Prior Scientific reports that its collaboration with Neurotar (Helsinki, Finland) has produced a seamlessly integrated solution for in vivo microscopic imaging in the brain of awake and moving rodents. The solution is based upon Prior’s ultra-stable and easily adjustable ZDeck platform. Neurotar’s Mobile HomeCage™ is an accessory device for microscopy and electrophysiology, which enables high […]
Scientists working in disciplines as diverse as geology and neuroscience benefit from the precision, accuracy and efficiency provided by Prior Scientific. To show how Prior equipment is used, a series of six, one page application overviews are now available, covering the uses of our well plate loader in neuroscience and drug discovery, our slide loader in cancer screening, the OptiScan […]
Prior Scientific’s OptiScan® controller together with the associated microscope stage and focus motor have been used to create stunning artistic designs. Using this equipment, Richard Weston, a former Professor of Architecture at Cardiff University (UK) has acquired high magnification images of minerals, such as agate, fluorite, and calcite, to produce unique designs for a range […]
Prior Scientific has announced a new 47 mm filter sample holder for its H101A microscope stage. Inspection of filters is critical in many industrial processes. This process is vital for fulfilling the requirements of regulations, such as ISO 16232, which covers the characterisation and measurement of particulate contamination of the parts, components and assemblies which make up the […]
Prior Scientific, a global leader in precision instrumentation has announced changes to the executive leadership team. After a successful seven years with Prior Scientific, Managing Director, Dr. Monika Maintz has resigned and will be moving on to manage a Cambridgeshire based charity. “We want to thank Monika for her extraordinary accomplishments with Prior.” Says Tom Freda, […]
Set up in 2011, Tom’s Trust offers support for children with brain tumours, from the point of diagnosis, through treatment, and during their rehabilitation . You can find out more about the important work the Trust does here. At Prior, employees dressed up and held a cake sale to support the charity, which works very closely with […]
NIMR (http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/) is one of the world’s leading medical research institutes. Research at NIMR covers a broad spectrum of basic biomedical science, including infectious diseases, immunology, cell and developmental biology, neuroscience and structural biology. Prior Scientific is pleased to report that an HLD117 linear motor stage is now in operation at this prestigious facility. Dr […]
Prior Scientific produces many products that will be of interest to Neuroscientists, from illumination to electrophysiology platforms. We will be exhibiting these between October 17-21 in Chicago at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. If you can’t attend the meeting but want to learn more about our equipment for neuroscience and electrophysiology, contact […]
Prior Scientific can be found at Booth # 51 at the conference, which this year is being held in Göttingen. We will be displaying a few products from our extensive range of motorised stages, system controllers, electrophysiological platforms, illuminators, micromanipulators and more, and we welcome the opportunity to discuss our products both with distributors and […]
Microptic’s SCA system is designed to quickly and accurately determine the number of live and dead sperm cells within a sample via fluorescence microscopy. Fluorescence illumination for the SCA is provided by the Lumen 100-LED system, with Microptic selecting the single high performance LED emitting in the ultraviolet range at 365nm. Eduard Sánchez, Technical Manager […]
