6. Industrial players in fluorescence microscopy
6.1 Sector structure
The main microscope manufacturers date back to the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with no new brands appearing in the last hundred years. Among the reasons that have limited the emergence of new players are the very high levels of investment in research, development and production required, compared to a relatively small market volume. For example, Nikon Corporation's worldwide "scientific instruments" division accounts for just 5% of the brand's sales, and has generated negative operating income for the last three years (a deficit of 5 billion yen in 2013, according to information on the Nikon website).
In addition, the need for users to have a set of components - microscopes, cameras and peripherals -...
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Conclusion
Bibliography
Software tools
Image capture and peripheral control
Metamorph http://www.moleculardevices.comcom/Products/Software/Meta-Imaging-Series/MetaMorph.html
Peripheral control
Websites
A wealth of information about microscopy can be found on the website published by the Federal University of Florida. http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/
Historical and review articles on light microscopy from the journal Nature http://www.nature.com/milestones/light-microscopy
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Thematic school on functional microscopy in biology http://www.mifobio.fr/
Directory
Manufacturers – Microscopes (non-exhaustive list)
Leica http://www.leica-microsystems.com/
Nikon http://www.nikoninstruments.com/
Olympus http://www.olympusmicro.com/
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