JEOL USA Press Releases

Whenever there’s a forensic investigation that requires a closer look with a high-powered electron microscope, chances are the microscope is from JEOL. After being made aware of some of the high profile cases investigated by Microtrace LLC in Illinois using the JEOL Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, JEOL spoke with the lab’s forensic scientist. At Microtrace, the company’s father-son team of Skip and Chris Palenik have achieved a kind of celebrity status. But more than accolades, they relish the challenges sent their way and the opportunity to summon their vast expertise to let science determine the answers to the questions posed. These questions sometimes put them in the public eye.

Read the full story about Microtrace here. 

October 11, 2018 (Peabody, MA) -- JEOL announces that it has been awarded a major contract by the US DEA Office of Forensic Sciences for nine JEOL JNM-ECZ500R Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (500 MHz NMR) spectrometers.  The purchase was made through a competitive award process and will allow DEA laboratories across the country to utilize the latest NMR technology to combat the proliferation of new and existing illicit drugs.  The contract allows for replacement of the existing instruments over the next five years.

"We are very excited to be supporting this Federal Government Agency and are confident the opportunity will recognize the high-performance capability of this new NMR platform which utilizes the JEOL Royal HFX NMR Probe.  This probe enables both routine and specialized quantitative NMR experiments," said Michael Frey, JEOL USA Analytical Products Manager. “We believe the specialized fluorine analysis capability of the HFX NMR Probe, along with advances in our instrument technology when combined with a 500 MHz field, will greatly assist the DEA in their efforts to elucidate, quantify, and track illegal drugs as well as new designer drugs.”

JEOL JNM-ECZ500R NMR Spectrometer with JEOL ROYAL HFX Probe, the world’s first liquid NMR probe switchable between single tune and dual tune mode on the High Frequency coil without compromising the NMR performance.

NMR analysis is used to characterize the structure of compounds for various purposes in industry and research.  The Royal HFX Probe, introduced in 2017, was developed specifically to enhance the NMR analysis of fluorine (19F) which is increasingly being used in many new drugs, including illicit designer drugs, to effect metabolic function and potency.

(above: IMRI Director Xiaoqing Pan gives opening ceremony speech at UC Irvine Materials Research Institute)

(June 22, 2018, Peabody, MA) - When is a Grand Opening truly grand? When the facility and symposium is as impressive as the one at the University of California Irvine Materials Research Institute and the JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions. The three-day event kicked off on June 6, 2018 with a welcome from Dr. Xioaqing Pan, Director of the University of California Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI). Highlights included the ribbon cutting ceremony, tours of the microscopy labs, and the first International Symposium on Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy, encompassing three days of presentations on research advancements by directors of several renowned materials research labs throughout the world. 

During the opening ceremonies, Professor Pan said, “Our mission is to build UCI into a world-renowned institution in materials research. We aim to provide an innovative environment for future talent by offering state-of-the-art tools for solving today’s challenges. Furthermore, as an interdisciplinary institute, IMRI provides a perfect platform for the collaboration of researchers in different fields. It will not only lead to the discovery of chemical bonds between elements, it will also create bonds between people.”

Tours of the IMRI- JEOL Center for NanoScale Solutions included a visit to the GRAND ARM Transmission Electron Microscope 

As a corporate partner, The JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions at IMRI is poised to become one of the world’s preeminent centers of excellence for interdisciplinary research, discovery and development of engineered and natural materials, systems and devices. IMRI is home to several of the highest performance TEMs available in the world today. It is the first US installation of the JEOL GRAND ARM Transmission Electron Microscope, which was developed for advanced atomic resolution characterization. In addition, the facility also houses the JEM-2800 high throughput, nano-analysis TEM/STEM, and the JEM-2100F cryogenic and atomic level structural analysis TEM. 

Dr. Thomas Isabell (JEOL USA, Director of Product Management), Professor Xiaoqing Pan (UC Irvine, IMRI director and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering), and Peter Genovese (President, JEOL USA)

Addressing the audience during the opening ceremony, JEOL USA President Peter Genovese said that his company has been working with Professor Pan and IMRI for several years. "This is a very proud moment for JEOL, a company that had its beginnings in transmission electron microscopy almost 70 years ago. We are very appreciative of the opportunity to be a part of this vision of the future, of advanced research in materials science. One can only imagine what milestones, achievements and new developments will come from this lab and from this university, and what new discoveries that haven’t been realized yet but certainly will be.”

