My love to microscopes doesn’t stop when go out from the lab. I love reading articles, watching news and programs about them. Here is the latest information I thought you might also be interested in. The big group of scientists combined from 90 research institutes from different countries all over the world, which is called The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium, informed about the first results of reading the honeybee genome. Honeybee appeared to be the third insect whose genome was possible to read thoroughly. Specific genes were alighted in honeybee genome which are responsible for the utilization of floral nectar and pollen as well as 9 genes, which provide ability for bee larvae to change into representatives of one or another caste depending on how they were fed. Compared to mosquito and мушка, honeybee has much less genes, connected with immune protection, but it has more genes concerned with sense of smell. All these discoveries were performed under a modern high tech digital microscopes.

My love to microscopes doesn’t stop when go out from the lab. I love reading articles, watching news and programs about them. Here is the latest information I thought you might also be interested in. The big group of scientists combined from 90 research institutes from different countries all over the world, which is called The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium, informed about the first results of reading the honeybee genome. Honeybee appeared to be the third insect whose genome was possible to read thoroughly. Specific genes were alighted in honeybee genome which are responsible for the utilization of floral nectar and pollen as well as 9 genes, which provide ability for bee larvae to change into representatives of one or another caste depending on how they were fed. Compared to mosquito and мушка, honeybee has much less genes, connected with immune protection, but it has more genes concerned with sense of smell. All these discoveries were performed under a modern high tech digital microscopes.

Little question for you, you might think it’s a very ridiculous one, but oh well… Have you ever seen microscope in your dream? If yes, then I can tell you what it means… So, if you see a microscope in your dream, don’t panic, relax and listen to me. To see a microscope in a dream means that you’ll find out what a person you’re interested in (or you like) thinks about you. So, if a young girl sees a microscope in a dream, it means that soon she’ll find out what her boyfriend (or friend) thinks about her. If you see that you’re using a microscope, be careful. You might get into little troubles, caused only by yourself. If you break a microscope in a dream, it means you should take care of you reputation. Using a microscope for research purposes in a dream means you should be very careful, there could be people around gossiping about you. Read it for fun, but don’t take it seriously! Have nice dreams!

Looking into this world through a microscope is so different from reality…Have you ever thought what you will see when you look at your tooth, stomach, tongue, rose petals, nails and much more through a microscope? I’ve seen all this and can honestly tell you, that it doesn’t have anything similar with the real picture…. It’s not ugly, it’s not nasty, it’s just different. When I work very long days and nights, sometimes I forget which one of the two worlds is real. When I get scared and feel tired, I want to go into a ‘microscope world’, because everything there is so slow, silent, calm, quiet and I feel that I’m in charge there… But when the weather changes, leaves turn different colors, when it rains or snows or everything is green and blooming I want to be in this world and enjoy the warmth or cold, rain, snow or wind…. And I feel very thankful and blessed that I have this opportunity to live in two different worlds and experience changes.

When I was little, one of the professions I was interested in was a doctor. I didn’t understand much at that point and didn’t even know that in several years I’ll set my mind on entering college and getting a medical degree. At that time I associated doctors with medicine, hospitals and … microscopes (which might appear very interesting to you).That is why I collected multicolored pieces of glass. I had so many of them, different shapes and colors, that my room was a mess: brown, green, white, dark blue, yellowish and much much more. But I wasn’t just collecting them, I was also using them, as I thought doctors did. First of all I looked at the sun through each of the glass to see how beautiful it is and what color it turns into at light… Then I found either a leaf, flower or a bug, dug a little hole in sand, put my treasure there and covered it with a glass, I chose especially for it. I enjoyed this tremendously. In several days I’d go and check my treasure, but unfortunately was never able to find it, so made more and more of them day after day. Years later, I graduated college with a MA in Medicine Science and now ….. work with microscopes in a lab, helping my colleges to fight severe diseases and curses of this century. But the world that I see through a microscope glass today seems to me the same I saw through a colored glass long time ago…

The recently opened - Nikon Imaging Center at UCSF's Mission Bay campus – is one of only two opened in the country. It’s primarily purpose is to help the academic researchers who will be its primary users, and also be a resource for biotechnology companies. The Center combines the collection of state-of-the-art microscopes, coupled with cameras and computers, worth more than $2 million. Corporate scientists will be offered access to the microscopes for an hourly fee. In addition, the center will open certain workshops in advanced microscope skills to non-academics, possibly at no charge. Access to this center and Nikon equipment is the type of opportunity that makes the Bay Area a magnet for biotech companies, said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Nikon has set up similar centers at Harvard, Oxford, the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and Hokkaido University in Japan. And Nikon Executive Vice President Lee Shuett said, that it’s a happy joint contribution for the Nikon company. There are veteran optics companies like Zeiss, Olympus and Leica, that Nikon competes with. But according to Nikon Imaging Center director Mr. Thorn, Nikon is the only company to establish such centers. But you can decide for yourself which microscope you like the best and what company fits you the best by comparing quality, sizes and prices.

Due to curiosity and interest in art and science of my 6 year old daughter Arina we go to different art galleries and exhibitions in our town as well while traveling. But this visit appeared to be not the routine one… At first glance, the photograph at the Utah Museum of Natural History appeared to be a close-up of a slice of marble, with swirls of blacks, oranges, greens and whites. But the sign nearby said that it was a photo of a fossilized animal dung at twelve time magnification!!! Can you imagine that? I couldn’t believe my eyes. A new museum exhibition called “Ancient Microworlds: Fossils Up Close” features more than 60 such extreme looks at ancient objects. When I looked at the images, they all looked like abstract art to me. One of the closest images peeks at a dinosaur fossil magnified 70 times. There are also magnified fossilized gingko leaves, gastropods and much more. It looks very much like art and my daughter said, that wouldn’t mind having something like that on the wall in her room. Besides art projects, there was a row of microscopes at that exhibition, which grabbed my daughter’s attention. While staring at the walls with my mouth open, I lost the sight of my daughter, but was able to find her at one of the microscopes. She brought a butterfly wing, put it into the microscope focus and was researching it. After a few moments of intense study, she raised her head from the microscope and declared "I like it." Her eyes were shining and she had the biggest smile on her face I’ve ever seen. She was enjoying herself and the microscope, examining everything she could place beneath the microscope, from pieces of paper to sugar and even cotton. I’ve never seen my baby so happy, so for the coming Christmas my husband and I decided that Santa should bring her…. microscope….

Leica Microsystems introduced their new Leica AF6000 image integrator that is compatible with upright microscopes as well as inverted microscopes. A successor of Leica FW4000, the new AF6000 is capable of harmonizing of the microscope, camera and applications. New Leica integrated system for fluorescence imaging is advanced and provides solutions that grow with changing of research requirements. Leica imaging system is able to provide solutions for multiple applications and is valued as a new in product in the science community.