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'''MBF Bioscience''' is a biotech company that develops [[Microscopy|'''microscopy''']] '''[[software]]''' and '''[[hardware]]''' for [[Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry|'''bioscience''']] research and education. MBF Bioscience’s main location is [[Williston, Vermont|'''Williston, Vermont, USA''']], but has offices that market, sell, and supports its line of hardware and software products throughout '''[[North America]]''', '''[[Europe]]''', and '''[[Asia]]'''.
'''MBF Bioscience''' is a biotech company that develops [[Microscopy|'''microscopy''']] '''[[software]]''' and '''[[Computer hardware|hardware]]''' for [[Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry|'''bioscience''']] research and education. MBF Bioscience’s main location is [[Williston, Vermont|'''Williston, Vermont, USA''']], but has offices that market, sell, and supports its line of hardware and software products throughout '''[[North America]]''', '''[[Europe]]''', and '''[[Asia]]'''.


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 16:02, 4 July 2021

MBF Bioscience
Company typePrivate
IndustryBiomedical
Founded1988 (as MicroBrightField, Inc.)
HeadquartersWilliston, Vermont, USA[1]
ProductsNeurolucida, Stereo Investigator, Microlucida, Neurolucida 360, Biolucida, WormLab, BrainMaker
WebsiteMBF Bioscience

MBF Bioscience is a biotech company that develops microscopy software and hardware for bioscience research and education. MBF Bioscience’s main location is Williston, Vermont, USA, but has offices that market, sell, and supports its line of hardware and software products throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

History

The company was founded in 1988 as MicroBrightField,Inc by father and son, Dr. Edmund Glaser and Jack Glaser. Their goal was to develop neuroanatomical image software for the research community. To reflect their expanded range of products and mission, the company changed its name from MicroBrightField, Inc to MBF Bioscience in 2004. Now, MBF Bioscience provides solutions for stereology, neuron reconstruction, whole slide imaging, brain mapping, C. elegans tracking, and 2-photon microscopy. The company products are used in a variety of fields including stem cell research, cancer research, neuroanatomical studies, lung, kidney, reproductive, cardiac and toxicology research.[2]

In 2021, MBF Bioscience acquired Vidrio Technologies. Vidrio Technologies is a provider of software and hardware components for laser scanning and two-photon microscopes.[3]

Awards

  • Tibbetts Award - 2013
  • Best Places to Work in Vermont in 2007,[4] 2009[5] and 2010.[6]
  • 2007 Vermont Small Business Person of the Year – Business Administration, which was presented to co-founder Jack Glaser for his outstanding leadership related to his company’s staying power, growth, sales, innovation, and community contributions.

Offices

MBF Bioscience's main locations are in Williston, Vermont and Ashburn, Virginia, USA. It also has offices sell and support its line of products in Europe (Delft, Netherlands), China and Taiwan (Shanghai, China), and Japan (Shiroi-shi, Chiba).

Products

Neurolucida: software for 3D neuron tracing and analysis and 3D brain mapping.

Stereo Investigator is a system designed to conduct unbiased stereology studies.

Neurolucida 360 : software for 3D neuron reconstruction, and somas, varicosities, spines and synapses detection.

Biolucida is an image management system for sharing microscope images online.

WormLab is software that tracks and analyzes C. elegans and other nematodes.

BrainMaker generates 3D high-resolution reconstructions from serial sections images.[7]

Microlucida is used for image acquisition.

Lucivid is used in the case of retinal stimulation.

Densita allows researchers to analyze autoradiography and optical density.

Vesselucida: software for 3D microvascular tracing and analysis.

Vesselucida 360: Software that is designed for 3D microvascular reconstruction.

ClearScope: Light sheet theta microscope system that is designed to work with cleared tissue specimens.

TissueScope is a whole slide scanner created in collaboration with Huron Digital Pathology.

Vesalius is a resonant scanning laser confocal system that allows 2D and 3D imaging for mounted and cleared tissue specimens.

References

  1. ^ "Contact Information". MBF Bioscience. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. ^ "MBF Bioscience | NIH SBIR/STTR". sbir.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  3. ^ Business Wire (March 1, 2021). "MBF Bioscience Announces the Acquisition of Vidrio Technologies". Business Wire. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "2007 "Best Places to Work in Vermont"". bestplacestoworkinvt.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. ^ "2009 "Best Places to Work in Vermont"". bestplacestoworkinvt.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  6. ^ "2010 "Best Places to Work in Vermont"". bestplacestoworkinvt.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. ^ Schneider, David (2015-01-19). "Vermont company has new product to help with brain research". WPTZ. Retrieved 2020-07-21.