Researchers, collaborators, and partners attended the Grand Opening and 1st International Symposium on Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Since 2014, the UC Irvine campus has invested more than $25 million on new instruments and lab renovations for IMRI. Today, the institute provides a variety of tools that enable the exploration of atomic-scale structures, chemical bonding and dynamic behaviors in both hard and soft materials, complex molecules and nanoengineered devices, including the ability to see single atoms, measure vibrations and probe crystals at the nanoscale.

Also read: Campus Formally Opens New Materials Research Institute and TEM Facility

PEABODY, MA: 3 May 2018: JEOL, a leading developer and manufacturer of NMR technology, unveiled new NMR probes and NMR software technologies at the 59th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC) in Orlando, Florida.

As a major sponsor of this year’s conference, JEOL also hosted a technical seminar that included talks by leading researchers from the Osaka University Institute for Protein Research, the Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Life Science & Technology, ABQMR Inc., an NMR R&D Company, and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Marine Biomedical & Biotechnology Research Center. Included in this year’s seminar was a presentation by Dr. Jaap Brink, TEM Product Manager Bio Sciences at JEOL USA, Inc., on the potential benefits of combining NMR and cryo-EM. JEOL is the only manufacturer providing both NMR and cryo-EM systems.

Products and technology introduced this year consisted of:

The new JEOL AUTOMAS Solids NMR Probe affords JEOL Nuclear Magnetic Resonance users the superior ease of use and high throughput capability for which routine liquid-state NMR probes are known.

The new JEOL ROTORCARRIER™ for the AUTOMAS NMR Probe holds the solids NMR sample tube as it is transported from the auto-sample changer to the top of the magnet, in a similar fashion to liquid NMR sample tubes. The AUTOMAS NMR Probe receives the sample from the ROTORCARRIER, and automatically sets it to the magic angle. The user can queue multiple unattended solids NMR data acquisitions including: auto-tuning the AUTOMAS NMR Probe, setting the MAS spinning speed, the temperature for data collection, and other experimental details including processing and analyzing the resulting solids NMR data.

The AUTOMAS Solids NMR Probe is compatible with all JEOL sample changers from 24 to 100 samples, the JEOL Auto-Tune controller, and is available for JEOL NMR systems from 400 to 600 MHz. The combination of AUTOMAS NMR Probe and ROTORCARRIER truly delivers the ease of operation for liquid-state NMR measurements to the world of solid-state NMR. 

The new JEOL HXY NMR Probe is ideally suited for materials science work on a wide variety of samples including: catalysts, MOFs, polymers and pharmaceuticals. The JEOL HXY NMR Probe is available for JEOL NMR systems from 400 to 800 MHz with rotor diameters including: 0.75 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm, 3.2 mm, and 4 mm. Probes with sample tubes up to 4 mm in diameter balance optimal data collection, spinning speed, and RF performance for high-resolution CPMAS, MQMAS and 1H NMR experiments.

The new JEOL HCN MAS NMR Probe is a new triple-resonance solids NMR probe available for JEOL NMR systems from 400 to 800 MHz designed for biological samples. A wide range of sample rotors (0.75mm, 1mm, 2mm, 3.2mm and 4mm) are available for advanced 1H, 13C, 15N BioSolids NMR experiments. The HCN NMR Probe with a long-term VT system easily maintains the desired sample temperature at high MAS speeds.

JEOL’s Walkup NMR is a new user interface mode that greatly simplifies NMR operation for students or lab personnel that need to quickly and easily obtain state-of-the-art NMR data. Walkup NMR has been well received by experts supporting multi-user facilities or by non-experts that simply need fast NMR answers. JEOL NMR systems are designed for ease of use and feature the popular DELTA NMR software package making JEOL ECZ NMR Spectrometers with Walkup NMR mode the ideal open access tool for student environments as well as busy labs with multiple users.

