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First-ever Image of the Blood-brain Barrier in a Live Zebrafish Embryo Takes First Place in 2012 Nikon Small World Competition
Oct 23, 2012
Nikon is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Small World Photomicrography Competition, with this year’s top honors going to Dr. Jennifer Peters and Dr. Michael Taylor of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Their photomicrograph, “The blood-brain barrier in…
Nikon Instruments Inc. Unveils The Third Generation Perfect Focus Systems at Neuroscience 2012
Oct 15, 2012
Nikon Instruments Inc., an innovator of advanced optical instruments, today announced the release of the third generation Perfect Focus System. This new generation, consisting of two new models will be debuting at Neuroscience 2012. The new models of the TI-ND6-PFS-S…
Nikon Instruments and Unitech join forces to become Ireland’s number one microscopy solution provider
Oct 9, 2012
Nikon Instruments UK has signed an agreement with Unitech to supply microscopy and digital imaging equipment to the biological market in Ireland. Unitech will have exclusive rights to supply and support Nikon microscopes, digital cameras and software to customers in…
Our Small World is Changing
Sept 10, 2012
Nikon is pleased to present big changes to its Small World Website. We’ve added hundreds of new winning images to the site, as it now includes newly digitized galleries of Honorable Mentions dating back to the earliest years of the…
Oxford MSc in Clinical Embryology continues to attract global attention
Jul 17, 2012
The Oxford MSc in Clinical Embryology is a one-year residential programme in the field of assisted human reproduction run by the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford. Based alongside the Oxford Fertility Unit in the new Institute…
Nobel Prize Winner Opens Nikon Imaging Centre at King’s College London
Apr 27, 2012
Nikon Instruments UK opened their prestigious imaging centre at King’s College London on Friday 27th April. Opened by Professor Roger Tsien, Nobel Prize winner, University of California, San Diego and Professor Roger Morris, Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences…
Seattle Scientists Break Down Barriers in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer
Mar 30, 2012
Nikon would like to offer congratulations to Dr. Sunil Hingorani and his staff at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, who are making incredible breakthroughs in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a particularly deadly…
Nikon develops enhanced C2 plus confocal microscope
Mar 9, 2012
In response to increasing demand for live cell confocal imaging, Nikon Instruments has introduced the C2 plus, an enhanced version of its C2 Confocal Laser Point Scanning Microscope for entry and mid-level confocal imaging. Benefitting from faster scanning speeds, the…
N-SIM Super Resolution Microscope recognised as one of the Top Innovations of 2011 by The Scientist
Mar 2, 2012
Nikon Instruments’ N-SIM Super Resolution Microscope has been featured in the US life sciences journal, The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovations contest – a showcase of the coolest life science tools to emerge in the previous year. A panel of expert…
Chick Embryo Takes Top Prize in First Year of Nikon Small World in Motion Competition
Feb 7, 2012
Nikon Instruments Inc. is pleased to announce the first ever winners of the Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. Top honors go to Anna Franz of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford and her…