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Nikon Small World Call For Entries Deadline April 30th
Mar 24, 2010
The 36th Annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition announced that April 30th is the deadline for scientists and photomicrographers to submit images taken through the light microscope. The oldest and most respected competition of its kind, Nikon Small World celebrates…
Nikon Introduces New Color Camera to Digital Sight Series
Mar 22, 2010
Nikon has added the high speed DS-Vi1 colour camera to its market-leading range of Digital Sight cameras for microscopic imaging. The DS-Vi1 offers high frame rates and increased sensitivity for both multiple live image and sharp still image capture, making…
Nikon Instruments Announces the New Mi Macro Imaging Station for Digital Pathology
Mar 22, 2010
Nikon Instruments Inc. today announced its newest product in the digital pathology market, the Mi macro imaging grossing station. The Mi revolutionizes gross histology documentation by addressing the workflow necessary to cleanly and safely capture, annotate, compare and measure images…
Nikon Instruments And The Wistar Institute Present Small World Exhibition And Microscopy Seminars
Jan 20, 2010
A Nobel Laureate, a scientist from Estonia and 20 breathtaking images captured under the microscope came together at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia on January 7th to kick-off the 2010 Nikon Small World Exhibit tour. The event included a number…
Nikon Corporation and UCSF Office of Technology Management Agree on Licensing of SIM Technology for N-SIM – a Super Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Technique
Dec 4, 2009
Nikon Corporation, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, announced today that it will sign an agreement with the University of California, San Francisco Office of Technology Management for Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) technology. Under the terms of the agreement, UCSF…
Nikon Corporation Acquires License From Harvard University For “STORM” Super Resolution Microscopy -- Will Create Innovative New “N-STORM” Microscope
Dec 3, 2009
Nikon Corporation, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University granting Nikon the rights to use the Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Nikon…
Nikon Instruments Releases Major Update To NIS-Elements Software
Oct 15, 2009
Nikon Instruments, Inc. (www.nikoninstruments.com) today announced the release of a new version of its industry leading microscopy acquisition and analysis software – NIS-Elements. The new NIS-Elements Version 3.1 offers new functionality that spans the entire suite of tools from microscope…
Nikon Instruments Unveils A1R MP Multiphoton And Confocal Microscope System
Oct 15, 2009
Nikon Instruments, Inc. today unveiled its new A1R MP Multiphoton and Confocal microscope system for high speed, high resolution and high sensitivity multiphoton excitation and confocal fluorescence imaging. The A1R MP allows for imaging deeper, longer, sharper and brighter while…
Nikon Instruments Introduces CL-Quant Automated Image Analysis Software
Oct 15, 2009
Nikon Instruments, Inc. today introduced the new CL-Quant Automated Image Analysis Software featuring routines for assaying stem cell viability by label-free phase and fluorescence analysis. The software utilizes a unique set of preconfigured routines for standard assays and has a…
Nikon Instruments Introduces New High Performance Objectives With World's Highest Numerical Apertures Among Water-Immersion Objectives
Oct 15, 2009
Nikon Instruments, Inc. today introduced the Lambda S Objective Series of high performance objectives for use with biological microscopes. The Lambda S Objective Series, which includes CFI Apo 60X H Lambda S, CFI Apo 40X WI Lambda S and CFI…