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Olympus Announce Judging Panel for This Year's BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition

Olympus has announced the panel of eminent authorities in the field of microscopy and imaging who will be the judges for the 10th annual BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition.

3 Oct 2013

NIGHTSEA Makes Stereo Fluorescence Microscopy Accessible for Research and Education

Fluorescence microscopy, the “tool of choice” for research biology and live cell work, is rapidly expanding from conventional compound microscopes to stereo microscopy. Until recently, however, its cost and complexity have limited that expansion to high-end, research level stereos.

3 Oct 2013

Mini-Microscope Noninvasively Detects Circulating Tumor Cells

One of the cruelest truths about cancer is that even after you beat the disease, it can still come back to kill you. A tumor growing in the prostate gland, breast, or any other organ can shed cancerous cells into the blood. These cancerous seeds travel the body and can take root nearly anywhere, growing into a new cancer threat even after the initial cancer is treated.

1 Oct 2013

New Optical Imaging Techniques Reveal Cancer’s Inner Workings

Scientists seeking new ways to fight cancer often try to understand the subtle, often invisible, changes to DNA, proteins, cells, and tissue that alter the body's normal biology and cause disease. Now, to aid in that fight, a team of researchers has developed a sophisticated new optical imaging tool that enables scientists to look deep within tumors and uncover their inner workings.

From Optical Society Of America 18 Sep 2013

EPFL Scientists Use Microscopy and Visualization Techniques to Study Photosynthesis

EPFL scientists have used powerful imaging techniques to support a study that sheds light on photosynthesis.

12 Sep 2013

Leica Launches Version 3.2 of Advanced Fluorescence Software Platform

The software platform for advanced life science research, Leica Application Suite Advanced Fluorescence (LAS AF), originally launched in 2005 for Leica Microsystems' widefield and confocal microscope systems, has been released in its 3.2 version. This version focuses on 3D analysis, 3D measurements and 3D visualization.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 5 Sep 2013