Leica Microsystems to Acquire OCT Company Bioptigen

03-Jun-2015 - Leica Microsystems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bioptigen, Inc. to strengthen its position in the ophthalmology market. Bioptigen is a technology leader in the field of optical coherence tomography (OCT). The integration of OCT imaging into Leica Microsystems’ surgical microscopes ...

Leica Microsystems’ STED Super-Resolution Microscope Again Awarded for its Innovative Technology

The Scientist Top 10 Innovations Award for Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X

03-Dec-2014 - The Scientist magazine has chosen the Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X as one of the Top 10 Innovations 2014 that will change the way life scientists work. An independent jury of experts from science and industry selected the latest generation of Leica Microsystems’ super-resolution microscopes. This is the ...

Yale University and Leica Microsystems Partner to Establish Microscopy Center of Excellence

01-Oct-2014 - On Monday, October 20, 2014, Yale University West Campus will open the doors to a new microscopy Center of Excellence made possible through a partnership with Leica Microsystems. Housed in a newly created core facility, the Leica Center of Excellence at Yale West Campus will provide scientists ...

Leica Microsystems Strengthens Market Presence in Turkey

10-Jun-2014 - Leica Microsystems has strengthened the alliance with its Turkish distributors Mikro-Optik Tıbbi Malzeme Ithalat Ihracat ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi and Gantenbein Ticaret Mürsel Gelincik ve Ortağı Adi Komandit Şirketi, thereby deepening its market presence in Turkey. All relevant assets of the ...

Leica SR GSD 3D Super-Resolution Microscope Voted Among Top 10 Innovations 2013 for Laboratories and Research

The Scientist Magazine Chooses Super-Resolution Microscope from Leica Microsystems as one of the Year’s Best Innovations for the Second Time

09-Dec-2013 - The Leica SR GSD 3D super-resolution microscope has been voted third among the Top 10 Innovations 2013 by the prestigious magazine The Scientist. The panel of judges, consisting of representatives from science, business, and the non-profit sector, selected the super-resolution system for 3D ...

Max Planck Innovation grants rights for developing new nanoscopic method to Leica Microsystems

15-Oct-2009 - Max Planck Innovation, the technology transfer organization of the Max Planck Society, grants Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, an exclusive license for implementing the latest generation of optical microscopes with a resolution far below the diffraction limit (nanoscopes). This innovative optical ...

Promega and Leica Microsystems Sign Agreement to Develop Fluorescent Ligands Enabling Live Cell Imaging at the Sub 100 nm Range

15-Aug-2008 - Promega Corp. announced that it has signed an agreement with Leica Microsystems to enable fluorescent imaging of proteins in live cells. Under the terms of the agreement, Promega will develop fluorescent ligands for its HaloTag fusion proteins, that will be used to label proteins within live ...

Nanoscale microscope sheds first light on gene repair

16-Nov-2006 - Proteins called H2AX act as "first aid" to DNA, among other roles. For the first time, scientists using the, according to The Jackson Laboratory, world's most powerful light microscope have seen how H2AX is distributed in the cell nucleus: in clusters, directing the first-aid repair after DNA ...