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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Dear all! I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is available. Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! Thank you for your help and reply in advance! With best regards, Martin _______________________ Martin Capek, Ph.D. Dpt. Biomathematics Inst. Physiology AS CR Videnska 1083 142 00 Prague - Krc Czech Republic e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Lucie, Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a problem? Guy Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor & Francis http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm ______________________________________________ Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 Mobile 0413 281 861 ______________________________________________ http://www.guycox.net -----Original Message----- From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: OPT scanner wanted ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Dear all! I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is available. Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! Thank you for your help and reply in advance! With best regards, Martin _______________________ Martin Capek, Ph.D. Dpt. Biomathematics Inst. Physiology AS CR Videnska 1083 142 00 Prague - Krc Czech Republic e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Guy, Thank you. OPT means optical projection tomography and it is an interesting technique providing 3D microscopic images of relatively large specimens, see http://www.bioptonics.com/Home.htm My colleague Martin tried to explain that the original seller (Bioptonics) does not sell the scanners any more - in the future (but certainly not this year) it will be sold by another company which has purchased the licence for this technology. We have to use the funds this year - therefore we would be interested in a second-hand OPT scanner or something similar, such as a thin-sheet laser imaging microscope (see Santi et al., BioTechniques 46: 287-94, 2009) Best wishes, Lucie ________________________________________ Lucie Kubinova, PhD. Director Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Videnska 1083 CZ-14220 Prague 4 Czech Republic Phone: +420 241062314 Fax: +420 241062488 E-mail: [hidden email] On 1.9.2011 17:33, Guy Cox wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > Lucie, > > Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us > what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but > don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this > presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a > problem? > > Guy > > Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology > by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor& Francis > http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm > ______________________________________________ > Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) > Australian Centre for Microscopy& Microanalysis, > Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 > > Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 > Mobile 0413 281 861 > ______________________________________________ > http://www.guycox.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] > On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova > Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: OPT scanner wanted > > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > Dear all! > I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our > > group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to > > get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D > microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in > Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, > > OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was > stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is > available. > > Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any > useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or > does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be > sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! > > Thank you for your help and reply in advance! > With best regards, > Martin > _______________________ > Martin Capek, Ph.D. > Dpt. Biomathematics > Inst. Physiology AS CR > Videnska 1083 > 142 00 Prague - Krc > Czech Republic > e-mail: [hidden email] > > __________ Informace od ESET Smart Security, verze databaze 6427 (20110901) __________ > > Tuto zpravu proveril ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.cz > > > > |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Have you considered one of the structured illumination type microscopes on the market? Craig On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Lucie Kubinova <[hidden email]>wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy<http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy> > ***** > > Guy, > > Thank you. OPT means optical projection tomography and it is an interesting > technique providing 3D microscopic images of relatively large specimens, see > http://www.bioptonics.com/**Home.htm <http://www.bioptonics.com/Home.htm> > > My colleague Martin tried to explain that the original seller (Bioptonics) > does not sell the scanners any more - in the future (but certainly not this > year) it will be sold by another company which has purchased the licence for > this technology. We have to use the funds this year - therefore we would be > interested in a second-hand OPT scanner or something similar, such as a > thin-sheet laser imaging microscope (see Santi et al., BioTechniques 46: > 287-94, 2009) > > Best wishes, > > Lucie > ______________________________**__________ > Lucie Kubinova, PhD. > Director > Institute of Physiology > Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic > Videnska 1083 > CZ-14220 Prague 4 > Czech Republic > Phone: +420 241062314 > Fax: +420 241062488 > E-mail: [hidden email] > > > > On 1.9.2011 17:33, Guy Cox wrote: > >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy<http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy> >> ***** >> >> Lucie, >> >> Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us >> what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but >> don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this >> presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a >> problem? >> >> Guy >> >> Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology >> by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor& Francis >> http://www.guycox.com/optical.**htm<http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm> >> ______________________________**________________ >> Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) >> Australian Centre for Microscopy& Microanalysis, >> Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 >> >> Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 >> Mobile 0413 281 861 >> ______________________________**________________ >> http://www.guycox.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:CONFOCALMICROSCOPY@**LISTS.UMN.EDU<[hidden email]> >> ] >> On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova >> Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM >> To: [hidden email].