Friday December 05 2008 | Biotechnology feed | All feeds
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Friday December 05 2008 | Biotechnology feed | All feeds
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June 24 2004 JPK Instruments offers advanced product for combined AFM and fluorescence With the new option for an infrared light source JPK Instruments completes its product range for the combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques with advanced fluorescence imaging. Conventional AFM makes use of red laser light sources for the detection of the forces acting on the AFM tip. Stray light of this lightsource can impose restrictions when fluorescence observations in the red spectral range are desired for FRET, TIRF, LSM, or other techniques. Therefore, a new lightsource and detection path was designed with a laser lightsource of 850nm wavelength. This light is easily blocked off the detection path of fluorescence microscopes by spectral filtering. Furthermore, the new technology eliminates the interference problems that are common for conventional AFMs. In particular, this is beneficial for molecular unfolding or stretching, adhesion and elastic probing, or cell adhesion measurements. Together with the proven atomic resolution and the BioCell. temperature controlled fluid cell, the NanoWizard® AFM system now offers a complete solution for AFM combined with fluorescence microscopy for single molecule and cell investigation. 170 words / 1,162 characters About JPK Instruments AG: The innovative Berlin-based company JPK Instruments, which was founded in 1999, is among the first companies worldwide to have implemented and optimised the principle of Atomic Force Microscopy - AFM - in areas of application like soft matter and the Life Science sector. By now more than 25 highly skilled members of staff develop and manufacture Atomic Force microscopes and other instruments for nano-biotechnological applications. Numerous patents have already been filed. Around the globe there are many renowned scientific research institutes that apply this novel nano-biotechnological technique in their research programmes. JPK's technology can also be applied with non-living soft matter objects. The Company is also one of the first in the nano-biotechnology sector to receive venture capital, e.g. from IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, tbg, "Innovationsfonds des Landes Berlin" and from participation in the programme "Futour" hosted by the Ministry of Economics and Technology. Future rounds of financing are envisaged to aid the entry into international markets and the in-house product development. The company's know-how derives from the accumulated knowledge of its founders and board membersTorsten Jähnke (physicist), Frank Pelzer (businessman) and Jörn Kamps (physicist) and the supporting supervisory board comprising of other experienced venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Downloads: Text as rtf file and a NanoWizard® AFM system picture in "Presse Pool" (www.biocommunications.net) Contact: JPK Instruments AG Dr. Gabriela Bagordo Communication Manager Bouchéstr. 12, D-12435 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-(0)30-5331-12541 Fax.: +49-(0)30-5331-1202 eMail: bagordo@jpk.com Web: www.jpk.com © BIOCOMMUNICATIONS.net GmbH, Brunnenstr. 128, D-13355 Berlin, Germany - Reprint free of charge, please supply copy. |
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