Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 2nd article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany Professor Seebacher, a leading dermatomycologist, always warned us never to end onychomycosis therapy too early. Here are the reasons: Mycosis does not confer immunity. But, above all, […]
Press Release EUROIMMUN today announced the launch of the EUROPattern Microscope Live (EPML) compact immunofluorescence microscope, available with the fourth generation of the Company’s well-established EUROLabOffice 4.0 (ELO 4.0) laboratory management software. The combined system of hardware and software allows for ultrafast automated immunofluorescence image acquisition, pattern recognition and titer estimation as well as modern
Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 1st article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany Mycology is one of the most beautiful faces of dermatology. To admire T. soudanense, T. violaceum or T. benhamiae in a Petri dish is an aesthetic enjoyment.
The project “automated immunofluorescence microscopy” was initiated in 2005 by EUROIMMUN founder Prof Winfried Stöcker, firstly especially for immunofluorescence tests based on HEp-2 cells for the detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA). At that time, there was an international consent that ANA immunofluorescence diagnostics had to be modernised and made more efficient and especially more standardised.
A few days ago, the thousandth Sprinter passed EUROIMMUN’s final inspection which is the last stage before its installation at the customer’s premises. The IF Sprinter and Sprinter XL are two variants of a laboratory instrument for automated processing of immunofluorescence tests (IIFT). The IF Sprinter, developed by the Italian company GSG RobotiX under the