**EDU <[hidden email]> >> Subject: OPT scanner wanted >> >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy<http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy> >> ***** >> >> Dear all! >> I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our >> >> group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to >> >> get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D >> microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in >> Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, >> >> OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was >> stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is >> available. >> >> Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any >> useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or >> does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be >> sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! >> >> Thank you for your help and reply in advance! >> With best regards, >> Martin >> _______________________ >> Martin Capek, Ph.D. >> Dpt. Biomathematics >> Inst. Physiology AS CR >> Videnska 1083 >> 142 00 Prague - Krc >> Czech Republic >> e-mail: [hidden email] >> >> __________ Informace od ESET Smart Security, verze databaze 6427 >> (20110901) __________ >> >> Tuto zpravu proveril ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.cz >> >> >> >> >> |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Hi Guy, There have been a couple of nice papers on OPT from Enrico Coen's lab and others since then - looking at plant tissues - e.g. Truernit et al., 2008 The Plant Cell 20:1494-1503. A nice technique. cheers, Rosemary Dr Rosemary White CSIRO Plant Industry GPO Box 1600 Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia T 61 2 6246 5475 F 61 2 6246 5334 ________________________________________ From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Guy Cox [[hidden email]] Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 1:33 a.m. To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: OPT scanner wanted ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Lucie, Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a problem? Guy Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor & Francis http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm ______________________________________________ Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 Mobile 0413 281 861 ______________________________________________ http://www.guycox.net -----Original Message----- From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: OPT scanner wanted ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Dear all! I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is available. Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! Thank you for your help and reply in advance! With best regards, Martin _______________________ Martin Capek, Ph.D. Dpt. Biomathematics Inst. Physiology AS CR Videnska 1083 142 00 Prague - Krc Czech Republic e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** G'day Martin, I have sent an email to Rob Bryson-Richardson, who worked in the Edinburgh group with James Sharpe. He has built several OPT microscopes. I'll let you know if he has a solution. Meantime have you considered SPIM? http://www.lmg.embl.de/selective_plane.html OPT is not a super resolution technique, but highly suited to whole mounts such as embryos. I have no connection with OPT or SPIM they are just very nice techniques. Steve Stephen H. Cody On 02/09/2011, at 8:03 AM, [hidden email] wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > Hi Guy, > > There have been a couple of nice papers on OPT from Enrico Coen's lab and others since then - looking at plant tissues - e.g. Truernit et al., 2008 The Plant Cell 20:1494-1503. A nice technique. > > cheers, > Rosemary > > Dr Rosemary White > CSIRO Plant Industry > GPO Box 1600 > Canberra, ACT 2601 > Australia > > T 61 2 6246 5475 > F 61 2 6246 5334 > ________________________________________ > From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Guy Cox [[hidden email]] > Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 1:33 a.m. > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: OPT scanner wanted > > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > Lucie, > > Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us > what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but > don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this > presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a > problem? > > Guy > > Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology > by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor & Francis > http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm > ______________________________________________ > Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) > Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, > Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 > > Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 > Mobile 0413 281 861 > ______________________________________________ > http://www.guycox.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] > On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova > Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: OPT scanner wanted > > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > Dear all! > I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our > > group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to > > get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D > microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in > Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, > > OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was > stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is > available. > > Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any > useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or > does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be > sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! > > Thank you for your help and reply in advance! > With best regards, > Martin > _______________________ > Martin Capek, Ph.D. > Dpt. Biomathematics > Inst. Physiology AS CR > Videnska 1083 > 142 00 Prague - Krc > Czech Republic > e-mail: [hidden email] |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Hi Steve, Thank you so much! Yes, we have tried SPIM, too - it is a nice technique but we would like to use OPT for 3D imaging of large specimens, such as embryos are. The resolution is lower but it is sufficient for our purpose. Lucie > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > G'day Martin, > > I have sent an email to Rob Bryson-Richardson, who worked in the Edinburgh > group with James Sharpe. He has built several OPT microscopes. I'll let > you know if he has a solution. > > Meantime have you considered SPIM? > > http://www.lmg.embl.de/selective_plane.html > > OPT is not a super resolution technique, but highly suited to whole mounts > such as embryos. > > I have no connection with OPT or SPIM they are just very nice techniques. > > Steve > > Stephen H. Cody > > On 02/09/2011, at 8:03 AM, [hidden email] wrote: > >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Hi Guy, >> >> There have been a couple of nice papers on OPT from Enrico Coen's lab >> and others since then - looking at plant tissues - e.g. Truernit et al., >> 2008 The Plant Cell 20:1494-1503. A nice technique. >> >> cheers, >> Rosemary >> >> Dr Rosemary White >> CSIRO Plant Industry >> GPO Box 1600 >> Canberra, ACT 2601 >> Australia >> >> T 61 2 6246 5475 >> F 61 2 6246 5334 >> ________________________________________ >> From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On >> Behalf Of Guy Cox [[hidden email]] >> Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 1:33 a.m. >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: Re: OPT scanner wanted >> >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Lucie, >> >> Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us >> what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but >> don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this >> presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a >> problem? >> >> Guy >> >> Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology >> by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor & Francis >> http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm >> ______________________________________________ >> Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) >> Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, >> Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 >> >> Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 >> Mobile 0413 281 861 >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.guycox.