. She has rendered the invisible visible.
moreOct. 13, 2011

Zeiss Microscopy Labs in Munich Open Their Doors

The Zeiss Microscopy Labs in Munich were opened by Dr. Michael Kaschke, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG and Dr. Ulrich Simon, Managing Director of Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH on 11 October 2011. British Digital Artist Jo Berry exhibited her work alongside the event. She processes and transforms scientific images captured with the Carl Zeiss LSM 710 confocal microscope. Her work will be on show in the Microscopy Labs until next spring.
moreSep. 23, 2011

Andor Introduces Differential Spinning Disk Uni

Andor Technology has introduced the Differential Spinning Disk (DSD) Uni. The DSD Uni brings with it the ability to add a confocal unit to almost any fluorescence microscope, upright or inverted, irrespective of manufacturer. moreAug. 09, 2011

Lasers for Confocal Microscopy: All Colors of the Rainbow

Easy-to-use new lasers are more and more replacing bulky legacy laser systems. This new generation of lasers provides flexibility, easy operation and is all in all more convenient to use. These novel approaches offer also new possibilities - supporting the rapid development of new microscopy techniques. Here we will review different laser types and their fields of application. moreJun. 14, 2011

Cobolt Fandango 515 nm: A Solid State Alternative to Ar+ Gas Lasers

Cobolt has released Cobolt Fandango, a higher power model of its 515 nm solid-state laser.
Cobolt Fandango is a continuous-wave solid-state laser operating at a fixed wavelength 515 nm and with output powers of 25 mW, 50 mW, 100 mW and now 150 mW. It is a single longitudinal mode laser, with very low noise (<0.3 % rms), narrow spectral line width (typically <30 MHz) and exceptionally high beam quality (M2<1.1). moreJun. 07, 2011

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy -

Adam Larson introduces Thorlabs Confocal Laser Scanner System, a true point scanning laser confocal, affordably designed for customers who wish to extend their current microscopy capabilities to confocal imaging. more