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THUNDER Imager Live Cell & 3D Cell Culture & 3D Assay
Imaging di cellule vive
Spostando la prospettiva dai singoli componenti per microscopio a una soluzione completa, Leica Microsystems integra microscopio, software per l'imaging LAS X, fotocamere e componenti dedicati di…
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Microscopia a fluorescenza
La fluorescenza è uno dei fenomeni fisici più comunemente utilizzati nella microscopia biologica e analitica, soprattutto a causa della sua elevata sensibilità e specificità. Scopri come i microscopi…
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Ricerca zebrafish
Per ottenere il miglior risultato nella visualizzazione, separazione, manipolazione e imaging è necessario riuscire a osservare i dettagli e le strutture, così da poter prendere la decisione giusta…
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![[Translate to italian:] Leica photomanipulation](https://webcdn.leica-microsystems.com/fileadmin/_processed_/3/8/csm_photomanipulation-res_8c946c07f1.jpg "Fotomanipolazione")
Fotomanipolazione
Il termine fotomanipolazione comprende tutta una serie di tecniche che sfruttano le proprietà delle molecole fluorescenti per avviare gli eventi e osservare il comportamento dei complessi dinamici…
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Neuroscienze
Stai lavorando per una migliore comprensione delle malattie neurodegenerative o stai studiando la funzionalità del sistema nervoso? Scopri in che modo le soluzioni di imaging di Leica Microsystems…
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Organoidi e colture cellulari in 3D
Uno dei più entusiasmanti progressi recenti nella ricerca nel campo delle scienze della vita è lo sviluppo di sistemi di coltura cellulare in 3D, quali gli organoidi, gli sferoidi o i modelli di…
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Virology
L’oggetto della tua ricerca si concentra su infezioni e malattie virali? Scopri in che modo puoi approfondire l’aspetto virologico utilizzando le soluzioni di imaging e la preparazione del campione di…
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THUNDER Imaging
Cytosolic Calcium Ions in Melanoma Cancer Cells
In this article, a ratiometric fluorometric method for cytosolic calcium ion (Ca2+) measurement in cultured melanoma cells using Fura 2-AM cell loading and fluorescence microscopy imaging is presented…
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Widefield Microscopy
Download The Guide to Live Cell Imaging
In life science research, live cell imaging is an indispensable tool to visualize cells in a state as in vivo as possible. This E-book reviews a wide range of important considerations to take to…
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Studying Cell Division
Cell division is a biological process during which all cellular components must be distributed among the daughter cells. The division process requires firm coordination for success. Microscopy is…
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THUNDER Imaging
Viral Infections – Studying Influenza-host Interactions in 3D Specimens
Stefan Finke studies virus-host interactions. It turns out that the ways the virus and host interact are different when comparing results from classical laboratory monolayer cell lines and “close to…
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THUNDER Imaging
Finding new Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineers use biomaterials for a variety of applications from drug delivery to supporting the regeneration of damaged or lost tissues to creating in vitro disease models. Scaffold architecture…
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THUNDER Imaging
The Power of Pairing Adaptive Deconvolution with Computational Clearing
Deconvolution is a computational method used to restore the image of the object that is corrupted by the point spread function (PSF) along with sources of noise. In this technical brief, learn how the…
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THUNDER Imaging
Improvement of Imaging Techniques to Understand Organelle Membrane Cell Dynamics
Understanding cell functions in normal and tumorous tissue is a key factor in advancing research of potential treatment strategies and understanding why some treatments might fail. Single-cell…
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THUNDER Imaging
Studying Autoimmune Disease
This article discusses how autoimmune diseases, like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), can be studied more efficiently using thick, 3D kidney tissue specimens visualized with a THUNDER Imager . SLE…
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THUNDER Imaging
Image Gallery: THUNDER Imager
To help you answer important scientific questions, THUNDER Imagers eliminate the out-of-focus blur that clouds the view of thick samples when using camera-based fluorescence microscopes. They achieve…
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THUNDER Imaging
From Organs to Tissues to Cells: Analyzing 3D Specimens with Widefield Microscopy
Obtaining high-quality data and images from thick 3D samples is challenging using traditional widefield microscopy because of the contribution of out-of-focus light. In this webinar, Falco Krüger…
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THUNDER Imaging
Studying Human Brain Development and Disease
Neural spheroids created from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provide effective and novel tools for studying brain development, as well as the underlying pathological mechanisms of…
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THUNDER Imaging
An Introduction to Computational Clearing
Many software packages include background subtraction algorithms to enhance the contrast of features in the image by reducing background noise. The most common methods used to remove background noise…
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Basics in Microscopy
Factors to Consider When Selecting a Research Microscope
An optical microscope is often one of the central devices in a life-science research lab. It can be used for various applications which shed light on many scientific questions. Thereby the…
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THUNDER Imaging
How Can Immunofluorescence Aid Virology Research?
