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Local Microscope Maker Gains Impressive Clientele
August 8, 2004
Some of the most sophisticated, cutting-edge microscopes being used at top research institutions to learn more about the way our bodies work are being crafted ata a small company here. Prairie Technologies makes laser scanning confocal microscopes...
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Newman, Judy. “Behind the Lens.” Wisconsin State Journal 08 August 2004: C1,C8.
Prairie Technologies works with UW engineer to visualize the brain, Wisconsin Technology Network, Madison, WI, February 22, 2005
How does one visualize thought? Professor Dan van der Weide is working with Prairie Technologies in Madison to monitor neurons from a distance, using microwaves instead of invasive probes.
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WiSBIC (Wisconsin Small Business Innovation Consortium) Wisconsin Small business Innovation Award for Outstanding Achievements Awardee:1998, 1999, 2001-2002, 2003, 2006.
DATA SPOTLIGHT
C. elegans embryo expressing B-tubulin GFP
Image courtesy of Koen Verbrugghe and Chris Malone, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Time-lapse recordings of tubulin GFP C. elegans embryos during mitosis.
One image was acquired every second with a 100x Super Fluor lens using the SFC.
Image courtesy of Kevin Eliceiri and Koen Verbrugghe, LOCI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
