written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2010 mbf bioscience type private industry biomedical founded 1988 as microbrightfield inc. headquarters williston vermont usa 1 products neurolucida autoneuron stereo investigator densita microlucida neuroinfo website mbf bioscience mbf bioscience is a business that develops software and hardware for bioscience research and biomedical applications . the company s products are used worldwide in over 1 000 laboratories . citation needed with the main office in williston vermont usa the company markets sells and supports their products from offices on 3 continents and through a dealer network . contents 1 overview 2 awards 3 offices 4 products 5 laboratory 6 references 7 additional links overview edit the company was founded as microbrightfield inc. in 1988 by the father and son team of dr. edmund glaser and jack glaser ; their goal was to develop neuroanatomical imaging software for the research community . the company changed its name to mbf bioscience in 2004 . the products offer quantitative imaging software for stereology neuron reconstruction image analysis and are integrated with the world s leading microscope systems . specializing in neuroscience research their products are used in a variety of fields including stem cell research neuroanatomical studies lung kidney reproductive cardiac and toxicology research . 2 awards edit from left to right margaret grabb ph.d nimh sbir sttr coordinator sophie glaser roland tibbetts jack glaser cait glaser tibbetts award 2013 3 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 . 7 offices edit usa williston vermont headquarters europe magdeburg germany japan shiroi shi chiba japan china hong kong and shanghai south america rio de janeiro brazil products edit neurolucida 1988 software for 3d neuron tracing and analysis and 3d brain mapping . its 3d visualization capabilities allow researchers to view rotate and create videos of neuron reconstructions . the system works with brightfield widefield fluorescence and confocal microscopes image stacks or virtual slides . it is the most cited neuron tracing and analysis system . 8 9 autoneuron 2004 an extension module for neurolucida automatically traces neurons from image stacks . researchers can reconstruct neurons in 2d and 3d much faster with autoneuron than with manual tracing techniques . its algorithm which was developed over 10 years rapidly explores the entire image volume and identifies neuronal processes and somas . it models neuronal trees as branching structures complete with branch points roots and endings . diameters of the axons and dendrites are automatically detected and results can be transferred directly into an excel spreadsheet . 10 11 stereo investigator 1996 is recognized as the world s leading system for unbiased stereology . it gives researchers estimates of the number length area and volume of biological structures in a tissue specimen . the system works with brightfield widefield fluorescence and confocal microscopes or image stacks that are suitable for stereology . 12 13 biolucida cloud 2010 is software that turns computer into a microscope . microscope images including confocal image stacks and 2d and 3d virtual slides can be viewed shared and analyzed with research colleagues collaborators or students in a histology or pathology course over the internet . biolucida cloud integrates with learning management software such as blackboard moodle and sakai for use in medical education . 14 wormlab 2011 is software that tracks and analyzes c. elegans and other nematodes . a single worm or multiple worms can be analyzed through entanglements and omega bends . it gives researchers a wide variety of accurate and precise analyses about c. elegans locomotion including position head bending angle speed direction and wavelength . 15 densita 2008 allows researchers to analyze autoradiography and optical density . it calculates rod relative optical density luminance concentration the area of region of interest ligand concentration and the amount of radioactivity . densita can acquire new images and it can work with previously saved images and mcid files . 16 neurolucida 360 2015 helps researchers obtain reliable data about the size shape and complexity of neurons from image stacks and virtual slides . it makes 3d neuron reconstruction much faster and provides a staggering amount of accurate reliable data . 17 brainmaker releasing in spring 2015 helps to create unprecedented 3d high resolution reconstructions from serial sections imaged with whole slide scanners and research microscopes . brainmaker automatically detects the individual sections on each slide and then aligns the sections to create and visualize the full 3d image reconstruction . 18 microlucida 2010 lucivid laboratory edit mbf labs 19 references edit contact information . mbf bioscience . retrieved 2010 06 24 . about mbf bioscience . mbf bioscience . 2006 02 29 . retrieved 2010 06 24 . check date values in date help the innovate interview mbf bioscience pushes edge of innovation . burlington free press . may 30 2013 . retrieved june 20 2013 . 2007 best places to work in vermont . best companies group . 2007 . retrieved 2010 06 24 . 2009 best places to work in vermont . best companies group . 2009 . retrieved 2010 06 24 . 2010 best places to work in vermont . best companies group . 2010 . retrieved 2010 06 24 . kelley kevin 2007 . vermont sba person of the year jack glaser . vermontbiz.com . retrieved 2010 06 24 . new tools for neurobiological image analysis . microscopy and analysis . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.microscopy analysis.com news new tools neurobiological image analysis c . scitech pty ltd mbf bioscience . scitech pty ltd mbf bioscience . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.scitech.com.au index.php page mbf biosciences . new tools for neurobiological image analysis . microscopy and analysis . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.microscopy analysis.com news new tools neurobiological image analysis c . scitech pty ltd mbf bioscience . scitech pty ltd mbf bioscience . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.scitech.com.au index.php page mbf biosciences . new tools for neurobiological image analysis . microscopy and analysis . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.microscopy analysis.com news new tools neurobiological image analysis c . scitech pty ltd mbf bioscience . scitech pty ltd mbf bioscience . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.scitech.com.au index.php page mbf biosciences . mbf bioscience biolucida cloud image archive . microscopy and analysis . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.microscopy analysis.com blogs mbf bioscience biolucida cloud image archive . mbf launches wormlab software for c. elegans behavior research . microscopy and analysis . n.p. n.d. web . 28 june 2013 . http www.microscopy analysis.com news mbf launches wormlab software c elegans behavior research . mbf bioscience releases densita software . microscopy and analysis . n.p. n.d. web . 01 july 2013 . http www.microscopy analysis.com news mbf bioscience releases densita software . upgrade of neurolucida microscope imaging software . accessibility information . upgrade of neurolucida microscope imaging software . n.p. n.d. web . 02 feb. 2015 . https www.fbo.gov spg hhs nih nida 2 hhs nih nida sssa sbss 14 441 listing.html . local company has new product to help with brain research . local company has new product to help with brain research . wptz.com . n.p. n.d. web . 02 feb. 2015 . http www.wptz.com news local company has new product to help with brain research 30799176 . company overview . mbf labs . 2006 . retrieved 2010 06 24 . additional links edit stereology.info stereology for biological research with a focus on neuroscience mbf s blog mbf s homepage mbf lab s homepage mbf japan mbf china retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mbf bioscience & oldid 679267584 categories biotechnology companies of the united stateshidden categories cs1 errors datesarticles with a promotional tone from september 2015all articles with a promotional toneorphaned articles from september 2010all orphaned articlesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate 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