BERLIN, Jan. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bruker today
announced the release of the JPK
NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed 2 advanced AFM system, which
combines highest speed and highest resolution AFM with advanced
bio-imaging features. Developed in close collaboration with their
expanded worldwide user base, the system is the first new product
to come out of Bruker's JPK BioAFM business, formed in July 2018 with the acquisition of JPK Instruments
AG. With AFM scanning speed of 10 frames per second, true atomic
resolution, and advanced life-science capabilities, the JPK
NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 raises the bar in technical
performance for advanced microscopy applications.
JPK's market-leading expertise in combining AFM with advanced
optical techniques, such as phase, DIC, confocal or spinning disc,
single-molecule methods (FRET, FCS, TIRF, FLIM, FRAP),
super-resolution methods (STED, PALM/STORM, SIM), and such other
techniques as Raman or multiphoton microscopy, enables the new
system to deliver unprecedented levels of correlative microscopy.
The new JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 is also equipped
with Bruker's exclusive PeakForce Tapping®, which provides the user
with both superior force control and unmatched AFM ease of use for
quantitative high-resolution imaging and property mapping. Now,
with access to this unique combination of innovative AFM
capabilities, researchers can perform experiments on cells and
single molecules with multiparametric methods to simultaneously
gain new insights into nanoscale dynamics.
"The correlation of high-speed AFM with advanced optics will
allow us to follow dynamic processes on molecular and cellular
levels in real time," said Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet,
Director of the Center for Structural Biochemistry (CBS) in
Montpellier, France. "The
combination of a workflow-based software control and
ease-of-use PeakForce Tapping could help AFM to become a standard
tool in modern life-science research and demonstrates that JPK
as part of Bruker can continue to bring AFM forward in
biology."
"As the first new system developed as part of Bruker, it was
important to continue our commitment to enabling better science
through our BioAFM and optical tweezer product families," added
Torsten Jähnke, Bruker's director of the BioAFM business. "The
NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 system clearly sets a new
benchmark for high-end atomic force microscopy in life science
research."
About the JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2
The
JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 comes
standard with PeakForce Tapping®, Bruker's exclusive technology
that provides unprecedented high-resolution imaging and extends AFM
measurements into a range of samples not previously accessed,
particularly for soft biological samples. The new system also
incorporates JPK's signature Vortis 2 high-speed, high-performance
control electronics. Designed to meet the needs of all user levels,
Vortis 2 delivers the lowest noise levels and highest speeds of
signal processing. A revolutionary new, workflow-based software
graphical user interface (GUI) opens a new chapter in easy-to-use
AFM operation. The software provides user guidance and user
management modules that allow researchers to focus on their
experiments, making the JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2
perfect for multi-user environments or imaging facilities. These
features are backed by the widest range of accessories on the
market, providing the most application and experiment versatility
available for users.
About the JPK BioAFM Business
JPK joined Bruker
in July 2018, bringing in-depth
expertise in live-cell imaging, cellular mechanics, adhesion, and
molecular force measurements, optical trapping, and biological
stimulus-response characterization to Bruker's worldwide
infrastructure and established instrumentation development and
support. The new JPK BioAFM business takes full advantage of the
best of both histories to provide microscopy instrumentation for
biomolecular and cellular imaging, as well as force measurements on
single molecules, cells and tissues. To learn more about Bruker's
biological research AFMs, please visit: www.bruker.com/BioAFM.
About Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR)
Bruker
is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop
new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker's
high-performance scientific instruments and high-value analytical
and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and
materials at molecular, cellular and microscopic levels. In close
cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation,
improved productivity and customer success in life science
molecular research, in applied and pharma applications, in
microscopy and nanoanalysis, and in industrial applications, as
well as in cell biology, preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics
and proteomics research and clinical microbiology. For more
information, please visit: www.bruker.com.
Investor Contact:
Miroslava
Minkova
Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Bruker Corporation
T: +1 (978) 663-3660 x1479
E: Miroslava.Minkova@bruker.com
Media Contact:
Dr. Gabriela
Bagordo
Communications Manager BioAFM
Bruker Nano GmbH
T: +49 (30) 726243 500
E: gabriela.bagordo@bruker.com
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