Flow Cytometry Network

Using microscopy and advanced mathematics, a team of researchers has discovered that in yeast, an enzyme flips a switch by moving molecules called phospholipids from the outer to the inner layer of the cell membrane.

Using a molecular imaging approach that couples fluorescence endoscopy and fluorescently labeled wheat germ proteins, researchers at the University of Cambridge's MRC Cancer Cell Unit have identified changes in the patterns of glycans, or sugar ...

Bellingham, WA--Next week's SPIE BiOS and Photonics West exhibitions—which will bring their highest attendance to date—will showcase technologies important to markets such as mobile devices, medical diagnostics, and industrial cutting machines.

Nashua, NH--CLEO and Laser Focus World have put out the call for submissions for their annual Innovation Awards, which honor exhibiting companies that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made significant contributions in advancing optics and ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and colleagues altered nanocrystal quantum dots by increasing their size to avoid their unpredictable blinking, making them a promising light source for illuminating the human body in biomedical imaging.

A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December 3–7, 2011)—demonstrated how computer vision and biology are changing ...

As ever, it was difficult to find technology in the conference program at the Society for Neuroscience’s 2011 annual meeting (November 12–16, 2011). The presentations focused on science—though in many cases, that science depended on ...

An approach involving genetically modified neurons that fluoresce when active—in combination with an optical microscopy method—offers a substantial speed improvement over current drug development approaches.

Some optics manufacturers cite the life sciences market as being a significant driver of their business.

Molecular imaging has become an important clinical and research tool for the study of heart disease, allowing in-vivo visualization of inflammation and other biological processes.

Using microscopy and advanced mathematics, a team of researchers has discovered that in yeast, an enzyme flips a switch by moving molecules called phospholipids from the outer to the inner layer of the cell membrane.

Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), researchers from the University of Birmingham in England are using advanced microscopy techniques to uncover the early stages of wound healing to help improve our ...

Bellingham, WA--Next week's SPIE BiOS and Photonics West exhibitions—which will bring their highest attendance to date—will showcase technologies important to markets such as mobile devices, medical diagnostics, and industrial cutting machines.

Nashua, NH--CLEO and Laser Focus World have put out the call for submissions for their annual Innovation Awards, which honor exhibiting companies that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made significant contributions in advancing optics and ...

Researchers from Harvard Medical School have engineered the first ratiometric, single-protein red fluorescent pH sensor.

A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December 3–7, 2011)—demonstrated how computer vision and biology are changing ...

Innovative researchers are bringing depth into focus for three-dimensional imaging. Using a variety of tools including novel optics, light patterning, and software, they combine new and traditional approaches to produce better 3-D images of biology.

A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December 3–7, 2011)—demonstrated how computer vision and biology are changing ...

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have created a living biosensor comprised of millions of bacterial cells that periodically fluoresce in unison like blinking light bulbs.

Providence, RI--A new technique from researchers at Brown University can measure blood sugar levels by measuring glucose concentrations in saliva rather than blood.

Bellingham, WA--Next week's SPIE BiOS and Photonics West exhibitions—which will bring their highest attendance to date—will showcase technologies important to markets such as mobile devices, medical diagnostics, and industrial cutting machines.

Nashua, NH--CLEO and Laser Focus World have put out the call for submissions for their annual Innovation Awards, which honor exhibiting companies that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made significant contributions in advancing optics and ...

A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December 3–7, 2011)—demonstrated how computer vision and biology are changing ...

Some optics manufacturers cite the life sciences market as being a significant driver of their business.

A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December 3–7, 2011)—demonstrated how computer vision and biology are changing ...

After outgrowing the San Jose convention center and moving to San Francisco in 2010, SPIE Photonics West 2012 will grow yet again, both in terms of number of attendees as well as technical content and exhibition size.

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is aiming to sort particles in biological fluids using laser-based, optofluidic methods that do not require prior knowledge of DNA sequence attributes or attachment of antibodies and/or fluorescent tags.

Scientists at Stanford University have developed a miniaturized, integrated fluorescence microscope that weighs just 1.9 g, which can be carried around on the head of a freely moving adult mouse.

The kineFLEX-Hydra single-mode, polarization-maintaining fiber array from Qioptiq couples 640 nm red, 515 nm green, and 488 nm blue fibers for beam delivery during flow cytometry.

Using microscopy and advanced mathematics, a team of researchers has discovered that in yeast, an enzyme flips a switch by moving molecules called phospholipids from the outer to the inner layer of the cell membrane.

Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), researchers from the University of Birmingham in England are using advanced microscopy techniques to uncover the early stages of wound healing to help improve our ...

Nanotronics Imaging, which provides nano-inspection for semiconductors, will apply its microscopy inspection method to neuroscience, regenerative medicine, and other life science fields.

San Francisco, CA--Winners of the 2011 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation were announced at a gala banquet on January 25 during SPIE Photonics West.

Bellingham, WA--Next week's SPIE BiOS and Photonics West exhibitions—which will bring their highest attendance to date—will showcase technologies important to markets such as mobile devices, medical diagnostics, and industrial cutting machines.

Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have developed a two-photon microscopy method that enables highly detailed anatomical images made of whole brains.

Nashua, NH--CLEO and Laser Focus World have put out the call for submissions for their annual Innovation Awards, which honor exhibiting companies that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made significant contributions in advancing optics and ...

Researchers from Harvard Medical School have engineered the first ratiometric, single-protein red fluorescent pH sensor.

A session on quantitative live cell microscopy by researchers from Harvard Medical School—presented during the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting (December 3–7, 2011)—demonstrated how computer vision and biology are changing ...

As ever, it was difficult to find technology in the conference program at the Society for Neuroscience’s 2011 annual meeting (November 12–16, 2011). The presentations focused on science—though in many cases, that science depended on ...