This page was last updated on 29^th March 2012

29^th March 2012
Webinar : Raman Crystallography, in Theory and in Practice
Register now to hear HORIBA Scientific's Manager of Raman applications discuss some basic theory regarding the application of polarization selection rules for Raman spectroscopy of solids. In addition, we will present some clear and practical methods for the application of these rules to obtain more information about solid state structure using micro-Raman spectroscopy.

The webinar will be held on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 2PM EDT.

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12^th March 2012
HORIBA Scientific offers KnowItAll^® software for Raman spectral searching
HORIBA Scientific and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., are pleased to announce that Bio-Rad’s KnowItAll^® Informatics System software package will be offered for use with the HORIBA Scientific range of Raman spectrometers, via HORIBA’s LabSpec data acquisition and processing software.

12^th March 2012
HORIBA Scientific launches LabSpec 6 Raman software
HORIBA Scientific is pleased to announce the launch of its next generation Raman software, LabSpec 6 Spectroscopy Suite.

20^th February 2012
HORIBA Scientific to be Platinum Sponsor of ICORS XXIII.

10^th January 2012
Webcast: "Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging in Biomedical Research"
The recent webinar sponsored by HORIBA Scientific and presented by Prof. Igor Chourpa (Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Tours, France) entitled “Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging in Biomedical Research” is now available as an on-demand webcast from Spectroscopy magazine.

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30^th November 2011
New publication: Ultra-fast Raman imaging of single bacteria cells
Researchers at the University of Sheffield (UK) have published a paper titled “Rapid resonance Raman microspectroscopy to probe carbon dioxide fixation by single cells in microbial communities” in The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology. A HORIBA Scientific LabRAM HR system was key to this publication, and was used for ultra-fast Raman imaging of single bacteria cells, to identify uptake of isotope labelled carbon materials by the bacteria. With integration times of just 1ms per point, it was possible to generate high contrast images illustrating the presence of cells with and without incorporated ¹³C. Such isotope labelling experiments provide a facile way to understand the involvement of specific bacteria species in a range of environmental processes.

Download the article here

Reference:
Mengqiu Li, Daniel P Canniffe, Philip J Jackson, Paul A Davison, Simon FitzGerald, Mark J Dickman, J Grant Burgess, C Neil Hunter and Wei E Huang, The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 2011.

23^rd September 2011
New application note on analysis of air pollutant particles
A new application note has been added to the Raman applications section of these web pages. “Confocal Raman microspectrometry imaging combined with chemometric methods for environmental applications” discusses the use of Raman spectroscopy to characterise airborne pollutants. These aerosol particles are small (< 50 µm) and thus require spatially resolved analysis. Chemometric methods are discussed, which allow full understanding of the particle composition. The effect of airborne contaminant on plant leaves is also investigated, using Raman to image necrotic leaf zones for pollutant distribution.

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3^rd August 2011
HORIBA Scientific workshop at FACSS: “Forensic Science: Microscopy in Trace Analysis”

6^th July 2011
Course in chemometrics with Eigenvector

23^rd February 2011
New application note on graphene analysis

10^th February 2011
HORIBA Scientific aids identification of King Henri IV’s head

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