10 Years of Partnership Between IGBMC and
Leica Microsystems

16 Oct 2007: Strasbourg / France

Ten years of fruitful cooperation were a good reason for the IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) and Leica Microsystems to celebrate in Strasbourg. They were also presenting the new Macro-Confocal imaging system Leica TCS LSI. The IGBMC has a leading position in the field of biological and medical research in France. The institute’s research interests cover a wide rage of disciplines and methodologies from structural biology and bioinformatics to cellular and molecular biology, physiology, and genetics both human and from model organisms. The imaging center at IGBMC is endowed with numerous innovative pieces of equipment and is recognized for its expertise in various domains of biological imaging.


“I have had the pleasure of seeing the IGBMC expand from a single building to its impressive current status,” said Leica President David Martyr. “From the very beginning, trust and openness have been the key strengths of our relationship. The IGBMC benefits from being one of the very first to use our wide range of new instruments and product enhancements. In turn, we at Leica Microsystems gain valuable feedback on using these products in a real and demanding environment.” To emphasize the long-lasting partnership David Martyr (right) and Dino Moras, Director of IGBMC signed a poster.


As a symbol of the common interest in the long-lasting scientific collaboration, David Martyr presented a 117 year-old Leitz microscope to Jean-Luc Vonesch, Head of the IGBMC imaging center, and Didier Hentsch, engineer of the IGMBC imaging center, who conceived the Macro-Confocal imaging system. The new Leica TCS LSI (Large Scale Imaging) that is now officially launched as a Leica Microsystems product is the world’s first super zoom 3D confocal system for in vivo imaging of single cells to whole organisms.