Prior’s OpenStand Inverted Previews at FOM 2023

We will be showcasing our capabilities for various microscopy techniques at the Focus on Microscopy 2023 (FOM2023) conference in Porto, Portugal this April. Visitors to the event will be among the first to see our motorized modular microscope platform, OpenStand Inverted. The OpenStand Inverted is suitable for a range of applications in life and materials […]

100 Years under the microscope

At the end of our 100 year our CEO, Tom Freda talks to Inside Industry Magazine about Prior’s history and how the company has evolved over the course of 100 years into the business it is today.

Prior experience necessary

Recently Prior Scientific’s CEO Tom Freda, was interview by Microscopy & Analysis editor Rebecca Pool this will be published in the latest edition of the magazine (Sept/Oct 2019).

More on the article can be found here.

Prior Scientific sponsors local football team

Prior Scientific are proud to sponsor Cambourne FC U10 tigers for the 2019/20 season, the team play in the Cambridgeshire FA mini league and will be playing in their 3rd season together.

The new NanoScan OP400 objective positioner

The new NanoScan OP400 objective positioner from Queensgate Instruments provides high speed, high accuracy and repeatable Z stacking. It is compatible with most microscopes and objective lenses

Queensgate Instruments 40 year anniversary

This year makes the 40th anniversary of Queensgate instruments since its founding in 1979, today the company continues to manufacture high precision nanopositioning devices.

Prior Scientifics 100 Year Celebration

Swynford Manor near Newmarket, Cambridge, hosted Prior Scientific and their guests for Prior’s 100 year anniversary celebration on Thursday 16th May 2019. The evening started with entertainment by the Rose Quartet, a four piece string quartet based in Cambridge who played from their diverse and exciting musical repertoire. Later in the evening Tom Freda, the […]

Mental Health Awareness week 2019

Mental health can affect people in many different ways and impact others around them, it is becoming more socially acceptable to talk about the issues that are effecting people’s mental health. But unfortunately there is also a stigma still attached to mental health, seen inside and outside the workplace, where colleague and friends might not find it easy to speak about.

A hive of activity for Prior Scientific!

Spring offers many surprises as things come out from hibernation during the winter period. This week Prior received an old PriorLux 100 series microscope from the Southport & District beekeepers who found themselves in possession of a donated microscope from the widow of the late Trevor Willets, a former pathologist. The branch is part of […]