Explore your micro universe with JENOPTIK GRYPHAX® cameras for micro photography

Precise hematological diagnosing requires a lot of experience and excellent true-color imaging from the microscope camera used for hematopathology – such as our GRYPHAX® ARKTUR camera.

We interviewed an expert, Thomas Nebe, M.D., from the HaeMa laboratory in Mannheim, Germany to get a better understanding of the benefits of precise imaging for hematopathology diagnoses.

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Marine researchers at the University of Hawaii use a JENOPTIK GRYPHAX® camera to document their discovery of a new type of deep-sea bamboo coral – insights into the application of an ALTAIR camera from Jenoptik for oceanography.

It is important to understand the phenomena of our oceans; they have far-reaching effects on our climate, our health and the economy. Our oceans are probably the least understood and yet one of the most important components of our planet.

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Every discovery and decision that is made can change the world – sometimes only in tiny nuances or for a particular person – but sometimes for a great number of people, which could also have an enormous impact on our daily lives.

Read about an example of how a JENOPTIK GRYPHAX® camera is used to analyze tiny details in marine microfossils, to decode the data hidden in the sediments of our oceans and to reconstruct the environmental conditions in the course of the earth's climate history.

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Opinions and standards regarding the authenticity and naturalness of the material leather occasionally differ, particularly as the result of a globalized and increasingly online-driven trade.

This is where the identification of genuine leather can help to dispel any misunderstandings between manufacturers, retailers, purchasing companies and, not least, the consumers.

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have conducted an archaeological analysis of a gold signet ring from the “Griffin Warrior Tomb” – one of the 3,500-year-old artifacts from excavations carried out at the Palace of Nestor in Pylos. Microscope images taken with JENOPTIK GRYPHAX® cameras form the basis for the digital investigations of the artefacts recovered from a Bronze Age time capsule.

The Palace of Nestor was described in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Greek myth of the Trojan horse and was an important administrative and political centre in the Mycenaean period. It is located in the ancient city of Pylos, on the southwest coast of Greece. In 2015, archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati made an exceptionally rich find at the Palace of Nestor. An initially inconspicuous rectangle made of stones revealed the marvelously intact tomb of a warrior from the Bronze Age.

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CMOS sensors are very attractive and have such an excellent price-performance ratio that virtually any device today can be equipped with the ability to image – and give any microscope, scientific instrument or medical device a significant competitive advantage. The ability to visualize samples – whether central to the analysis or an apparent “nice to have” feature – can lead to desirable new applications, quality assurance and experimental design.

Biological imaging has evolved from a passive observational collector of descriptive pictures to a keen, versatile and quantitative analytical tool. Microscopic images of tissues and cells provide the basis for characterization and measurements of disease progression, live cell imaging, automated diagnostics, and a host of other activities in the life science and medical diagnostic laboratory. Digital microscopes thus play a crucial role in the signal pathway between the biological sample of interest and the eyes of the scientist.

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CCD or CMOS? Although both devices are built on the same fundamental technology, there are differences that have favored one over the other, depending on the application. Chemiluminescence has often been the reserve of CCD detectors because of their relative sensitivity, but they are slower compared to CMOS. Now, CMOS has taken a great leap, and may be favorable to support the more challenging applications where readout speed, power consumption and portability are of the essence.

Chemiluminescence – the emission of light from a chemical reaction – is good for more than glow sticks and lecture demonstrations. In biological research, chemiluminescence informs scientists of the precise locations and quantities of proteins and metabolites within cells as well as in in vitro analysis methods such as Western blotting. Chemiluminescence provides key insights into the expression and activity of biologically significant proteins, which is often studied in the process of drug development.

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