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The diagnostic accuracy of the hand-held Raman spectrometer for the identification of anti-malarial drugs

Posted on May 31, 2016 by saronp

Published in the 2016 Malaria Journal, this study was conducted to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the NanoRam® handheld Raman spectrometer for the identification of anti-malarial drugs in response to the increasing need for accurate and field-applicable instruments for the evaluation of the quality of anti-malarial drugs. Continue reading →

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Analyzing Larva Behaviors using a Laser Stimulus

Posted on April 9, 2014 by kyle

B&W Tek met with principle investigator Marta Zlatic and head engineer Dominik Hoffmann to discuss the use of our lasers in a stimulus-evoked behavior study using fruit fly larva. We successfully partnered with them for their proof of principle using our infrared solid-state multimode lasers to better understand the neurons in fruit fly larva, and the behaviors that are induced with laser stimulus. Continue reading →

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Congratulations to SciX 2013 Award Recipients

Posted on October 7, 2013 by kyle

Dr. Katherine Bakeev of B&W Tek presided over the award session for Professor Rohit Bhargava (Bioengineering, University of Illinois) winner … Continue reading →

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Video: Application of B&W Tek Lasers in Neurobiology

Posted on October 9, 2012 by kyle

At Janelia Farm, Dr. Zlatic is using multiple BWF5 high power, rack mounted, fiber coupled diode lasers with custom flat field optics from B&W Tek as her stimulus to understand how sensory input affects the nervous system. Continue reading →

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