WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2008--Veeco Instruments
Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leading provider of instrumentation to the
nanoscience community, announced today that the M.E. Muller Institute
for Structural Biology (MSB) at the Biozentrum in Basel, Switzerland,
has selected its BioScope(TM) II Atomic Force Microscope to aid in its
cutting edge life sciences research program. The MSB placed the order
for Veeco's BioScope II during the fourth quarter of 2007.
The MSB's Professor of Structural Biology, Ueli Aebi, commented:
"Veeco's BioScope II is ideal for our research because of the strong
features of the tool, such as the superior integration of optical
microscope methods, the powerful software and the flexible controller.
In addition, we have had good prior experience with Veeco's product
portfolio and their on-going customer support."
Roderick Lim, a principal investigator at the MSB, added, "I
believe our research efforts will be significantly strengthened by
forging an even closer partnership with Veeco. As we innovate beyond
current life sciences approaches and strive towards translational
research, the BioScope II has the potential to form the mainstay of a
multi-disciplinary platform that lies at the interface between the
biological and physical sciences."
Sebastian Tille, Veeco's Senior Life Science Product Marketing
Manager, commented, "The scientists at the MSB are considered to be
leading innovators in the field of life sciences research. Our
BioScope II will bring to the Institute the capability to image
biological complexes far beyond the diffraction limit of light, as
well as measure nanomechanical properties of single biomolecules,
cells and tissues. In addition, Veeco intends to work closely with the
scientists at MSB to help identify novel ways to apply AFM and related
techniques to life sciences applications."
Veeco's innovative, high-performance BioScope II AFM has been
engineered specifically to facilitate advanced bioscience research. It
enables novel in-situ techniques for measuring biological samples in
three dimensions, while being integrated into with inverted optical
research microscopes. The BioScope II is ideal for a wide array of
cutting-edge bioscience applications, such as spatial identification
of protein molecules and cellular structures, investigations of cell
response to mechanical stimulation and nano-manipulation, and in-situ
pharmacological studies of live cells. The BioScope II is designed for
multimodal imaging and measurements, specifically targeting the
correlation of nanoscopic measurements with advanced
optical/fluorescence microscopy.
About the M.E. Muller Institute for Structural Biology
Founded in spring of 1986 and financially supported by the M.E.
Muller Foundation, the MSB has been pursuing basic research into the
structure, function, interaction and dynamics of muscle, cytoskeletal
and nuclear envelope proteins, and of membrane pumps, channels,
anchors and receptors. The major research tools involve a wide range
of state-of-the-art light, electron and scanning probe microscopies
which are rigorously combined with biochemical, biophysical, cell and
molecular biological, and immunological techniques.
About Veeco
Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscale
applications in the worldwide data storage, semiconductor,
HB-LED/wireless and scientific research markets. Our Metrology
products are used to measure at the nanoscale and our Process
Equipment tools help create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturing
and engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey,
California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service
offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and
Asia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found at
http://www.veeco.com/.
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