MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 15 -- Caliper Technologies Corp., a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology developer, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Hopkington, Mass.-based Zymark Corp., a provider of laboratory automation, liquid handling and robotics solutions to the life sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Caliper has purchased Zymark for approximately $57 million and 3.15 million shares of Caliper common stock. The agreement also provides for a potential additional earn-out stock component of up to 1.575 million shares of Caliper stock if specified...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesMalley Richardson Awarded 2023 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship for Research in OptofluidicsMalley Richardson, a mechanical engineering student at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has been awarded the 2023 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship for her contributions to the field of optics and...BioPhotonics Jul/Aug 2023 IssueImec Spinout Axithra Raises $10M for Chip-based Raman TechAxithra, a spinout of imec and Ghent University, has raised €10 million ($10.7 million) in a seed round to develop a chip-based Raman spectroscopy platform to monitor drug concentration in the...BioPhotonics Nov/Dec 2023 IssueMicroscopy Method Supports 3D, Multitargeted Cell Imaging at NanoscaleA new microscopy platform could improve investigations into the mechanisms that drive cellular behavior by providing fast, precise 3D imaging of multiple cellular structures at the nanoscale, while...BioPhotonics.com December 2024 IssueWebinarsNext Generation 3D Printing: The Emergence of Enabling MaterialsThree-dimensional printing technology has the potential to eventually dissolve the boundaries between traditional manufacturing and the end user, who until now has only used objects generated by...Photonics.com 11/15/2017Vision Systems for Deep LearningAlgorithms for artificial intelligence are improving rapidly, especially in the domain of artificial neural networks (ANNs). In the medical and life sciences fields, in particular, many...Photonics.com 12/12/2019Emerging Organ Models and Organ Printing for Regenerative MedicineEngineered materials that integrate advances in polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, and biological sciences have the potential to create powerful medical therapies. UCLA professor Ali...Photonics.com 10/1/2018Speeding Up Microscopy and Image Analytics: Integrating TechniquesPairing up the capabilities of optical microscopy and computer vision is a common strategy to enhance the performance of a broad spectrum of biological and biomedical screening applications. The most...Photonics.com 10/24/2023Photonics Dictionary TermsoptofluidicsOptofluidics is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from optics and fluidics to create devices and systems that integrate the manipulation of light and fluids. This field focuses on...Photonics Dictionaryflow channelIn various fields such as fluid dynamics, microfluidics, and biotechnology, a flow channel refers to a defined pathway through which a fluid (liquid or gas) flows. The channel can be of various...Photonics Dictionaryliquid/fluid opticsLiquid or fluid optics refers to the use of liquids to create or enhance optical systems. These systems leverage the unique properties of liquids, such as their ability to change shape, refractive...Photonics Dictionarylab-on-a-chipA lab-on-a-chip (LOC) is a miniaturized device that integrates various laboratory functions and capabilities onto a single, compact chip. Also known as microfluidic devices, lab-on-a-chip systems are...Photonics DictionaryMediaBasler - What are the Benefits of Using Cameras in Medicine - Vision CampusToday, many medical devices are equipped with cameras. Imaging technology has contributed a great deal to the progress made by medical diagnostics and procedures since the early 1800s. The...Photonics.com 10/11/2018Tabletop OPA & Silicon Photonics - LIGHT MATTERS 10.9.2013-Silicon Photonics -Optical Parametric Amplifier On this week’s show: better optical modulators boost silicon photonics, imaging cells through silicon improves visualization, and a tabletop OPA...Photonics.com 10/9/2013PlasmoFluidics & Slow Light - LIGHT MATTERS 08.21.2013-Plasmonics & Microfluidics -Liquid Crystal Slows Light -Prism Awards Deadline On today’s show: plasmonics and microfluidics are combined in a tunable lens, a liquid crystal matrix slows light to one...Photonics.com 8/21/2013Colored Solar Cells & Battle of the Brains - LIGHT MATTERS 07.10.2013-Battle of the Brains -Colored Solar Cells -Photoacoustic Blood Test This week on Light Matters: optics students win IBM’s Battle of the Brains; adding color makes solar cells more stylish; and a...Photonics.com 7/10/2013Photonics Buyers' Guide CategoriesDetector ChipsCompaniesIncom Inc.Incom is known as the world’s largest supplier of fused fiber optics solutions. We enable innovation in the medical, scientific, display, and defense industries. Combining the most progressive...Photonics Buyers' Guide