Fluorescence Product Manufacturers

• Semrock - Semrock develops and manufactures high-performance biomedical optics, including the Brightline^TM series of fluorescence filters, which significantly improve the performance of instrumentation and microscopes for both OEM and end users. Semrock's innovative catalog offerings further include high performance filters for Raman spectroscopy, and unique laser-system optics such as the ultra-broadband MaxMirror^TM laser mirror, that are setting a new standard for analytic instrumentation and other applications

• Electron Tubes - Electron Tubes develops and markets photomultiplier tubes and other light sensing devices.   Their photon counting modules are compatible with our Digital Photon Counting system.

• Chroma Technology Corp. - Chroma is an employee-owned company that produces the world's finest optical filters and filter sets.   The company specializes in the design and manufacture of optical filters and coatings for applications which require the greatest precision in color separation, optical quality and signal purity. 

• Molecular Probes, Inc. - Molecular Probes is committed to being the leading provider of novel fluorescent reagents and techniques that advance scientific and biomedical research world-wide.

• Omega Optical - Since 1969 pioneering filter technology for microscopy and fluorescence instrumentation.   Offering an extensive selection of dye-specific filter solutions for single and multi-label applications.  Proprietary ALPHA technology produces the steepest slopes in the industry, resulting in extremely high signal-to-noise and brighter images for demanding imaging applications.

• Starna - As a wholly owned company of the Starna international group of companies, Starna Cells provides many instrument manufacturers with specialized optical components and other private label products, including the Starna brand of high quality spectrophotometer cells, accessories and the extensive range of NIST Traceable Liquid Reference Materials.

• TEFLABS - Texas Fluorescence Laboratories, specializing in fluorescent ion indicators, ionophores, probes for cell signaling, enzyme substrates and custom synthesis.

Microscope Manufacturers

• Olympus

• Nikon Inc.

• Carl Zeiss

• Leica
  

Microscope Accessories

• Bioptechs, Inc. - Bioptechs manufactures live-cell microscopy environmental control instrumentation for qualitative and or quantitative light microscopy.  Their products include micro-observation environmental control instruments, perfusion pumps, biocompatible tubing for cell culture and specialized fittings and adapters.

Professional Societies and Journals

• Journal of Fluorescence - The Journal of Fluorescence is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original articles that advance the practice of this spectroscopic technique.

• Society for Applied Spectroscopy - The object of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy is to advance and disseminate knowledge and information concerning the art and science of spectroscopy and other allied sciences.

• Journal of Biomedical Optics - The Journal of Biomedical Optics is intended to be the repository for peer-reviewed papers that utilize modern optical technology for improved health care and biomedical research.

• Society of Fluorescence - The goals of the Society of Fluorescence are: a) the promotion of methods of fluorescence, b) the dissemination of information on fluorescence and its applications, and c) the organization of conferences related to fluorescence.

Other Fluorescence Information Resources

• Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy - The CFS provides state-of-the-art time-domain and frequency-domain fluorescence instrumentation for scientists whose research can be enhanced by such experimental data, primarily for use in studies of the structure, function, and dynamics of biological macromolecules.

• Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics - The aims of the LFD are two-fold: to provide a state-of-the-art laboratory for time resolved fluorescence measurements with technical assistance to visiting scientist/users and to design, test and implement advances in the technology, especially in hardware, automation software and applications to the biomedical arts.

• Fluorescence Interest Group - The Fluorescence interest group explores the use of fluorescence spectroscopy to quantify important interactions in biochemistry and medicine. Special emphasis is given to the assembly, motions and structures of macromolecules; esp. DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions. The ability to export these technologies to imaging at the cellular and deep tissue levels is also explored. As a group or as individuals, we also review and evaluate new fluorescence technologies, instruments and probe molecules.

• TSRI Fluorescence Spectrum Viewer - This is a handy Java web site tool that allows you to view the excitation and emission spectra of a number of fluorescent probes.  It is brought to you by the The Scripps Research Institute.
  

Data Graphing, Data Acquisition and Instrument Control Systems

• OriginLab - OriginLab offers scientific graphing and data analysis solutions to both industrial and academic users. Their products are designed to be easy-to-use, yet have the power and versatility to provide a comprehensive solution for the needs of scientists and engineers.

• LabVIEW, National Instruments Corporation - Thousands of successful engineers, scientists, and technicians use LabVIEW to create solutions for their demanding application needs. LabVIEW is a revolutionary graphical programming development environment based on the G programming language for data acquisition and control, data analysis, and data presentation. LabVIEW gives you the flexibility of a powerful programming language without the associated difficulty and complexity because its graphical programming methodology is inherently intuitive to scientists and engineers.