All articles from Leica Microsystems GmbH

New Microscope System Leica DM4000 B LED for Biomedical Routine & Research Applications
May 22, 2012

• Leica Microsystems launches the new Leica DM4000 B LED - a microscope system with innovative LED illumination optimally suited for biomedical applications. The specially designed LED transmitted light illumination solution is perfectly integrated in the microscope automation covering a wide range of microscopy applications. LED illumination produces constant color temperature at all intensity levels without heat buildup and thus enables stable results...

Leica Microsystems Introduces Tissue IA 2.0 Quantitative Image Analysis Fluorescence and Brightfield Analysis for Digital Pathology
Apr 2, 2012

• Leica Microsystems announces the release of Tissue IA 2.0, high performance image analysis for discovery research. Combining fluorescence and brightfield analysis capabilities in a single platform, with precision cell modelling, Tissue IA 2.0 offers a superior solution for IHC biomarker quantification. Tissue IA 2.0 joins the Total Digital Pathology portfolio from Leica, providing streamlined end-to-end excellence in capture, management and analysis of digital pathology images...

New Tissue Processor Focused on Improving Patient Safety
Feb 6, 2012

• Leica Microsystems has announced the release of s that is focused on improving quality, laboratory productivity and, most importantly, patient safety. Tissue processors, such as the new Leica ASP6025, play a critical role in histology laboratories where a patient's tissue samples are prepared for disease diagnosis, especially where cancer is suspected...

Manufacturing Excellence Award for Leica Biosystems Nussloch
Jan 30, 2012

• Leica Biosystems GmbH in Nussloch has won the Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Award 2011 in the Customer Focus category. With a workforce of 336 employees, the German plant in Nussloch near Heidelberg makes products for different stages of specimen preparation in the histopathological laboratory. These include cryostats and microtomes for ultra-thin sections of tissue as well as automatic coverslippers and tissue processors to produce high-quality samples that can be kept for extremely long periods of time without loss of quality...

Leica SR GSD ranks among Top Ten Innovations 2011
Jan 17, 2012

• The Top Ten Innovations Contest, established by the magazine The Scientist, awards the "coolest life science tools to emerge in the previous year". This year, the Leica SR GSD microscopy system for widefield super-resolution ranks among the list of new and exciting technologies that made their way into the labs...

Leica Microsystems Launches the First Fully Automated One-step Dual Chromogen IHC Detection System for Use With Antibody Cocktails
Dec 8, 2011

• Leica Microsystems announced today the availability of Leica ChromoPlex^TM 1 Dual Detection for BOND, the first fully automated one-step detection system allowing the co-visualization of mouse and rabbit antibodies on a single slide. Same day diagnosis is now easier to achieve when compared with the two-step sequential or semi-automated processes currently available on competitive IHC advanced stainers. Developed for use with commercial and self-validated cocktails, ChromoPlex delivers the intense staining and clear background that BOND users currently enjoy from Leica's Compact Polymer technology...

Double and Jumbo Slide Scanning on the Leica SCN400
Nov 30, 2011

• The largest capture area of any line scanner in digital pathology is now possible with the Leica SCN400 and SCN400 F. The latest release in Leica's Total Digital Pathology portfolio enables the digitization of very large specimens, not possible with any other line scanning digital pathology system...

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Selects Leica Microsystems to Provide Automated IHC platforms Across all Sites
Nov 17, 2011

• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has one of the largest immunohistochemistry / in situ hybridization (IHC / ISH) workloads in the United Kingdom, performing almost 120,000 IHC slides a year. The Trust has selected Leica Microsystems' BOND platform to provide advanced IHC and ISH staining capabilities for cellular pathology services at its Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St Mary's Hospital sites. These hospitals are integrated with the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London, rated in 2011 as a top 10 global university by Times Higher Education in conjunction with Thomson Reuters...

License Agreement Between Leica Microsystems, the Max Planck Society and the German Cancer Research Center
Nov 15, 2011

• Leica Microsystems has signed an agreement with the Max Planck Society and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) for the development of the next generation of super-resolution STED (Stimulated Emission Depletion) microscopy. This gives Leica Microsystems the license to develop the new technology, called gated STED, into a commercial product and put it on the market...