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] >> On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova >> Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: OPT scanner wanted >> >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Dear all! >> I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our >> >> group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to >> >> get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D >> microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in >> Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, >> >> OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was >> stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is >> available. >> >> Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any >> useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or >> does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be >> sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! >> >> Thank you for your help and reply in advance! >> With best regards, >> Martin >> _______________________ >> Martin Capek, Ph.D. >> Dpt. Biomathematics >> Inst. Physiology AS CR >> Videnska 1083 >> 142 00 Prague - Krc >> Czech Republic >> e-mail: [hidden email] > |
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OPT is a very good technique for wholemount imaging and I used one of the prototype scanners built by James Sharpe while I worked at Newcastle and the results were very good, not only for fluorescent staining but for general morphology of unstained embryos as well as doing some good work with LacZ staining. The resolution may not be very high but it is certainly worth using for 3D imaging of wholemount samples....I think we worked out the resolution was down to about 10um, although you clearly can't make out individual cells, it's a kind of "fuzzy" 10um :) Depending on how many samples you have to do and how often you need them scanned you could always enquire to Bio-photonics about the scanning service they provide (at a charge), but clearly it will be better to have access to a scanner yourself for more samples to make it more cost effective and give you a chance to tinker with settings. If I find any further information on scanners available then i'll forward this on to you. Thanks Mark Scott FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy Senior Research Technician Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 408 Imperial College London / South Kensington Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK Tel: ++44(0)20-759-49793 E-mail: [hidden email] Website: http://imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility -----Original Message----- From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of [hidden email] Sent: 02 September 2011 01:15 To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: OPT scanner wanted ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Hi Steve, Thank you so much! Yes, we have tried SPIM, too - it is a nice technique but we would like to use OPT for 3D imaging of large specimens, such as embryos are. The resolution is lower but it is sufficient for our purpose. Lucie > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > G'day Martin, > > I have sent an email to Rob Bryson-Richardson, who worked in the Edinburgh > group with James Sharpe. He has built several OPT microscopes. I'll let > you know if he has a solution. > > Meantime have you considered SPIM? > > http://www.lmg.embl.de/selective_plane.html > > OPT is not a super resolution technique, but highly suited to whole mounts > such as embryos. > > I have no connection with OPT or SPIM they are just very nice techniques. > > Steve > > Stephen H. Cody > > On 02/09/2011, at 8:03 AM, [hidden email] wrote: > >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Hi Guy, >> >> There have been a couple of nice papers on OPT from Enrico Coen's lab >> and others since then - looking at plant tissues - e.g. Truernit et al., >> 2008 The Plant Cell 20:1494-1503. A nice technique. >> >> cheers, >> Rosemary >> >> Dr Rosemary White >> CSIRO Plant Industry >> GPO Box 1600 >> Canberra, ACT 2601 >> Australia >> >> T 61 2 6246 5475 >> F 61 2 6246 5334 >> ________________________________________ >> From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On >> Behalf Of Guy Cox [[hidden email]] >> Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 1:33 a.m. >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: Re: OPT scanner wanted >> >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Lucie, >> >> Your post is a bit hard to follow. Can you first tell us >> what OPT is? I thought I was familiar with most of the acronyms, but >> don't know this one. Secondly, if a technology has been licensed this >> presumably means that somebody is manufacturing it, so why is there a >> problem? >> >> Guy >> >> Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology >> by Guy Cox CRC Press / Taylor & Francis >> http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm >> ______________________________________________ >> Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon) >> Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, >> Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 >> >> Phone +61 2 9351 3176 Fax +61 2 9351 7682 >> Mobile 0413 281 861 >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.guycox.net >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] >> On Behalf Of Lucie Kubinova >> Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 12:15 AM >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: OPT scanner wanted >> >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Dear all! >> I am writing to this forum, since we are in a bit unusual situation. Our >> >> group is very much interested in 3D microscopy and we were successful to >> >> get funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences to purchase a 3D >> microscope. We turned our attention to an OPT scanner produced in >> Edinburgh byMRC Technology, due to its commercial availability. However, >> >> OPT technology has been licensed and the production of the scanner was >> stopped. Thus, we have funds for a microscope and no 3D machine is >> available. >> >> Please, can you help us to solve the problem? I would appreciate any >> useful information if anybody has, e.g. a second-hand OPT machine, or >> does something similar and has at least a functional prototype to be >> sold, etc. Whatever meaningful information will be of interest for us! >> >> Thank you for your help and reply in advance! >> With best regards, >> Martin >> _______________________ >> Martin Capek, Ph.D. >> Dpt. Biomathematics >> Inst. Physiology AS CR >> Videnska 1083 >> 142 00 Prague - Krc >> Czech Republic >> e-mail: [hidden email] > |
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