Monthly archives: November, 2011

An Arch-based voltage sensor

The newest voltage sensor is from Adam Cohen’s lab and based on a microbial rhodopsin, a class of light sensitive proteins already being put to use in optogenetics.

In this case, they’ve take Archaerhodopsin 3…



Arrests likely in Olympus case

If you live in Japan, then you’ve already been updated by the nightly news over the past few weeks. For those of you for whom this has slipped under the radar: Olympus, the 92-year-old company which…



Thorlabs’ B-scope

Thorlabs’ scope pieces and kits have been mentioned in these pages before. At SfN, they had their new B-scope on display. This is like the Sutter MOM and the UCLA scope,…



TIRF teaching materials

Next time you’re explaining TIRF to someone, start off by showing them this piece of artwork. (Arndt von Scheidt, source)



Building a 2p scope, 2011 edition

What’s new this year?

The original post on building a 2p scope still gets a lot of hits. Let’s revisit the topic.

Scientifica

Scientifica has been working hard on developing a kit for multiphoton imaging. It’s all based off of their minimalist, yet versatile SliceScope platform.

I’ve had the opportunity to check out their collection module and…



Sensapex piezo manipulators

Sensapex is the new kid on the block for micromanipulators, and theirs have an ultra small footprint with 20mm of travel on 3 axes. Here are some pictures of one of the first production…



Stop Safari from reloading tabs

Apple’s Safari web browser v5.1 has an annoying behavior where tabs reload/refresh like crazy. This can cause lost work and data.

Disable the problematic behavior this way:
1. Close Safari

2. Open a terminal and enter this command

defaults write com.apple.safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1


3. Restart Safari. You should see a new menu to the right of…



Impact factor = subscription price

For the next two weeks, you can get a personal 1 year subscription to any of the Nature publications for a price equal…



Thorlabs’ SM2 fits Nikon lenses

Fun fact for the day: ThorLabs’ SM2…