Dr. Michael Frey, Analytical Instruments Product Manager, JEOL USA, Inc. commented: “JEOL has presented leading NMR technologies at ENC for many years and we are pleased to have supported the conference again this year. The usefulness of NMR across multiple areas of research and industries is becoming more widely understood and it was great to hear about some of the latest research exploring its uses, from Quantitative MRI Biomarker Validation to exotic NMR of novel materials. JEOL is proud to develop high quality NMR solutions based on leading edge engineering to support the world’s leading scientists at all research stages.”

(May 1, 2018 – Peabody, Mass.) With the next generation Monochromated Transmission Electron Microscope, JEOL, a leader in development of electron microscopes for imaging and analysis, introduces the latest technology for cutting edge research in development of new materials.

The JEOL Monochromated ARM200F offers ultrahigh energy resolution EELS analysis of materials at the atomic scale, made possible by the development of a unique Spot-in-Spot-out double Wein filter monochromator. The double Wein filter maintains the spot size of the electron beam and the lattice resolution in STEM by producing an achromatic and stigmatic focus at the exit plane, resulting in a round probe on the specimen plane.

“The Monochromated ARM has superior low kV performance and is an elegant design for outstanding EELS analysis,” says Dr. Thomas Isabell, Director of Product Management at JEOL USA headquarters in Peabody, Massachusetts. “It produces a true, round monochromatic beam and atomic resolution at any energy resolution.”

The Monochromated ARM200F is capable of achieving sub 30 meV energy resolution at 200 kV and less than 15 meV while operating at 30 kV.  This energy resolution opens up research in such areas as phononics, plasmonics and studies of chemical bonding.

More data and technology descriptions can be seen here.

JEOL’s extensive TEM product line includes 120kV, 200kV, and 300kV systems for materials and biological applications.

GRAND ARM Transmission Electron Microscope - JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions at California Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI)

Renowned Materials Scientists to Present at the 1st International Symposium on Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy (ISAMS)

April 18, 2018 – Peabody, Mass. ---- World-renowned electron microscopists will join Dr. Xiaoqing Pan, Director of the University of California Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), for the Grand Opening of the JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions and a three-day symposium June 6-8, 2018.

The JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions at IRMI is poised to become one of the world’s preeminent centers of excellence for interdisciplinary research, discovery and development of engineered and natural materials, systems and devices. IMRI is home to several of the highest performance TEMs available in the world today. It is also the first US installation of the JEOL GRAND ARM Transmission Electron Microscope developed for advanced atomic resolution characterization,  In addition, the facility also houses the JEM-2800 high throughput, nano-analysis TEM/STEM, and the JEM-2100F cryogenic and atomic level structural analysis TEM.

The Grand Opening will showcase the accomplishments to date at this premier Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) facility, now open to serve all university, industry and nonprofit researchers. Invited speakers will include leading edge researchers in electron microscopy who are known worldwide for their achievements in materials and biological sciences.

The interdisciplinary nexus for the study and development of new materials, IMRI operates a wide range of state-of-the-art, open-access user facilities for the characterization of materials, biological samples and devices from sub-Å to macroscopic length scales - available to all university, industry and non-profit researchers. It offers advanced techniques and services with professional staff support.

JEM-2100F Transmission Electron Microscope -  JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions at California Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI)

Dr. Pan, an internationally-recognized researcher in the physics of materials, joined the UC Irvine faculty in 2015 to lead the $20 million initiative. According to Dr. Pan, “The three-day symposium will bring together the scientific community working on various aspects of research and development in TEM to encourage the exchange of ideas for the advancement and challenges in atomic scale imaging and spectroscopy. There will be over 50 internationally renowned TEM experts and scientists participating in this event.”

In his work Pan has pioneered the development and applications of advanced TEM techniques and the discovery of novel phenomena and properties of engineered materials, which range from ferroelectrics and multiferroics to nanocatalysts and energy materials.

“The JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions will be the most advanced electron microscopy cluster available for probing the atomic structure and properties of materials," says JEOL USA President Peter Genovese.

