Mar. 23, 2011

Super Resolution Microscopy: Light-independent Switching of Fluorescent Probes

Super Resolution Microscopy: a team of scientists headed by Dr. Dirk-Peter Herten at Heidelberg University's Institute of Physical Chemistry and members of the Cluster of Excellence "CellNetworks" have devised a new method in which light-dependent processes are replaced by chemical reactions to mark cellular structures for high-resolution optical microscopy. This method opens up new application vistas for fluorescence microscopy. moreNov. 10, 2010

Super-Resolution Microscopy in Germany

On October 29 the Nikon Imaging Center (NIC) at the University of Heidelberg celebrated its 5th Anniversary. Initiated by Prof. Dr. Thomas Holstein, Head of the Department of Molecular Evolution & Genomics, University of Heidelberg and Dr. Jörg Kukulies, General Manager of the Microscopy Division at Nikon Germany, the NIC Heidelberg is the second of today eight core facilities located in North America, Europe, and Asia. moreNov. 01, 2005

First Nikon Imaging Center in Europe (Heidelberg)

First Nikon Imaging Center in Europe (Heidelberg). On 7 September the first Nikon Imaging Center in Europe was opened. The archetype is the institution of the same name at the Harvard Medical School in the USA. Now a corresponding facility for modern imaging methods in the life sciences has been inaugurated at the University of Heidelberg. moreMar. 01, 2005

Nanofabrication

Nanofabrication. German scientists have developed a new approach to atom lithography that can improve the classical diffraction limit by a factor of two. The novel technique, developed by Markus Oberthaler and colleagues from the universities of Heidelberg and Konstanz, exploits quantum aspects of the interaction between light and matter. The research team have demonstrated that nanostructures with smaller feature sizes and dimensions can, in principle, be fabricated if the laser beam is resonant with an electronic transition in the atoms. more