Microscopy

Alliance Technologies, LLC is a full service, DEA licensed, and FDA registered and audited contract laboratory offering chemical testing, analysis, material testing, and product testing lab services to a diverse, international client base. The lab analyzes solid, liquid, and gas samples using microscopy, spectroscopy, and chromatography, and provides composition analysis, chemical identification, failure analysis, health and safety testing, and certificates of analysis.

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APTAGEN Labs is a biotechnology and life-sciences company focused on synthetic biology, described as a global leader in developing DNA-based antibodies called aptamers, with over 30 years of experience. Aptamers are target-recognition elements with high affinity and specificity against small molecules, protein biomarkers, cells, and tissues, serving as an alternative to antibodies for diagnostic, therapeutic, and bio-industrial applications. Aptagen was formed in 2004, with operations beginning in 2006, and is located in Jacobus, PA.

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Assured Bio Labs provides microbiological testing of air, water, and surface samples, USP <797> testing support, and bacterial and fungal identification. Based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the laboratory also offers specialized air chemistry analysis, independent product testing, and custom research. It is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited environmental microbiology lab and a certified woman-owned small business.

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Bay Genomics, LLC is a Berkeley, CA based laboratory providing technology development for the life sciences. It helps clients develop cell models, genetic sequence analysis, cell culture work, drug testing, and proof-of-concept device development, and offers expertise in molecular biology, genetics, gene therapy, microscopy, histology, neuroscience, tissue culture, biochemistry, immunology, animal models of disease, bioinformatics, virus design, gene arrays, and sequencing. It is registered with SAM to subcontract on federal contracts and has experience

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BSA Environmental Services, Inc. is an environmental consulting firm located in Beachwood, Ohio, providing research quality, cost-effective aquatic support services to government and commercial clients since 1991. The company performs a wide range of aquatic microbiology analyses and maintains a multidisciplinary professional staff of aquatic ecologists, microbiologists, and environmental scientists.

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Bulldog Bio, Inc. is a full-service provider of instruments, tools, and reagents to life science researchers, based in Portsmouth, NH. For 17 years it has served tens of thousands of scientific researchers, aiming to offer affordable products, great support, and technical expertise with a dedicated single point-of-contact.

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Christopher Shelton Conservation is a furniture conservation studio in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood that preserves valuable historic furniture, woodwork, finishes, and upholstery for museums, institutions, and private collectors. The owner and principal conservator has over 30 years of experience working with museums, private collectors, historic homes, and government collections, preserving American and European furniture and interiors from the 17th to 20th century.

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Clark-MXR, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 as a Michigan corporation located in Dexter, Michigan. The company manufactures femtosecond lasers and micromachining systems and provides micromachining services, offering components and complete solutions for fabrication, exploration, and characterization of very small and very fast phenomena. Since 2017 it has been an employee-owned company.

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Clear Science Inc. is a testing and contract research laboratory that characterizes the microstructure and macro-structure of metallic materials and components, analyzes powders and porous materials, studies coatings and interfaces, and specializes in characterization of advanced materials such as nano-materials, ceramics, engineered plastics, electronic packaging materials, battery materials, and medical device components.

BET surface area analysiscorrosion studiesmechanical property evaluationsmechanical testingmetallographymicrostructural characterizationparticle size analysispycnometryXRD

Clemex develops image analysis software and integrated microscopy systems for metallography, materials science, and industrial quality control labs. For over 30 years, Clemex has automated measurements, enforced ASTM/ISO compliance, and delivered repeatable results, trusted by manufacturers and researchers in more than 50 countries. The company also provides microscope integration, application expertise, training, and technical support.

AI image segmentationautomated hardness testingcustom system developmentgrain size measurementimage analysisinclusion ratingmicroscope integrationparticle size and shape analysis

Earth Tools is a scientific-instruments company based in New York City, working across optics, microfluidics, molecular biology, and ecology. It builds research-grade measurement systems end to end, integrating optical, fluidic, biological, and electronic components into single systems, ranging from benchtop instruments to field-deployable systems and from individual sensors to integrated measurement platforms.

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FA Instruments, Inc. has been building a corporation since 2004 recognized as an industry leader in test and failure analysis equipment as well as technical support and service. Core competencies include Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Python and C programming with specialized understanding of Analytical Test and Failure Analysis of Semiconductors. The company is inventor of the 'vibe coupler' and 'portable emission microscope' and technical creator of the FA1000. FA Instruments now specializes in Sample prep and lab services exclusively.

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Foldscope Instruments Inc is a mission-driven company founded in December 2015 that provides low-cost scientific tools, educational services, and online community platforms. Its flagship product is the Foldscope, a foldable paper microscope combining low-cost materials with precision optics, offering magnifications of 50X-340X. The company aims to make science and STEM education equitable and accessible, and its paper microscopes have reached over 2 million people.

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A small one-man laboratory continuing the themes of Fuller Laboratories, which was sold to VMRD after 35 years of diagnostic work with vector-borne agents. The lab operates a small Class 2 facility focused on cell culture and microscopy, and uses IFA, ELISA and western immuno-blot techniques. Its initial vaccine focus uses common but non-pathogenic Rickettsia spp. to attempt immunization against all species, and it collaborates with university research laboratories for agents such as Babesia microti and Theileria orientalis Ikeda.

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