Monthly Archives: August 2020

Technical

EX SITU LIFT-OUT WITH A BENCHTOP MICROMANIPULATOR

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) represents one of the most powerful super-microscopy techniques for material characterization. In order to obtain powerful images, it is critical to have a very thin section of material that allows for electron transmission through the sample.

The Micro Support Axis Pro micromanipulator can transfer FIB foils to TEM grids outside (ex situ) the SEM chamber. 

This article inlcudes videos, diagrams and descriptions of Lift-Out on the Micromanipulator. Click here for the entire article.

News

Webinar: BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ORGANELLES OF LIVING CELLS USING RAMAN MICROSCOPY

Friday, September 25, 2020 – 10 AM Eastern time, 7 AM Pacific time.

If you register for the Webinar
you will be able to see the recording of the presentation.

Andrey Kuzmin, PhD

Institute For Lasers, Photonics And Biophotonics, University at Buffalo

Ramanomics

The current level of Raman microscopy and spectrum analysis methods opens up new perspectives in cell biology for studying dynamics at the subcellular level. Modernization of the Raman microscope with the installation of the biomolecular analysis program code (BCA) made it possible to measure the concentration of an undivided class of biomolecules at the level of organelles in a living cell in the volume of about 1 cubic micron, and for the class of lipids – defined parameters related to the elements of lipidomics. A new bioessay is currently being formed in the Omics group of disciplines – Ramanomics. Despite the large heterogeneity of the biomolecular composition of organelles, Ramanomics allows us to identify patterns of processes occurring in cells.

This webinar is brought to you by SOL Instruments.

Barnett Technical Services is the North American Distributor for these Raman microscopes. Further information on these products may be found here: https://barnett-technical.com/ostec/raman/.

For questions about this webinar, please feel free to contact us.

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Conferences, Technical

SciX 2020 virtual eXchange

We are excited to be showing an e-poster at the SciX 2020 virtual conference. The poster touches on the work we have been doing with micro plastic research instrumentation and procedure. The poster will be available at the show October 12-15 2020. We will also post it here on the site after the show.

The instruments that we discuss are the Axis Pro micromanipulator for particle isolation and the Ostec e200 Raman microscope for characterization.

Link to SciX 2020 Website
Link to e-Poster

News, Technical

Webinar: Exploration of Limits-of-Detection using HTVS Raman Spectroscopy

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Time: 06:00-07:00 CEST

High Throughput Raman Spectroscopy using Tornado Spectral System’s Hyperflux ProPlus Raman Spectrometer allows for both fast measuring times and low limits of detection due to the proprietary High Throughput Virtual Slit. A variety of samples will be analyzed using this technology including flow chemistry scenarios and analytes of interest in a cell broth background. The dangers of running averages and their use in traditional raman spectroscopy will also be a point of discussion. All multivariate chemometric analysis was performed using SIMCA® 16.

This webinar is presented by Dr. Shamus Driver. He is a Senior Raman Innovation Scientist for Tornado Spectral Systems. Before joining Tornado Spectral Systems, he worked at a pharmaceutical company in Process Analytical Technology development using Raman and Near-IR spectroscopy. He earned a Ph.D. in environmental chemistry from Ball State University in Muncie, IN, as well as Bachelors and Masters degrees in Chemistry from Ball State University. 

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