Nikon Microscope Solutions
The official account for the Life Science Solutions division of the Nikon Healthcare Business, with a focus on biological microscopy products and services for the life science, biotech/pharma, and clinical laboratory markets.
- 🏆In our latest "Well-Being" feature, we explore the impact of the Japan Biology Olympiad. 🤝Nikon's commitment to well-being includes supporting the educational foundations of our society. 👉Read the full story: bit.ly/3Md1TKX #STEM #ScienceEducation #NikonMicroscopy #Biotechnology
- 🧠What if your imaging software could make decisions as it goes? 📝This app note highlights an adaptive feedback microscopy workflow using the Nikon AX confocal system and NIS-Elements with JOBS and GA3 modules to study the lateral line system in juvenile medaka fish. 📄Read: bit.ly/4tkzpzM
- 🎗️On #WorldCancerDay, we honor discovery. 🔬The fight against cancer happens at the microscopic level. Nikon is proud to support the researchers pushing the boundaries of understanding every day. 🔗Explore the #NikonSmallWorld images of Cancer Cells: bit.ly/3O0Yqj1 #NikonMicroscopy
- 🧬Cell line development is a fundamental, but difficult step in many life science and biotechnology projects. 🤝With Cell Microsystems, we explored how an automated, image‑driven workflow can simplify every step of monoclonal line generation. 👉Read: bit.ly/4aayn0s #NikonApplicationNote
- 🐟🔬A new Nature study from the Brugues lab uncovers the mechanical logic behind it. In zebrafish embryos, microtubule asters stiffen the cytoplasm during interphase, anchoring the open band in place. 📖Read the full story: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-… #NikonScienceSpotlight #Biophysics
- 📢We will be participating in the World Health Expo Labs in Dubai! 🤝Visit us at Booth S2.B51 from 10–13 February 2026 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. 🔬Our team will be happy to discuss how Nikon can support your needs in both established and specialised applications. #WHXLabsinDubai
- 👀 Guess what we are looking at? 🔬 It’s a 1/80 scale model of the Nikon JOICO microscope! The artwork was crafted by artist and Guinness World Record holder David A. Lindon, using the Nikon SMZ25 stereo microscope. 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/49IFj4D #NikonMicroscopy100
- 🗣️Sharing wonderful feedback from Dr. Michael Abanto (University of Basel) on the AX confocal microscope with NSPARC detector! "We expected to use the AX NSPARC mostly for its high-resolution capability but were stunned by its high sensitivity." 🎥Watch the full interview ▶ bit.ly/3Z59q1a
- ✨Matthew Kofron, Ph.D. supports researchers across a major pediatric medical center and helps enable discoveries that improve child health. 🔬Highlighting one of the inspiring messages from our “My Research Using Nikon Microscopes” series. 👉Read more: bit.ly/4a5yew8 #NikonMicroscopy100
- Learn how automated MERFISH workflows enable high-throughput, single-cell spatial mapping in intact tissue. 🗓 4 March 2026 | ⏰ 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST 🎙 Prof. Jonathan Brewer | 🎤 Ezequiel Miron, Nikon Europe 👉 Register bit.ly/45lP2fL
- 🎓Celebrating the International Day of Education by making learning even more accessible. 📝Nikon’s Online Guides are designed to help students, educators, and labs get the most out of their microscopes without slowing down the learning process. 💻Access the Online Guides: bit.ly/4rcppql
- 🧠 A new study from Meenakshi Rao's group shows that mouse intestinal glia form distinct groups with different roles. 🔍They identify Tacr3 as a key marker and an NKB–TACR3 pathway that shapes glial development and gut movement. #NikonScienceSpotlight #NikonMicroscopy #Neuroscience
- 🥼In our recent Well-Being post, we visited the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) in Switzerland. 🔬Researchers aim to build bridges between the laboratory and clinical practice to understand neuropsychiatric disorders. 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4hTLLtn #NikonMicroscopy #WellBeing
- 📝In our latest app note, Andreas Brunner and Kai Sandvold Beckwith from Jan Ellenberg's Lab at EMBL Heidelberg showcase how the LoopTrace workflow enables high‑throughput 3D chromatin tracing across thousands of cells. 📚 Read the full application note here: bit.ly/3YKZ0DV
- 🤩Did you know you can still dive into our most insightful webinars anytime you want? 🧠Take our session on Advanced Microscopy in Neuroscience with Prof. Haruki Takeuchi and Prof. Deepak P. Srivastava. 👉Watch the full recording right here: bit.ly/3LH9XTO #NikonMicroscopy #Neuroscience
- 🔬 Celebrating the JOICO microscope’s centenary year, artist David A Lindon created the world’s smallest sculpture of a microscope. 🌟 The artwork will go on display in Nikon’s European Headquarters and travel to exhibitions. 🔗 Read the full story here: bit.ly/4b1J33p #NikonMicroscopy100
- 🐟🫁A new preprint from Park et al. at the NICHD maps the adult zebrafish gill at single‑cell and ultrastructural resolution, revealing endothelial and epithelial cell types that mirror those found in mammalian lungs. 📖Read more: doi.org/10.64898/2025.11.30… 🎥Credit: Daniel Castranova
- 🔬Our AX MP multiphoton confocal system is ideal for intravital microscopy and deep tissue imaging. 👀Ready to unlock new imaging possibilities? 👉Discover what AX MP can do: bit.ly/4sqwODR #NikonMicroscopy #confocal #multiphoton #intravital #microscopy #mp
- 🔬 Microscopy has come a long way! 🧠 With AI-powered solutions like Denoise. ai, which you can experience its free trial online, we’re taking microscopy to the next level with unprecedented clarity and efficiency in confocal imaging. 👉 Try it now: bit.ly/4jZjDpL #NikonMicroscopy
- 🔬📸 Nikon's Digital Sight series is a diverse camera and controller lineup. 🔍 It enables researchers to configure a microscope imaging system that’s ideal for their specimens and applications. 👉 See Nikon's microscope camera lineup here: bit.ly/3LslwOM #NikonMicroscopy #Microscopecamera
- Have you used #PubScope yet? PubScope is Nikon’s powerful database with 125,000+ peer-reviewed publications that feature Nikon products 🔬🔍 Quick access 👉 bit.ly/4pCmW7j 🎥 See how easy it is to navigate, search, and filter through research by product, author, scientific field, and more!
