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Teen optogenetics project takes top NIDA Addiction Science Award

05/18/2012 A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex using optogenetics was given top honors in this year's annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a large ...

Focal Point, Piezosystem Jena partner to deliver autofocus systems for bioimaging

05/15/2012

Focal Point and Piezosystem Jena, autofocus systems and nanopositioning solutions makers, respectively, have entered into a new partnership to deliver autofocus systems for biological imaging applications.

Bioengineering graduate student Carolyn Schutt won the Rudee Outstanding Poster Award for her research into a new imaging technique for breast cancer research

'Microbubbles' promising for early cancer screening garner research award

05/14/2012 Coupling the chemical sensitivity of optical imaging and tissue-penetrating properties of ultrasound imaging, Carolyn Schutt, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, is developing an imagin...

NanoSight awarded prestigious Queen's Award

05/07/2012

Nanoparticle charaterization technology developer NanoSight (Salisbury, England) has been selected to receive the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category for International Trade 2012.

Ed S. Boyden

MIT's Ed Boyden awarded research prize for optogenetics work

05/04/2012 The first A. F. Harvey engineering research prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), which is a prize of £300,000, was awarded to Professor Ed S. Boyden of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT)...

Abbott, St. Jude Medical grow cardiovascular products alliance

04/23/2012 Building upon an agreement that began in 2008, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) and St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) have formed Choice Alliance, a multi-year joint initiative that provides mutual US customers access to a portfolio ...
George J. Hruza, MD, MBA, ASLMS president

St. Louis University's Hruza named as new ASLMS president

04/23/2012 George J. Hruza, MD, MBA, clinical professor of dermatology and otolaryngology at St. Louis University and director of the Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Center, has been named the new president of the American Society for La...

OCT system earns CE mark for corneal incisions

04/18/2012 The Catalys Precision Laser System from OptiMedica, a laser cataract surgery system that combines a femtosecond laser, integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, and the company's pattern scanning technology, has be...

Flow cytometry platform from LeukoDx secures investment commitments of up to $8M

04/18/2012 Flow cytometry platform developer LeukoDx has entered into agreements for investments totaling up to $8 million over the next three years, which should enable the company to take developing its Point of Care flow cytometry plat...

Novian Health begins laser therapy clinical trial for breast cancer

04/17/2012

Chicago, IL--Laser therapy developer Novian Health has begun a multicenter clinical trial on its Novilase interstitial laser therapy (ILT) for ablating (destroying) malignant breast tumors.

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Miniature OEM spectrometer by Horiba Scientific

For low-light applications such as fluorescence, emission, absorbance, and reflectance, the VS-7000+ miniature charge...

Mobile digital microscopes for surface measurement by Leica Microsystems

Leica Microsystems presents its next generation of digital microscopes, the Leica DVM5000 HD and DVM2500.

High-content analysis and storage system by PerkinElmer

PerkinElmer Inc. is introducing the Columbus 2.3 Data Storage and Analysis System.

Non-invasive glaucoma therapy by Iridex

IRIDEX Corporation introduces a new non-invasive, in-office glaucoma procedure based on its proprietary MicroPulse(TM...

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