Carl Zeiss's display will include laser scanning microscopy, live cell imaging, 3D deconvolution and high resolution imaging
Optical microscope manufacturer Carl Zeiss will bring an interactive, hands-on event to this year's MicroScience.
Its large display will have several themed areas, including laser scanning microscopy, live cell imaging, 3D deconvolution and high resolution imaging.
Three unique imaging breakthroughs will also make their debuts at the show - Apotome, Plasdic and Sirf.
The LSM 510 Meta microscope was voted one of the 100 most important worldwide technical products of 2002 by readers of R and D magazine, and will form the central point of the Zeiss stand.
Its 32-channel Meta module collects the entire spectral signature for each pixel of the scanned image and rapidly separates this information for up to eight fluorochromes in a process called emission fingerprinting.
Another award-winning product, Apotome, will be on display.
This innovative slider module for fluorescence imaging has received the Photonics Circle of Excellence award from Photonics Spectra, as well as inclusion in the R and D 100 Awards.
With lower costs and faster production of extremely high quality optical sections, it brings high-end capabilities to a wider spectrum of biomedical users, and not just those at specialised research institutes.
Zeiss's Plasdic methodology allows the use of plastic culture vessels for microscopic examinations, eliminating the need for expensive and labour intensive glass dishes.
Cell and molecular biologists can view cultures under optimum conditions.
Unlike other methods, Plasdic works without costly condensers or compensation prisms, illuminating the object with natural, non-polarised light.
This year, Carl Zeiss also launched its Sirf system (simple internal reflection fluorescence).
Its optical sectioning performance, in the order of 100nm, allows viewers to see key events occurring on membranes, without interference from the underlying regions within the cell or cellular structure.
Because there are no interfering fluorescence signals from other layers of the specimen, the Sirf image is very rich in contrast.