Leica Microsystems Acquires Labindia’s Microscopy and Histopathology Divisions
Nov 14, 2011

• Leica Microsystems, a world leading provider of microscopy systems and total histology solutions, today announced that it has acquired the microscopy and histopathology business of Labindia Instruments Pvt. Ltd., a leading solutions and service provider in India. This transition comes after more than 20 years during which Labindia has successfully distributed Leica's products in India...

Leica Microsystems Introduces Complete Case Management Solution for Digital Pathology
Nov 7, 2011

• Leica Microsystems announce the launch of its clinical workflow solution for Digital Pathology. Digital Image Hub Enterprise* with its powerful image manage­ment, integration and communication capabilities, in conjunction with a new high performance, intuitive client viewer, SlidePath Gateway*, combine to make this the ideal solution for clinical centers moving towards true Digital Pathology implementation. Furthermore, Leica's Total Digital Pathology solutions now provide an implementation of the DICOM Supplement 145 standard for both slide scanning and viewing...
  

New Leica M822 Ophthalmic Microscope
Nov 7, 2011

• The new Leica M822 surgical microscope, with enhanced Red Reflex, combines Leica Microsystems' world class optics with an innovative dual illumination system that dramatically improves the surgeon's view when performing cataract surgery. Ergonomic design for a comfortable working position during surgery and high-resolution video documentation also support ophthalmic surgeons in their quest for more precise and efficient operating techniques...

Leica Science Lab – the Knowledge Portal for Microscopy and Histology is Online
Oct 6, 2011

• Leica Science Lab the knowledge portal of Leica Microsystems, offers scientific research and teaching material on the subjects of microscopy and histology, from the basics to specific application know-how. Illustrated and interactive tutorials as well as white papers explain technical rudiments all the way from specimen preparation and immunochemistry to imaging, con­trast techniques and high-end technologies such as super-resolu­tion...

Leica Microsystems Introduces New Transmitted-Light Bases for Stereomicroscopes
Oct 5, 2011

• Outstanding illumination in any situation: with its TL3000 ST (brightfield), TL4000 BFDF (bright-/darkfield), TL4000 RCTM / TL4000 RCITM (Rottermann ContrastTM technology) and the new flat TL5000 Ergo (automatic, zoom dependent contrasting) transmitted-light bases, Leica Microsystems is introducing a series of bases specially designed for a variety of stereo and macroscope applications from documentation of single cells to screening of whole animals...

Bringing Digital Pathology Excellence to the Hematopathology Workshop
Oct 3, 2011

• Leica Microsystems, world-leading providers of Total Digital Pathology solutions, are a proud platinum sponsor of this year's joint workshop of the Society for Hematopathology and the European Association for Haematopathology (SH/EAHP) being held at the Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, USA, from October 27-29, 2011...

Leica Microsystems Launches Free Digital Pathology App for iPad and iPhone
Sep 28, 2011

• Leica Microsystems announces the release of the SlidePath Gateway application for iPad and iPhone, which is the latest addition to the Total Digital Pathology portfolio. SlidePath Gateway is a Digital Pathology viewing application with built-in educational content from leading institutes and pathologists. The free application is available now for download from the Apple App store...

New Leica DFC365 FX Fluorescence Camera for Live Cell Imaging
Sep 14, 2011

• To successfully document live cells and rapidly fading fluorescence specimens, a camera technology particularly designed for the purpose is indispensable. The new Leica DFC365 FX digital microscope camera from Leica Microsystems combines exceptional image quality with very high temporal resolution for rapid time-lapse recordings. The Leica DFC365 FX is setting new standards in its class enabling researchers to work efficiently, even with weakly fluorescing specimens...

New Widefield Super-Resolution System for Applications in Biomedical Research
Sep 5, 2011

• With the new Leica SR GSD from Leica Microsystems, scientists can now achieve resolutions far below the limit of diffraction that have never been attained before in widefield fluorescence microscopy. The system is capable of resolving details as small as 20 nanometers. This enables research of structures of single proteins and other biomolecules in cells and observation of molecular processes to gain new insights into fundamental processes of life...

