Leica Microsystems acquires Atto-Tec
The microscopy and scientific instrumentation company has taken over the specialty supplier of fluorescent dyes and reagents from Siegen.
biophotonics
New UCF lab focuses on healing power of light
Opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, medical students, residents fellows and physicians to conduct interdisciplinary research at University of Central Florida.
Jena and Albany establish research center for photonics and AI
CeBAI is based at the University at Albany, NY, and focuses on the development of new diagnostic tools and forensic applications.
Implantable LED device to treat cancer
Photoactivated cells exhibited signs of cell death by light-induced pyroptosis.
Controlling biofilm formation using optical traps
As a tool for influencing biofilm growth patterns, laser manipulation could enable biofilms to be used for sensors.
Extended live cell imaging at nanoscale resolution
Power to see more with improved resolution and light dose balance.
Pilot project for recruiting skilled workers at international trade fairs
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) and Spectaris test new concept at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco
Laser scarecrows make birds see red
Lasers could deliver a sustainable answer to the expensive problem of bird damage to crops.
Insights into the evolution of far-red light photosynthesis
New approach to engineer enhanced plants with expanded light absorption capabilities.
75,000 dollars for non-invasive brain monitoring
Caltech’s Simon Mahler receives the 2024 SPIE Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship to achieve progress on real-time blood-flow monitoring in the human brain.
Shaping the world with light and women’s power
Leibniz IPHT offers career workshop in Jena – registration open until August 31, 2023, travel grants available.
German photonics on course for growth
Sales growth of seven percent per year expected until 2027
Chromacity targets key industrial markets with AMS Technologies
Ultrafast laser company joins forces with key European provider of photonics technologies as it focuses on biomedical, semiconductor, energy and defense sectors.
Toptica opens new headquarters
The company welcomes its customers and employees to new premises at the Gräfelfing site near Munich
Tracking down tumors with quantum optics
€6.7M project works on new tool for cancer diagnostics – Rapp Optoelectronic coordinates partners from industry and academia.
Optical blood pressure monitoring method honored
The concept is the cornerstone of a technological solution that enables non-invasive health checks for millions of patients worldwide.
Modulight laser gets FDA approval for photodynamic AMD treatment
The company will start launching the product in the US without delay – European Union authorization is expected this year.
Improving microscopy with optimized software
The Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology IPHT was awarded $20,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Blood glucose monitoring with laser light instead of needles
Rather than having to prick with a needle or wear an implant, in the future people with diabetes will simply be wearing a wrist-worn device that reads their glucose with a minilaser.
Better results for skin cancer surgery
Fluorescence imaging helps improve outcomes in head and neck skin cancer treatment – at reduced cost.
Light converting films accelerate plant growth
Plastic sheets coated with an europium-based compound converts UV light to red light.
Detecting bacterial infestation fast, contactless and free of markers
With a multimodal microscope, the joint project PriMe wants to detect bacterial infestation using fast, marker-free, and contactless imaging.
Controlling photosynthesis using mirrors
Placing photosynthetic antenna complexes between two mirrors to detect a strong interaction.
New photodetector inspired by photosynthesis
Technology uses polaritons to convert light to electrical charge. New approach could boost solar cell efficiency.
Intelligent microscopes detect biological events
Detecting much more subtle biological events using a neural network.
Seeing through blood with a microscope
The new collaborative project ‘BetterView’ is working on a special surgical microscope in order to detect cholesteatomas – an aggressive form of chronic otitis media – and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely.
PhotonicsViews issue 1/2022 is out
Issue 1/2022 – February / March – is online and has been mailed. It includes feature articles from Cailabs, Coherent, Hamamatsu Photonics, Ingeneric, iPronics, Joya Team, Solmates, and more companies and institutions. On the cover: Shenzhen JPT Opto-Electronics.
3D microscopy of human organs
New method can be used to reveal previously unrecognised alterations in the pancreas, but it can also be used to study other human organs and diseases.
Jenoptik: Second quarter of 2021 also shines with high growth
Jenoptik achieves sales growth of 29.6 percent in the 2nd quarter 2021 compared to the previous year. Half-year sales increased by 18.3 percent to 389 million euros. Based on these figures, the optics group is increasing its targets for 2021 as a whole: sales are expected to rise to 880 to 900 million euros and the EBITDA margin to 19 to 19.5 percent.
MedPhab launches open call to support photonic medical device innovation
Europe’s first pilot line for photonics-based medical devices supports companies in the development of new medical diagnostics solutions.
AMS Technologies AG
SPECTARIS – German Industry Association for Optics, Photonics, Analytical and Medical Technologies
SPIE
CSEM SA
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
Wiley-VCH GmbH
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Munich Surgical Imaging GmbH
TOPTICA Photonics SE
Bausch + Lomb Corporation
TOPTICA Photonics Inc.
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Jenoptik AG