- Our 100% optical spindle observation system helps you: ✅ See the spindle in colour from ANY ANGLE (360°) ✅ Match colours with the zona pellucida for reliable identification ✅ Easily switch between ICSI and spindle observation with one click! Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4bpno5l
- 🔬As part of our 100th Anniversary celebration, we’re honored to share one of the many inspiring messages we’ve received. ✨Professor Hideharu Mikami at Research Institute for Electronic Science at Hokkaido University shares his research. 👉Read more: bit.ly/4srsEvc #NikonMicroscopy100
- 👀Looking for a confocal solution that fits into your research? 🔬Choose the robust and reliable system that grows with your research, while you can enjoy intuitive operation every step of the way. 🔗Learn more about the ECLIPSE Ji with AX: bit.ly/3LvlJ3B #NikonMicroscopy #Confocal
- 🚀 Nikon Spatial Array Confocal #NSPARC is a sensitive detector in near-infra red #NIR too! 👉 Learn more about the NIR option here: bit.ly/48U7crk Sample: Cell 4C NIR from Gattaquant - DAPI (light blue), TOMM20 AF488 (yellow), Actin AF647 (indigo), Tubulin AF750 (magenta)
- 🎉Happy New Year 2026 from all of us at Nikon Healthcare! 🤝As we welcome another year of discovery and innovation, we’re grateful for your partnership and support. 🔬Here’s to new breakthroughs and shared success in the year ahead. Stay connected for the latest from Nikon! #NikonMicroscopy
- 🔬2025 has been an incredible chapter in Nikon Healthcare’s history. As we hit our 100-year mark, we’ve been blown away by the engagement and passion of the microscopy community. ✨ Thank you for making this year so special. 🔗Explore our special 100th anniversary page: bit.ly/44DKEsd
- 💡Nikon’s ECLIPSE Ji – Smart Experiments and Automated Assays ⚡All of the advantages of high sensitivity and resolution from a research-level microscope are embedded into an AI-driven, easy to operate benchtop laboratory Instrument. 👉Download the brochure here: bit.ly/3YFKPQd
- 💻 Get direct access to 3D CAD models for Nikon microscope components! ✏️Our CAD request page puts detailed, ready-to-use files at your fingertips, so you can design with total precision and speed. 👉 Explore the page and grab your CAD files today: bit.ly/3Y4gzOV #NikonMicroscopy
- All of us at Nikon are deeply grateful for your support this year. We warmly wish you and your loved ones a joyful, healthy, and prosperous 2026. Your friends at Nikon
- 🤝Meet the all-new Digital Sight 100 camera + NIS-Elements LE software - your go-to combo for crisp 4K capture, effortless measurement/annotation, and instant streaming. All with smooth, wireless connectivity. 🔗 Learn more about the new Digital Sight 100 microscope camera: bit.ly/3KZc8BN
- 👀Download a full-size poster of the light path of Nikon's #AX R with #NSPARC detector - perfect for your lab, classroom, or just to geek out over the details. 🔬Visual learners, this one’s for you: bit.ly/4q1jvYn ✨Stay curious, stay inspired, and keep exploring the frontiers of science!