China Medical Technologies and Leica Microsystems Announce Collaboration
Aug 8, 2011

• China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED) (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, and Leica Biosystems, a division of Leica Microsystems, a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments, today announced that they have established a sales, research and development collaboration to co-develop and market automated FISH kits to be used on the Leica BOND system. CMED will sell the Automated FISH Kits in China and Leica will have an option to sell the FISH kits in the rest of the world...

Leica Microsystems Launches SCN400 F Combined Fluorescence and Brightfield Slide Scanner
Jul 5, 2011

• Leica Microsystems announces the release of the Leica SCN400 F combined fluo­rescent and brightfield digital slide scanner. The SCN400 F brings together Leica's award winning brightfield slide scanning capabilities and multi-channel fluorescence imaging in a single platform, providing versatility to researchers and core laboratories utilizing Digital Pathology...

Leica Microsystems Launches Free Digital Pathology App for iPad and iPhone
Jun 29, 2011

• Leica Microsystems announces the release of the SlidePath Gateway application for iPad and iPhone, which is the latest addition to the Total Digital Pathology portfolio. SlidePath Gateway is a Digital Pathology viewing application with built-in educational content from leading institutes and pathologists. The free application is available now for download from the Apple App store...

Leica Microsystems Releases Fully Automated HER2 FISH Test
May 9, 2011

• Leica Microsystems has announced the European release of the fully automated Leica HER2 FISH System for the Leica BOND advanced staining system. Designed for easy and accurate assessment of HER2 gene status in breast cancer tissue, the Leica HER2 FISH System combines the use of the gold standard PathVysion®* HER2 FISH probes, supplied by Abbott Molecular Inc, with Leica's industry-leading BOND automated platform, delivering accurate results for diagnostic confidence...

Leica Microsystems and Definiens Announce Co-Marketing in the Area of Drug Discovery Research
Apr 14, 2011

• Leica Microsystems, a leading global designer and producer of precision optical systems, and Definiens, the leading Health Image IntelligenceTM company, today announced a co-marketing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Definiens and Leica will cooperatively market their complementary products and host joint workshops and educational events. Customers will benefit from streamlined high-content image analysis, allowing them to better identify and understand pathways and mechanisms...

Leica Microsystems Licenses Digital Pathology Patents from Olympus
Apr 6, 2011

• Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany and Olympus America Inc. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Leica to access an extensive portfolio of patents held by Olympus in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy. The patents included in the licensing deal cover methods and equipment for creating, storing and delivering virtual microscopy slides. The technology enables individuals to view and share high-resolution virtual microscopy images over the Internet...

Marburg University Tests New Generation of Light Microscopes from Leica Microsystems
Mar 15, 2011

• The University of Marburg is expanding its cooperation with Leica Microsystems: The Institute of Cytobiology is currently one of four institutes in the world to test a microscope with a resolution well below the diffraction limit (nanoscope). "With this new optical nanoscopy called GSDIM (ground state depletion microscopy followed by individual molecule return), resolutions down to 25 nanometers can be achieved...

Leica TCS SP5 MP with Fully Integrated OPO Extends Application Range of Multiphoton Microscopy
Dec 23, 2010

• Leica Microsystems has effectively matched the Leica TCS SP5 MP multiphoton microscope with a fully integrated OPO (Optical Parametric Oscillator) solution. The integration of the Coherent Chameleon Compact OPO with the Leica TCS SP5 MP confocal and multiphoton microscope allows observation of fast dynamic processes in living cells with deep penetration at high resolution with one integrated microscope system.

High-Content Screening Automation for Confocal and Widefield Microscopy - Leica HCS A – the Platform for Primary and Secondary Screening
Oct 26, 2010

• Leica Microsystems has extended its automated high-content screening solution to cover applications on widefield fluorescence systems. The Leica HCS A package enables fast and efficient multi-position experiments - from automated image recording routines to complex multi-dimensional high-content screening experiments with simultaneous image export for immediate analysis by external analysis software.