The Scottish Cryo-EM consortium has chosen the JEOL JEM-Z300FSC CRYO ARM™ 300 as their preferred automated Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) for the Scottish Centre for Macromolecular Imaging (SCMI).

Further information: JEOL UK press release

Also See:

CRYO ARM™ 200 Field Emission Cryo-electron Microscope
CRYO ARM™ 300 Field Emission Cryo-electron Microscope

Six teams with captains wearing hand decorated chefs hats were able to collect 6,111 pounds of food to donate from JEOL to the local food pantry.)

November 15, 2017 – Peabody, Mass. ---- The spirit of giving is getting competitive at JEOL USA headquarters in Peabody, Mass. JEOL employees were challenged to a food drive to support Haven from Hunger. Six teams competed for the heaviest donations – filling boxes with food staples that collectively weighed three tons.

The employees pitched in to load the Haven from Hunger truck that arrived for pickup the morning of Wednesday, November 15, and help unload it at the food pantry also located in Peabody. Haven from Hunger provides food to over 1,800 needy households and last year provided over 600,000 meals.

The Executive Director of Citizens Inn, which merged with Haven from Hunger this year, Corey Jackson, was on hand to help load the boxes, which took over a half hour. “This is incredible, we didn’t expect so much!” he said.  “This is one of the largest corporate food drives we’ve ever seen.”

JEOL employees loaded the food pantry truck and helped unload it when it reached its destination. 

JEOL USA takes its community service seriously, encouraging employees to volunteer for 8 hours each year during the work hours. Recent community service activities include painting bowls for Haven for Hunger’s Empty Bowl dinner, providing and carving pumpkins used at Massachusetts Audubon Ipswich River Wildlife’s Haunted Happenings fundraiser, and its annual “Adopt a Family” holiday giving to two local families in need.

“At our US corporate headquarters in Peabody our employees work to make a positive influence in our community,” says Director of Human Resources, Collette Hanlon. “This is kind of crazy, never in a million years did I expect this amount of food to be donated by our employees.”

To step up the food donation drive, JEOL offered the winning team a coveted prize: the opportunity to “dress down” and wear jeans and sneakers to work for a week.

JEOL employees loaded the food pantry truck and helped unload it when it reached its destination. 

“We’re happy that we’re able to make some small impact on people’s lives that need our help, especially at this time of year. I’m amazed we were able to get three tons of food and I’m proud of all the employees banding together,” said JEOL USA President Pete Genovese.

A scientific instrument company with global headquarters in Japan, JEOL USA has been located at the Peabody site since the 1970s and employs approximately 110 people at this location, with another 200 employed throughout North and South America.

(August 24, 2017 – Peabody, Mass.)  JEOL USA has produced a new MALDI imaging technical applications note that describes the unique analytical process for a variety of biological and organic samples. MALDI imaging is a powerful mass spectrometry technique available with JEOL’s MALDI Imaging SpiralTOF. It is used to assess the distribution of proteins, peptides, lipids, drugs, and metabolites in tissue specimens, as well as compound distribution in organic materials. MALDI is an acronym for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

JEOL’s MALDI Imaging SpiralTOF Mass Spectrometer offers unique capabilities that include imaging of samples with irregular surfaces.  In a conventional reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer, the flight time is influenced by small changes in the target position.  To maintain high mass-resolving power across an entire sample, the sample must be perfectly flat.  However, it is impossible to achieve a perfectly flat surface for real-world samples.  Because small variations in the sample surface are only a tiny fraction of the SpiralTOF’s 17-meter flight path, it is possible to maintain high mass-resolving power for the entire image.  This is critical if you need to know the accurate spatial distribution of a specific compound without interference from background interferences.

High-resolution mass spectra are collected for the entire image in each of the examples ranging from lipids in mouse brain tissue to Organic Electroluminescent Panels and laser desorption ionization of ballpoint inks. 

The full-color applications note is available for free download at go.jeolusa.com/MALDI. More than a dozen application-specific notes are also available on specific MALDI imaging applications on the JEOL website at www.jeolusa.com.

For further information, please visit https://www.jeol.co.jp/en/products/detail/JSM-IT500HR.html.