Flow Cytometry Network

Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013.

Scientists at Duke University's Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, led by Professor Tuan Vo-Dinh, applied nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) to characterize metal nanoparticle construct materials for use in biosensing, imaging, and cancer therapy.

The European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE), part of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), will host a workshop May 21–23 covering developments in cellular, whole-body optical, and optoacoustic ...

Xavier Intes, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further his noninvasive optical ...

The Optical Society (OSA) and the OSA Foundation (OSAF) have established the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, which honors Feld's fundamental contributions in Raman spectroscopy to diagnose tissues and image diseases via endoscopy and optical ...

Using x-ray crystallography, researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Gothenburg have managed for the first time to obtain detailed information about the role of the protein metastasin in the spread of ...

GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), and Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ:DYAX) entered into a licensing agreement for the development and commercialization of peptides binding to c-Met, which provides upfront, milestone, and royalty payments to Dyax.

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a biosensor that includes fluorescent proteins embedded in a diatom shell (a type of marine algae that make up the bulk of phytoplankton) that alter ...

In a strategic collaboration, stem cell technology developer VistaGen Therapeutics and cell imaging technology specialist Vala Sciences will strive to advance drug safety screening methodologies.

Starfruit-shaped gold nanorods synthesized by researchers at Rice University could boost medical imaging and chemical sensing applications that depend on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), using a femtosecond laser, sliced through and made quantitative measurements of the mitotic spindle (an apparatus that forms during cell division), discovering how its ...

Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013.

A team of researchers have developed a non-destructive x-ray microscopy solution to image cryogenically preserved cells and advance studies of intra-cellular biology.

The European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE), part of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), will host a workshop May 21–23 covering developments in cellular, whole-body optical, and optoacoustic ...

Using genetic engineering techniques, researchers at Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) and the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology have generated cells that emit green fluorescent light when stimulated by the binding of a cognate antigen.

The Optical Society (OSA) and the OSA Foundation (OSAF) have established the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, which honors Feld's fundamental contributions in Raman spectroscopy to diagnose tissues and image diseases via endoscopy and optical ...

Scientists at the Institut de Biologie Structurale/CNRS-CEA-Université Joseph Fourier have developed a molecule that emits turquoise light more efficiently than ever seen before in living cells, improving the sensitivity of cellular imaging.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)—using a fluorescence-activated cell sorting technique—have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive-age women and shown that these cells can produce what appear to be ...

BD Biosciences, part of Becton, Dickinson and Company, and Jamia Hamdard University have set up the BD FACS Academy to train young scientists and researchers on flow cytometry, a laser-based measure of physical and chemical characteristics of cells, ...

Laser device and advanced imaging systems maker Hamilton Thorne (TSX-V: HTL) has expanded its distribution partnership with optics systems producer Leica Microsystems.

Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013.

Flow cytometry platform developer LeukoDx has entered into agreements for investments totaling up to $8 million over the next three years, which should enable the company to take developing its Point of Care flow cytometry platform to the registration ...

The Optical Society (OSA) and the OSA Foundation (OSAF) have established the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, which honors Feld's fundamental contributions in Raman spectroscopy to diagnose tissues and image diseases via endoscopy and optical ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a biosensor that includes fluorescent proteins embedded in a diatom shell (a type of marine algae that make up the bulk of phytoplankton) that alter ...

In a strategic collaboration, stem cell technology developer VistaGen Therapeutics and cell imaging technology specialist Vala Sciences will strive to advance drug safety screening methodologies.

University of Toronto researchers have developed a faster, cheaper portable device to track the progression of HIV in patients living in developing countries.

The BD Accuri C6 benchtop flow cytometer from BD Biosciences examines thousands of cells for reporter gene transfection efficiency and cell population heterogeneity.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)—using a fluorescence-activated cell sorting technique—have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive-age women and shown that these cells can produce what appear to be ...

BD Biosciences, part of Becton, Dickinson and Company, and Jamia Hamdard University have set up the BD FACS Academy to train young scientists and researchers on flow cytometry, a laser-based measure of physical and chemical characteristics of cells, ...

Los Alamos, NM--A multinational team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based inorganic UV-emitting LEDs based on tin dioxide nanoparticles embedded in silicon dioxide thin films.

Focal Point and Piezosystem Jena, autofocus systems and nanopositioning solutions makers, respectively, have entered into a new partnership to deliver autofocus systems for biological imaging applications.

Coupling the chemical sensitivity of optical imaging and tissue-penetrating properties of ultrasound imaging, Carolyn Schutt, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, is developing an imaging technique that could ...

Trenton, NJ--Princeton Instruments has introduced a new toroidal-mirror-based imaging spectrograph that includes a Schmidt corrector in its optics, completely eliminating astigmatism across the field.

Nanoparticle charaterization technology developer NanoSight (Salisbury, England) has been selected to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category for International Trade 2012.

University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations, enabling higher-quality images and 3D datasets in real-time imaging applications such as image-guided surgery.

Atlanta, GA--Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have pushed the limits of super-resolution microscopy, using single-molecule identification at higher speeds to track live cells in ...

Washington, DC--Next year's Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), held annually in San Jose, CA, will take place in June rather than its usual May, moving to June 9–14, 2013.

A team of researchers have developed a non-destructive x-ray microscopy solution to image cryogenically preserved cells and advance studies of intra-cellular biology.

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a small, flexible endoscopic medical device fitted with a femtosecond laser "scalpel" that can remove—with 'lightsaber'-like precision—diseased or damaged tissue without ...

Researchers at the Materials Technology Institute of the National Research Council have developed a microscopy system that could diagnose malaria much faster and with greater accuracy.