HER2 Theranostic Training Comes to You
Oct 25, 2010

• Leica Microsystems continues its commitment to education with a new web-based training course for the Leica BondTM OracleTM HER2 IHC System. This new E-learning course harnesses advanced training concepts to provide comprehensive training over the web, with convenient access allowing each student to study at the time and place that best suits their schedule

New Leica DMI6000 B with Adaptive Focus Control (AFC)
Oct 13, 2010

• Imaging dynamic processes in living cells is challenging, even for the most precise and reliable microscopy systems. The Leica DMI6000 B inverted microscope stand is at the heart of our widefield or confocal systems for live cell imaging, offering unsurpassed stability inherent to its design.

Leica Microsystems Extends its Product Portfolio in Virtual Microscopy
Sep 8, 2010

• With its unprecedented scanning speed and top-quality on-screen imaging, the Leica SCN400 Slide Scanner has already set new standards in virtual imaging. Through the acquisition of Genetix Ltd. at the beginning of this year, Leica Microsystems is now able to considerably expand its solutions offering. With the software solutions Ariol and SlidePath, Leica Microsystems now adds the ability to store, manage, analyze, and report on digital images created with the Leica SCN400 Slide Scanner or the Leica DM6000 B Research Microscope

Leica DM500 Educational Microscope Wins Worlddidac Award 2010
Aug 25, 2010

• The International Educational Trade Association Worlddidac has awarded the Leica DM500 Educational Microscope the Worlddidac Award 2010. This famous award will be officially presented in October at the international exhibition in Basel, Switzerland.

Leica Microsystems Wins European Scanner Contest
Aug 2, 2010

• Leica Microsystems‘ Slide Scanner Leica SCN400 and Autoloader Leica SL801 have come first in two categories of the first European Scanner Contest (ESC). The prizes were awarded in the "Scan Speed and Best-Focused Images" categories, each at 20x and 40x magnification.

Leica Microsystems and Axeda Take Top Honors at Connected World Conference
Jun 28, 2010

• Leica Microsystems received a gold M2M Value Chain award with Axeda Corporation honored as its enabler at the annual Connected World Conference. Announced last week, the awards highlight the critical elements of the machine-to-machine (M2M) value chain that create a winning solution for the end customer. The companies were honored for the Leica RemoteCare smart services program.

Leica Microsystems to Develop an Automated HER2 FISH Test
Jun 22, 2010

• Leica Microsystems GmbH and Abbott have reached an agreement for Abbott to supply fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes that target the HER2 gene locus. The probes will be used to develop a fully automated FISH solution for HER2 testing on the Leica Microsystems' BONDTM, an automated advanced staining platform.

The Smart Solution for Superior Contrast in Fluorescence Imaging
May 25, 2010

• Resolution and contrast are crucially important for fluorescence applications in widefield microscopy. Undesired haze effects that reduce contrast can be minimized by using the smart principle of structured illumination. The result: fluorescence images with excellent contrast, superb axial resolution and ultra-sharp 2D sections of the specimen.

New Tool to Amplify the Power of Confocal Imaging
May 4, 2010

• Leica Microsystems has released the first High Content Screening Automation package for confocal research microscopes Leica HCS A. Combining the strength of high-resolution point scanners with the new ingenious LAS AF MATRIX M3 software platform delivers a highly flexible tool for automated imaging in multi dimensions.

Leica Microsystems Acquires Genetix Strengthening Life Science Technologies Portfolio
Mar 11, 2010

• Genetix Ltd, a leading provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis, has been acquired by Leica Microsystems. This acquisition brings together Genetix' expertise in developing and marketing imaging systems and software for clinical and research applications, with Leica Microsystems' microscopes and other life science instrumentation.

Leica RemoteCare: A New Remote Diagnostic Tool to Service Leica Instruments
Feb 3, 2010

• Leica Microsystems proudly introduces a software tool for 24 hour remote monitoring of complex lab equipment.

The Fast Track to Superresolution! The New Leica TCS STED CW for a Wide Range of Applications in Cell Research and Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2010

• The new superresolution system Leica TCS STED CW made its successful début in December 2009 at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Diego. A large number of highly interested scientists who followed the product demonstrations were convinced by the progressive technology with its potential to revolutionize life science research.

Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. to Join Leica Microsystems’ Parent Company Board of Directors
Dec 16, 2009

• Leica Microsystems’ parent company, Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR), based in Washington, D.C., announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. to Danaher’s Board of Directors.

Leica IC80 HD – Integrated High-Definition Microscope Camera
Dec 12, 2009

• The new Leica IC80 HD high-definition camera from Leica Microsystems offers an easy start to the world of full HD microscopy. Viewing their samples direct on a high-resolution screen, laboratory staff obtain fast and reliable results thanks to the full HD image.
  
  

First Inverted Routine Microscope with LED Light Source
Dec 12, 2009

• Brilliant optics and optimum illumination are the key to achieving the best possible results in microscopy. The Leica DM IL LED is the first inverted routine microscope to combine super-lative Leica HC optics with state-of-the-art LED illumination.

Leica Microsystems Launches Miniature High-End Microscope
Dec 12, 2009

• The success of microsurgery stands or falls by the recognition of minute detail (microstructures). During an operation, the surgeon is confronted with many quickly changing situations. For example, he usually needs a high magnification factor for the actual microsurgery. A moment later, he may need a wide field of vision to take an overall look at the area that is being operated on, whereas there are times when a swift change of working distance or working position is necessary.

For the Experts of the Future - New Educational Microscopes Combine High-Quality Optics with Smart and User-Friendly Solutions
Dec 12, 2009

• A creative teaching environment and maximum learning success can only be achieved when teachers, professors and trainers are able to concentrate fully on imparting knowledge. The Leica DM500, Leica DM750 and Leica DM750 P for polarization is a new series of educational microscopes from Leica Microsystems packed with intelligent details and longlife technology to facilitate teaching in schools and universities.

New from Leica Microsystems – the World’s Most Compact Neurosurgical Microscope with Horizontal Optics
Dec 12, 2009

• By incorporating horizontal optics for the first time, Leica Microsystems is writing an groundbraking chapter in the history of optics design. The optics carrier is so compact that the surgeon naturally adopts a healthy working posture.

Reveal the Secrets in the Depth with the New Leica HCX APO L20x/0.95 IMM
Dec 12, 2009

• Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems expands its wide range of objective lenses for confocal microscopy by the new objective Leica HCX APO L20x/0.95 IMM for deep imaging.
  
  

Leica M50 and M80 Routine Stereomicroscopes – A Fresh Face for the Laboratory and Research
Dec 12, 2009

• Leica Microsystems presents the Leica M80 and M50 stereomicroscopes that complete the latest, powerful generation of the well-known Leica M series. Featuring superlative optical quality, a well thought-out range of accessories and smooth interplay of all components, they master even unusual challenges with ease.
  

Fast, Efficient and Reliable Slide Scanner Leica SCN400 for Optimal Histological Examinations
Dec 12, 2009

• With its unprecedented scanning speed and top-quality on-screen imaging, the new Leica SCN400 Slide Scanner offers an alternative to the microscope for the examination of histological samples in pathology, research, and teaching.

New Digital Camera for Fluorescence Applications
Dec 12, 2009

• The detection and documentation of low light fluorescence signals in live cell expe-riments is a particular challenge for digital cameras. To meet this demand, Leica Microsystems adds the new Leica DFC345 FX to its portfolio of powerful digital cameras.

Meaningful Results without Effort - LAS Image Analysis for Automatic Analysis of Multiple Image Features
Aug 30, 2009

• Leica Microsystems has released a new module within the Leica Application Suite

Improved Platform for Confocal and Two Photon Microscopy
Aug 30, 2009

• The New Leica TCS SP5 II: Fast Frame Rates, Best Resolution and Depth Imaging with Full Multi-channel Capabilities

Leica Microsystems and A. Menarini Diagnostics Continue Their Successful Cooperation.
Aug 30, 2009

• Leica Microsystems GmbH and A. Menarini Diagnostics S.r.l. have signed a five-year agreement to extend their successful cooperation.

All in One: A Single Platform to Study the Dynamics of Cellular Processes
Aug 30, 2009

• Leica Microsystems has released the first single molecule detection system which offers an integrated platform for the most common single molecule techniques, such as FLIM and FCS.