ORGANISERS are claiming a major success with the European Microscopy Congress 2012, held in Manchester UK this week (17-21 September 2012). Traditionally considered a meeting rooted in electron microscopy, EMC2012 had a new, ahem, focus on light microscopy thanks to…
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Leica claims fastest true confocal scanner
LEICA Microsystems says it is once again at the forefront of the confocal microscope market with the launch of the Leica TCS SP8, successor to the SP5 series. Launched in June 2012 and demonstrated at the European Microscopy Congress EMC2012…
LED microscope suits biomedical applications
A CONSTANT colour temperature without heat build-up is the main advantage of the LED illumination system used on the new Leica DM4000 B microscope, says the company. The cool and uniform light produced makes the instrument suitable for biomedical and…
Automated one-step chromogen detection
SAID to be the the first automated one-step system allowing the detection and co-visualisation of mouse and rabbit antibodies on a single slide, Leica Microsystems’s ChromoPlex 1 delivers intense staining and a clear background. Suitable for use with commercial and…
Leica provides IHC and ISH at Imperial
THE LABORATORIES at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK, perform up to 120,000 immunohistochemistry (IHC) tests each year, giving it one of the largest workloads in IHC and in situ hybridisation (ISH) in the country. In order to modernise IHC…
Bigger slides mean more pathology data
THE STANDARD microscope slide of 26 x 76mm (1 x 3 inch) is a familiar sight in labs worldwide. The double slide, measuring 52 x 76mm, is used in some procedures including pathology, specifically when larger samples need to be…