Bio-Rad Laboratories and Cornell Research Foundation, Cornell
     University's patents and licensing arm, have announced an exclusive
     worldwide licensing agreement for the development of 2-photon
     microscopy systems.
 
     2-photon microscopy was first demonstrated by Professor Watt W. Webb
     with Winfried Denk and James Strickler at Cornell in 1990.
     Applications and characterisation of the technique have subsequently
     confirmed its importance for live cell microscopy where it opens up
     experimental possibilities impossible by any other method.   Important
     application areas include neuroscience, cell physiology and cell
     development.
 
     Commercial development of 2-photon systems will be the responsibility
     of the Microscopy Division of Bio-Rad based in Hemel Hempstead, UK.
     This Division pioneered the development of confocal laser scanning
     microscopes for biomedical research, working in close collaboration
     with the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of the UK Medical Research
     Council.
 
 
     Contact Information
 
     Microscopy Division             Paul Gillyon, General Manager
     Paul_Gillyon @ Bio-Rad.com
     Bio-Rad Microscience  Andrew Dixon, Scientific Director  Andrew_Dixon
     @ Bio-Rad.com
     Maylands Ave
     Hemel Hempstead
     Herts HP2 7TD
 
     phone              +44-(0)1442-232552
     fax                +44-(0)1442-234434
     UK