- Astronomy and microscopy are built on the challenge of making the invisible visible. This project from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory compares images from Chandra, Hubble, Webb with images from the #NikonSmallWorld competition. Check out the full gallery: s.si.edu/48ESqo3
- ⚡1 in 6 couples face infertility worldwide. 📋Assisted reproductive tech #ART like #ICSI #IMSI #IVF are highly time-critical with no margin for error. 🔬The ECLIPSE Ti2-I motorized microscope improves workflow efficiency, allowing IVF clinics to focus on care. 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4q2cN4i
- 💻🔬The user interface of the ECLIPSE Ji is designed for data-rich microscopy. 🔍 Images and corresponding analysis data for the plate, well, and each cell are contained in an interactive and linked interface. 👉 Explore our interactive demo now: bit.ly/3KLb9VZ #nikonmicroscopy
- 💡Looking to get clearer, more detailed images of complex samples? 🔬Large and tightly packed organoids can be tough to capture with traditional microscopes, but the Nikon AX point scanner is designed to make it easy. 🎥Check out the Ji-AX system in action! youtu.be/K2hYVxmBidI
- ✨Take a look at this stunning confocal image of a mouse duodenum intestinal organoid! 💡This organoid was grown in Matrigel, fixed after the first passage, and captured using the Nikon AX/R confocal microscope 🔬Katarina Tokarcikova, Ales Pavlik, Lubomira Gresakova, Petr Slama #NikonMicroscopy
- 👏Micro artist David A Lindon breaks his own Guinness World Record with the smallest handmade sculpture: a yellow smiley face the size of a single bacterium! ✔️David now holds 12 titles for his miniature masterpieces. 🔬Stay tuned for his exclusive Nikon artwork! 🔗Read more: bit.ly/48Jxs6m
- Ovarian follicles🥚are influenced by biochemical signals and the physical mechanics of their surroundings. A study from Joe Chan's group (NUS) reveals that surface stiffness and internal compressive stress are key for follicle development. 📖Read more: go.nature.com/4ptpMvE
- 🗣️A message from Professor Friedemann Kiefer (University of Münster), our Nikon Microscopy Ambassador! 🔬Professor Kiefer shares his research on lymphatic vessel development using the AX confocal microscope system. 👉Explore more inspiring stories: bit.ly/4azmToU #NikonMicroscopy100
- 🔬Meet the ECLIPSE Ji with AX Confocal System, designed to make routine work remarkably efficient. ✨Why choose the ECLIPSE Ji with AX Confocal? -Autonomous & Robust system -Effortless Acquisition -Superior Data Quality -Streamlined Workflow #NikonMicroscopy #Confocal
- 🎉As we wrap up our 20-post celebration, we want to thank the global community of researchers, educators, and students who have trusted NIS-Elements to power their imaging breakthroughs. 🤝Here’s to the next chapter of innovation! 🔗Learn more about the software: bit.ly/4qYxYWh #NIS20
- 💡NIS-Elements stands for Nikon Imaging Software – Elements. It’s our powerful, modular platform designed to meet the diverse imaging needs of researchers worldwide. 👉 Check out the NIS-Elements Viewer, a free standalone program to view image files and datasets: bit.ly/4a0JTgh #NIS20
- NIS-Elements celebrates its 20th anniversary, and today the software powers an incredible range of imaging techniques: ✨Widefield Brightfield & Fluorescence ✨Phase Contrast & DIC ✨Laser Scanning & Spinning Disk Confocals ✨Multiphoton ✨Superresolution: STORM, SIM & Deep SIM ✨TIRF… and more!
- 🚀 Want to explore your data in a whole new way? With NIS-Elements Volume View, you can easily visualize, navigate, and analyze complex 3D and 4D datasets. 💡 Upgrade your workflow and discover new perspectives, no matter how complex your data is. #NIS20 #NikonMicroscopy
- 🤩 Smart Microscopy is changing the game in labs - experiments run more efficiently and you spend less time on manual supervision. 🚀 Get all the benefits of Smart Microscopy with NIS-Elements. No programming skills required. 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4ovlEu6 #NIS20 #NikonMicroscopy
- 🤔 Image acquisition can be time-consuming. 🤝The Sample Navigation panel now brings together all the essential tools for single slide and well plate imaging, making setup easier and more accessible! ⚡Get quick results and enjoy a smarter way to scan! #NIS20
- 🎊Check out our latest color camera, the Digital Sight 100, featuring a field of view of 25 mm and a powerful 17.7 megapixel CMOS sensor! 💡Capture over 4K images, experience high-speed live viewing, and enjoy wireless connectivity. 🔗See the next-level imaging performance: bit.ly/4puwrWz
- 📢Join us at #CellBio2025 from December 6 to 10 in Philadelphia, PA, USA! 🔬Find us at booth 901 - our Nikon experts will be happy to connect with you and answer your questions. 👋Don’t miss it - see you in Philadelphia! #NikonMicroscopy #ASCB #CellBio #event #networking @ascbiology.bsky.social
- ⚡Did you know Nikon offers a Batch Deconvolution tool designed for fast automated image processing? ⏱️With Watched Folder integration, images are processed as soon as they are added. 💡Explore and compare even the most complex datasets with ease and let the software handle the heavy lifting. #NIS20
