Nikon announces the launch in June of its NEW research stereomicroscopes. The Nikon SMZ25 and SMZ18 have evolved to meet the increasing need for imaging systems that span spatial scales from single cells to whole organisms. They feature a large zoom ratio of 25:1 for the SMZ25, superior optical resolution, advanced motorisation and control, as well as exceptional fluorescence transmission capability.

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Nikon Instruments has partnered with University of Amsterdam to open a new Center of Excellence in Super Resolution microscopy development.  Opening 23rd October, the Center of Excellence is a state-of-the-art facility, enabling research across a broad range of disciplines. It will house Nikon’s latest Super Resolution systems including N-SIM, N-STORM, A1R and C2 Confocal and Spinning Disk Confocal.

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The team at Nikon offers warm congratulations to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka on the well-deserved 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine, for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. We thank you for your commitment to cellular research and your revolutionary findings which have forever changed our understanding of the field.

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Nikon Instruments UK has signed an agreement with Unitech to supply microscopy and digital imaging equipment to the biological market in Ireland. Unitech will have exclusive rights to supply and support Nikon microscopes, digital cameras and software to customers in universities, hospitals, government, biotech, pharmaceutical and food industry in Ireland.

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