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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
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Monthly newsletter focusing on how light-based technologies are being used in the life sciences. Includes news, features and product developments in lasers, imaging, optics, spectroscopy, microscopy, lighting and more. Manage your Photonics Media membership at Photonics.com/subscribe.
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Nanophotonic Biosensors Expand Live Cell Analysis
In an era of fast-emerging personalized therapies, accuracy and efficacy rely mainly on precise cell analysis and engineering. With advanced gene sequencing technologies, researchers have revealed the complex heterogeneity in the genomics, proteomics, and epigenomics among cells that share the same phenotype. Decoding the behavior of individual cells is not only essential to fully understanding the underlying mechanisms, it also enables the screening and selection of potential candidates for cell therapies.
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Miniaturization, Increased Resolution Drive Microscopy’s Future
are among emerging microscopy advancements that are bettering optical inspection in areas including the life sciences and machine vision. Now, such technology is taking researchers, microscopists, and others deeper into cellular and biological samples.
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Smartphone Spectroscopy Takes the Lab to the People
By 2020, the number of smartphone users in the world is expected to reach almost 2.9 billion – nearly doubling in six years from about 1.6 billion in 2014. Technology companies and researchers have been directly and indirectly imbuing smartphones with additional capabilities, including spectroscopy for biological and medical applications, among other uses.
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It Just Keeps Getting Better....
Lumencor Inc.
Lumencor’s new SOLA SE nIR Light Engine with added Cy7 excitation.
- Breadth: UV + visible + nIR light: 350–760 nm
- Brightness: ~ 4.0 W optical output
- Control: Light on/off and graduated intensities
- Ease: No maintenance, no consumables, mercury–free
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Powerful Femtosecond Fiber Lasers
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
The FemtoFiber ultra series are compact lasers that work reliably after a push-button start. No water-cooling is required since simple air-cooling is sufficient for stable operation. These cost-effective and compact laser solutions provide femtosecond pulses with high average power and excellent beam quality.
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Dual Light Sheet Microscopy
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc.
ASI’s Dual Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy for Cleared Tissue (ct-dSPIM) is one of many light sheet microscope configurations possible using our modular components. This flexible and easy-to-use Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) implementation allows for dual views of large samples.
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Ultrafast 925 nm Fiber Laser
Calmar Laser
Small, powerful, affordable: Carmel X-series of ultrafast fiber lasers with OptaPower™ long-term stability. High power (up to > 1 W). Ultra-short pulse widths (down to < 90 fs). Wavelength options of 780, 925 (new), 1550 nm, etc. Air-cooled, Up to 100x smaller than competitive systems.
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LED Illumination for Fura-2 Calcium Imaging
CoolLED Ltd.
Through partnership with The University of Strathclyde, CoolLED announces the latest leap forward in LED illumination for microscopy – the pE-340fura. The pE-340fura is a bespoke LED illuminator for Fura-2 imaging which also supports everyday fluorescence microscopy in a compact, affordable package.
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Introducing the Lumedica OQ PathScope
Lumedica
Lumedica is proud to introduce the newest member to its low-cost OCT imaging OQ Series lineup: The OQ PathScope. OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) is a valuable bench tool for pathology teams that want to process and analyze their histological sections with a smarter, more efficient workflow.
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2D and 3D imaging technology developer EOS Imaging has installed its imaging system in Shriners Hospital for Children—Mexico in Mexico City. The EOS system produces images with far less patient exposure to radiation than conventional x-rays.
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Using semiconducting organic polymers, a research team at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland has developed an ultrathin membrane laser that could be used for new applications in security, biophotonics, and photomedicine.
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Shareable Advanced Light-Sheet Microscopy Using Flamingo
Thu, Oct 25, 2018 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
This webinar will discuss Flamingo, a new model for advanced microscopy based on shareable, modular instruments. Flamingo modules are configurable to a broad range of applications, are easy to upgrade, and offer a greater choice of functions. Presenter Jan Huisken, a principal investigator at the Morgridge Institute for Research and one of the founders of light-sheet microscopy, will begin with a history of this versatile technique and will discuss the benefits of light-sheet microscopy, such as low phototoxicity and high-speed image acquisition. He will then describe the development of Flamingo and how the Flamingo model for advanced light-sheet microscopy could be used to advance the work of labs worldwide. This webinar is sponsored by ASI.
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Features
FTIR Spectroscopy, Imaging and Chronic Disease, Medical Uses of Ultrafast Lasers, Positioning for Biomedical Research
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazine BioPhotonics. Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Senior Editor Justine Murphy at [email protected] or use our online submission form www.photonics.com/submitfeature.aspx.
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