>About a year ago Steve Potter made an excelent review of the multiphoton
>conference. I was wondering if any such event took place this year, and if
>there are significant advances one should be aware of for a possible future
>purchase. I've highlighted a few points that still float on my mind from
>Steve's comments:
  BioRad says their NDS detector is in the works.
>
>3. are there any progress on this? How critical is this change?

Bio-Rad is shipping the NDS detector now.  In my opinion this is a critical
neccessity for biological multiphoton imaging.


>
>4. Direct comparison between Millenia/Tsunami vs. Mira/Verdi
>5. Direct comparison between 5 and 10W Millenia

 We have the 5W Millenia and have been very happy with it.  For current
imaging I don't use more than 10 % power so I agree with Ammasi Periasamy
that 10W seems like overkill to me right now especially if he is getting 3P
excitation at 5W.

I have no experience with the Verdi.


Sincerely,

Chris

Christopher Navara Ph.D
Director of Imaging Facilities
Hughes Institute
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