We're on our way to the 2009 Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago that begins Sunday. When planning your meeting itinerary, be sure to include our free practical workshops at Exhibit 869. Led by our team of talented staff scientists, each 30-minute session will offer tips on how to get the most out of our software. Get more information on what you can see at our...
Read MoreThere are still a few open spaces in Dr. Mark West's "Introduction to Stereology for Neuroscientists" course on October 15-16, at the Silversmith Hotel in Chicago. Register for the two-day course, held immediately prior to this year's meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, and learn how to design, supervise, and critically evaluate stereological studies of the nervous system. Stereology is a methodology that provides meaningful quantitative...
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As part of the effort to showcase the emerging neuroscience community at Western Washington University, we will be sponsoring the Pacific Northwest Neuroscience Meeting on Saturday October 3rd, 2009. Historically, this meeting has attracted as many as 120 local neuroscientists from Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Victoria, and University of Washington. This year’s event is co-sponsored by WWU and the...
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At MBF Bioscience, we are committed to delivering innovative products and unrivaled support to our customers and collaborators. Our development team and staff scientists actively engage with leading scientific researchers to develop new technology as they work to further advance the field. Recently, several of our customers worked closely with us to advance virtual slide technology to create high resolution brain atlases and morphometric analyses using...
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Thousands of people in the United States have spinal cord injuries (SCIs), with associated loss of movement and sensation below the site of the injury. Neural and glial cell transplants into research animals after SCI have correlated with recovery of function. The improvement may be caused by the transplanted cells; it’s thought that remyelination by the transplanted glial cells is the main reason for the...
Read MoreWith the release of Neurolucida 9 comes version 4 of AutoNeuron. At MBF Bioscience our customers’ suggestions often become our newest features. What’s new and improved? Windows 7/64-Bit: We’ve tested—and passed—Neurolucida and AutoNeuron on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. The 64-bit version allows more memory and bigger data sets. Interactive Mode: We’ve put a lot of work into making this easier to use. AutoNeuron...
Read MoreImage courtesy of Juan Carlos Tapia, PhD, Harvard University Now available, release 9 of our flagship Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator systems represent one of the largest changes in the history of these products. With many new features and an improved interface, we’re listening to you, our loyal customers, and delivering products with innovation, power, and speed. Stereo Investigator and Neurolucida New Features Image Handling: We’ve been busy when...
Read Moreby Julie Keefe, M.S. With version 9.0 of our software, you can now easily configure a Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator system to support multiple users, each with their own personalized settings. There is no need to worry if the program is pointing to the right directory or accessing the correct configuration files for each user. The new multiple-user setup only takes about 30 seconds for each user. It...
Read Moreby Jack Glaser, President We pride ourselves on designing cutting edge applications that are comprehensive, easy-to-use, and tailored to your research. Three years ago, we launched AutoNeuron for automated neuron reconstruction. Today, I am proud to announce that we are continuing our tradition of innovation with version 9.0 of Stereo Investigator, which includes automated 3D cell detection with colocalization. It significantly reduces the time and effort required...
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One factor that makes a neuron uniquely suited for a particular function is its morphology, including where and how the dendrites extend. The nature of the dendritic arbor affects the connectivity and electrical properties of the neuron, and arbor abnormalities are associated with neurological diseases. Many classification schemes have been based on neuronal morphology but in an article from the December 2007 issue of Neuron,...
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