A NEW control and image processing software for temperature-controlled microscopy stages, called Link, has been released by Linkam Scientific Instruments. Link enables the control of allows various physical parameters for Linkam microscope stages, including temperature, humidity, shear mode, tensile force…
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Time-lapse cell imaging in better focus
TWO new customisation tools for its IX3 inverted microscopes deliver better multi-well time-lapse images and more stable focus during long studies, says Olympus. The IX3-ZDC2 module provides focal drift compensation for accurate focus stability during long time-lapse experiments. Updated CellSens…
Software ‘brings simulation to everyone’
The latest release of Comsol Multiphysics makes it easier for simulation specialists to share their design and development work with production and testing colleagues, and runs up to five times as fast, says Comsol. Version 5.2 offers a fully integrated…
Charting function added to Lims
NEW charting capabilities have been added to the Matrix Gemini, a leading laboratory information management system (Lims) from Autoscribe Informatics. These include a comprehensive range of generic charts to help with reporting and QC, together with enhancements to statistical process…
Lims proves popular for contract labs
AUTOSCRIBE reports that its Matrix Gemini Lims (laboratory information management system) is attracting increased interest from the contract laboratory sector. John Boother, the company’s managing director, told LabHomepage: “Matrix Gemini provides the versatility that appeals to contract laboratories, for laboratory…
FieldScreen screening software rebranded as Blaze
CRESSET has relaunched its FieldScreen system for ligand based virtual screening as Blazev10. This software uses the shape and electrostatic character of known ligands to search large chemical collections for molecules with similar properties, in order to return diverse new…
Secure data management for smaller chromatography labs
MOST commercially-available laboratory data management systems are aimed at larger labs, says Agilent, announcing the launch of OpenLab Data Store with Lab Applications which is targeted at smaller chromatography laboratories. The package provides secure central storage of data produced by…
Streamlining pathology sample handling in UK hospital labs
NEW SOFTWARE to improve the way samples are handled in pathology laboratories is about to be tested in the UK. The new Automated Sample Receipting (ASR) system has been developed by InterSystems for its Ensemble platform, and is to be…
Extract more data from microplate analysis
MOLECULAR Devices’s SoftMax Pro data acquisition software has been updated to smooth the acquisition and analysis of experimental data from microplate readers, especially in regulated environments. SoftMax Pro 6 GxP is said to make it easy to upgrade from previous…
Microscope imaging software ‘breaks the limits’ of resolution
THE LATEST release of MetaMorph software from Molecular Devices enables the online microscopic analysis of cell compartments at nanometre scale, boosting resolution by a factor of more than ten, the company says. In conventional light microscopy, images of biological details…