Modern virology research has become as crucial now as ever before due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. There are many powerful technologies and assays that virologists can apply to their research into…
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THUNDER Imaging
Studying Natural Killer (NK) Cells Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC)
The study of natural killer (NK) cells holds tremendous promise for developing novel immunotherapies. NK cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be used to create an easily…
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Basics in Microscopy
Getting Sharper 3D Images of Thick Biological Specimens with Widefield Microscopy
Widefield fluorescence microscopy is often used to visualize structures in life science specimens and obtain useful information. With the use of fluorescent proteins or dyes, discrete specimen…
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IL-18 cytokine derived from the enteric nervous system is important for intestinal immunity
Interleukin 18 (IL-18) is a proinflammatory cytokine, which induces cell-mediated immune reaction upon bacterial infection. In the intestine, it is known that IL-18 is produced in immune and…
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THUNDER Imaging
Cholesterol Homeostasis Modulates Platinum Sensitivity in Human Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is one of the most severe types of cancers that women can suffer from during their lifetimes. It is the cancer’s tendency for frequent relapses and drug resistance that leads to…
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THUNDER Imaging
Computational Clearing - Enhance 3D Specimen Imaging
This webinar is designed to clarify crucial specifications that contribute to THUNDER Imagers' transformative visualization of 3D samples and improvements within a researcher's imaging-related…
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THUNDER Imaging
THUNDER Imagers: High Performance, Versatility and Ease-of-Use for your Everyday Imaging Workflows
This webinar will showcase the versatility and performance of THUNDER Imagers in many different life science applications: from counting nuclei in retina sections and RNA molecules in cancer tissue…
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THUNDER Imaging
Evaluating Axon Regeneration After Brain or Spine Trauma of Mice
Damaged nerve regeneration was investigated using mouse spinal cord sections treated with compounds that counter axon growth inhibitor (AGI) proteins. The sections were screened to find active and…
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THUNDER Imaging
Interview with Magali Mondin on THUNDER Imagers
Magali Mondin, an engineer at the BIC (Bordeaux Imaging Center) in France, describes her experience using a THUNDER Imager in this interview. She had the opportunity to test extensively the THUNDER…
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THUNDER Imaging
Drosophila Testis Niche Stem Cells – Three Color Computational Clearing
Differentiated living beings such as humans, but also a fruit fly or a plant, possess not only the differentiated cells which form specific tissues, but also those cells whose fate is not yet (or only…
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THUNDER Imaging
Alzheimer Plaques: fast Visualization in Thick Sections
More than 60% of all diagnosed cases of dementia are attributed to Alzheimer’s disease. Typical of this disease are histological alterations in the brain tissue. So far, there is no cure for this…
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THUNDER Imaging
THUNDER Technology Note
So far, widefield microscopy was not suitable to image larger volumes, since the contrast of the recorded fluorescence image is reduced by the background (BG) mainly originating from out of focus…
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