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Neuro2010 is in full swing! If you're in Kobe, Japan for the event, stop by the MBF Bioscience booth (number 42). Norikazu Okada will be demonstrating Neurolucida, AutoNeuron, and Stereo Investigator. The joint conference of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 20th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neural Network Society, Neuro2010 takes...

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The Senate appropriations labor, health, and human services subcommittee approved a $1 billion increase for the NIH in 2011, bumping the agency by 3.5% over its 2010 budget to $32 billion. Both House and Senate bills will go to the full appropriations committees before the two houses meet to work out a compromise bill. A vote on the final bill is not expected until after the...

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Scientists explain the neurological process for the recognition of letters and numbers "We analyzed the influence of the context given by a word when linking the physical traits of its components to the abstract representations of letters," explains to SINC Nicola Molinaro, main author of the study and researcher of the Basque Research Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL)....

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Our recent 30 June 2010 webinar recording is now available for you to view at any time. Staff scientist Jose Maldonado, PhD. demonstrates how to acquire a series of image stacks using Systematic Random Sampling (SRS) for offline, unbiased stereological analysis.  For information and background on this webinar, visit the webinar page on the MBF Bioscience website. You'll find a link at the bottom to...

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Join MBF Bioscience staff scientist and research liaison Julie Simpson, PhD. for a seminar on applying the principles of unbiased stereology to your scientific studies. It's at 10am-12noon on Monday 12 July 2010 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. ABC1 Building 425 N. 5th St, Room 417. RSVP to Dr. julie Simpson at julies@mbfbioscience.com to reserve your place in the seminar and live demonstrations. More information is available at...

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On 3-7 July, MicroBrightField Europe E.K. will be attending the Forum for European Neuroscience (FENS) in Amsterdam, where we will be demonstrating all the latest versions of our software. We invite you to visit us at Booth 427, where company president Jack Glaser will join Dr. Reinhard Braul, our European technical sales representative, to greet you and give you demonstrations of the latest developments of our...

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The American Thoracic Society International Conference starts Friday, we're excited! We’ll be demonstrating the newest features of Stereo Investigator—Pulmonary Edition. at what promises to be a memorable meeting. If you'll be in New Orleans May 14 - 19, for ATS 2010, be sure to stop by Booth 618 where Science Application Specialist Masha Stern and International Sales Liaison Michelle Murray will demonstrate how scientists working in...

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Scientists and researchers who use MBF Bioscience products have a new online resource. The new MBF Bioscience Software Users Group on LinkedIn is a place where both experts and new users can go to discuss everything from counting cells with Stereo Investigator to using Neurolucida for 3D neuron reconstruction, to making the most of the Optical Fractionator. Join the community and be a part of...

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  Saturday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile caused devastation throughout the country. Concerned about the safety of our customers in the region, MBF Bioscience co-founder Edmund Glaser and Staff Scientist Jose Maldonado checked in with Dr. Jorge Mpodozis of the Universidad de Chile, in Santiago. "Electrical power is still very unstable," Dr. Mpodozis said. "The same can be said about communications. We hope that...

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