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Hi, Allan

Also, visit the Horiba/JY Raman microscopy site.  I know that they 
have been doing biological work for some time.  I wrote an article 
for Am Lab several years ago in which this application was mentioned 
(contact me offline for a PDF). Dr. Fran Adar at JY would be able to 
provide further info.

Also, SERS is a really big help and there are a number of companies 
either coming close to or in commercialization for SERS 
substrates.  Also, the AFM folks have been working on Tip Enhanced 
Raman (TERS), which you might want to investigate. NT-MDT's NTegra 
Specta has this capability and, reportedly, JPK's system.

I would also check Renishaw and Witec.

This is a hot new area and very exciting!

Hope this is helpful.

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At 03:38 PM 6/8/2007, you wrote:
>Search the CONFOCAL archive at 
>http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>Hi,
>
>Has Raman confocal been developed for drug investigations in live or 
>fixed cells? Or is it only realistic to consider surface enhanced 
>Raman? Does anyone use this technology to do biology? Thanks.
>
>Allan Kachelmeier
>Manager, confocal microscopy core
>Oregon Hearing Research Center
>OHSU