Thursday, April 26, 2007

Veeco Instruments Inc. - a nanoscience instrumentation supplier has finalized an agreement with Leica Microsystems – manufacturer of optical microscopy systems. This agreement is about driving the biological and nano-medicine research. The main part of this collaboration is an integration of Veeco's BioScope II atomic force microscope with Leica's DMI series of inverted microscopes for new high-resolution imagery. The new integrated atomic force microscope will be appropriate for a wide array of cutting-edge bioscience applications, such as spatial identification of protein molecules and cellular structures, investigations of cell response to mechanical stimulation and nanomanipulation, and in-situ pharmacological studies of live cells. By being able to mechanically probe and manipulate cellular samples without complicated preparation, biologists can have a unique view into cell functionality and are able to conduct experiments which were impossible with traditional microscopy techniques.