Leica Microsystems
Leica Microsystems is a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments. Founded as a family business in the nineteenth century, the company’s history was marked by unparalleled innovation on its way to becoming a global enterprise.
Its historically close cooperation with the scientific community is the key to Leica Microsystems’ tradition of innovation, which draws on users’ ideas and creates solutions tailored to their requirements. At the global level, Leica Microsystems is organized in three divisions, all of which are among the leaders in their respective fields: Life Science, Industry and Medical.
The company is represented in over 100 countries with 6 manufacturing facilities in 5 countries, sales and service organizations in 20 countries, and an international network of dealers. The company is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany.
Five Inverted-Microscope Advantages for Industrial Applications
With inverted microscopes, you look at samples from below since their optics are placed under the sample, with upright microscopes you look at samples from above. Traditionally, inverted microscopes…
Potential of Multiplex Confocal Imaging for Cancer Research and Immunology
Explore the new frontiers of multi-color fluorescent imaging: from image acquisition to analysis
Enhancing Neurosurgery Teaching
Learn about the Serious Game in Intraoperative Neurosurgery and how it supports neurosurgical teaching and the acquisition of decision-making skills.
Ultramicrotomy Techniques for Materials Sectioning
Learn about ultramicrotomy for materials sectioning when investigating polymers and brittle materials with transmission (TEM) or scanning electron microscopy (SEM) or atomic force microscopy.
Exploring Subcellular Spatial Phenotypes with SPARCS
Discover spatially resolved CRISPR screening (SPARCS), a platform for microscopy-based genetic screening for spatial subcellular phenotypes at the human genome scale.
Introduction to Fluorescent Proteins
Overview of fluorescent proteins (FPs) from, red (RFP) to green (GFP) and blue (BFP), with a table showing their relevant spectral characteristics.
Launching a Neurosurgical Department with Limited Resources
Learn about Dr. Claire Karekezi’s journey and experience launching a neurosurgical department within the Rwanda Military Hospital with limited resources.
Coherent Raman Scattering Microscopy Publication List
CRS (Coherent Raman Scattering) microscopy is an umbrella term for label-free methods that image biological structures by exploiting the characteristic, intrinsic vibrational contrast of their…
ISO 9022 Standard Part 11 - Testing Microscopes with Severe Conditions
This article describes a test to determine the robustness of Leica microscopes to mold and fungus growth. The test follows the specifications of the ISO 9022 part 11 standard for optical instruments.
Structural and Chemical Analysis of IC-Chip Cross Sections
This article shows how electronic IC-chip cross sections can be efficiently and reliably prepared and then analyzed, both visually and chemically at the microscale, with the EM TXP and DM6 M LIBS…
High-Quality EBSD Sample Preparation
This article describes a method for EBSD sample preparation of challenging materials. The high-quality samples required for electron backscatter diffraction are prepared with broad ion-beam milling.
Use of AR Fluorescence in Neurovascular Surgery
Learn about the use of GLOW800 Augmented Reality in neurovascular surgery through clinical cases and videos, including aneurysm and tumor resection cases.
Life Science Research: Which Microscope Camera is Right for You?
Deciding which microscope camera best fits your experimental needs can be daunting. This guide presents the key factors to consider when selecting the right camera for your life science research.
Multiplexing with Luke Gammon: Advance your Spatial Biology Research
Learn how multiplexing imaging and spatial biology can help researchers better understand complex biological systems. In this interview, Dr. Gammon and Dr. Pointu of Leica Microsystems discuss pain…
Spatial Biology: Learning the Landscape
Spatial Biology: Understanding the organization and interaction of molecules, cells, and tissues in their native spatial context
Key Factors to Consider When Selecting a Stereo Microscope
This article explains key factors that help users determine which stereo microscope solution can best meet their needs, depending on the application.
Imaging Organoid Models to Investigate Brain Health
Imaging human brain organoid models to study the phenotypes of specialized brain cells called microglia, and the potential applications of these organoid models in health and disease.
Rapid and Reliable Examination of PCBs & PCBAs with Digital Microscopy
Digital microscopes provide users with a convenient and rapid way to acquire high-quality, reliable image data and make quick inspection and analysis of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assemblies…
Windows on Neurovascular Pathologies
Discover how innate immunity can sustain deleterious effects following neurovascular pathologies and the technological developments enabling longitudinal studies into these events.
What is the FusionOptics Technology?
Leica stereo microscopes with FusionOptics provide optimal 3D perception. The brain merges two images, one with large depth of field and the other with high resolution, into one 3D image.
The Power of Reproducibility, Collaboration and New Imaging Technologies
In this webinar you willl learn what impacts reproducibility in microscopy, what resources and initiatives there are to improve education and rigor and reproducibility in microscopy and how…
Examining Developmental Processes In Cancer Organoids
Interview: Prof. Bausch and Dr. Pastucha, Technical University of Munich, discuss using microscopy to study development of organoids, stem cells, and other relevant disease models for biomedical…
How Microscopy Helps the Study of Mechanoceptive and Synaptic Pathways
In this podcast, Dr Langenhan explains how microscopy helps his team to study mechanoceptive and synaptic pathways, their challenges, and how they overcome them.
3D, AR & VR for Teaching in Neurosurgery
Discover the evolution of neurosurgical teaching and how 3D, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality can help better learn anatomy and acquire surgical skills.
Methods to Improve Reproducibility in Spatial Biology Research
Establish reproducibility results for a Cell DIVE multiplexed imaging study in cancer research using the BAB 200 automated system from ASLS and validated antibodies from CST
Unlocking Insights in Complex and Dense Neuron Images Guided by AI
The latest advancement in Aivia AI image analysis software provides improved soma detection, additional flexibility in neuron tracing, 3D relational measurement including Sholl analysis and more.
Characterizing tumor environment to reveal insights and spatial resolution
Antibodies from Cell Signaling Technology are validated for use with the Cell DIVE multiplexing workflow and used to probe cell lineages in the tumor microenvironment
What are the Challenges in Neuroscience Microscopy?
eBook outlining the visualization of the nervous system using different types of microscopy techniques and methods to address questions in neuroscience.
AI Microscopy Enables the Efficient Detection of Rare Events
Localization and selective imaging of rare events is key for the investigation of many processes in biological samples. Yet, due to time constraints and complexity, some experiments are not feasible…
An Introduction to Fluorescence
This article gives an introduction to fluorescence and photoluminescence, which includes phosphorescence, explains the basic theory behind them, and how fluorescence is used for microscopy.
