History, Developments and Trends of Microscopy in Cancer Research
Cancer is a global disease, with 18 million new cases diagnosed and 10 million cancer-related deaths worldwide in 2020. This burden is set to increase, with a projected increase in cases of ~55% by…
Ultramicrotomy eBook: Targeting, Trimming & Alignment
Ultramicrotomy is evolving rapidly, and today’s microscopes demand high‑quality sections, precise targeting, and reproducible workflows. This eBook brings together expert application notes, automated…
High-Pressure Freezing for Organoids: Cryo CLEM & FIB Lift Out
Master cryo EM workflow steps for challenging 3D samples: when to choose HPF vs. plunge freezing, reproducible blotting/ice control, contamination aware transfers, Cryo CLEM 3D targeting in organoids,…
Brief Introduction to High-Pressure Freezing for Cryo-Fixation
Preparation of biological specimens for electron microscopy (EM) often requires cryo-fixation which does not introduce significant structural alterations of cellular constituents. A common method used…
The “Waffle Method”: High-Pressure Freeze Complex Samples
This article describes the advantages of a special high pressure freezing method, the so-called “Waffle Method”. Learn how the “Waffle Method” uses EM grids as spacers for high-pressure freezing,…
From Bench to Beam: A Complete Correlative Cryo Light Microscopy Workflow
In the webinar entitled "A Multimodal Vitreous Crusade, a Cryo Correlative Workflow from Bench to Beam" a team of experts discusses the exciting world of correlative workflows for structural biology…
How Marine Microorganism Analysis can be Improved with High-pressure Freezing
In this application example we showcase the use of EM-Sample preparation with high pressure freezing, freeze substiturion and ultramicrotomy for marine biology focusing on ultrastructural analysis of…
New Imaging Tools for Cryo-Light Microscopy
New cryo-light microscopy techniques like LIGHTNING and TauSense fluorescence lifetime-based tools reveal structures for cryo-electron microscopy.
How to Successfully Perform Live-Cell CLEM
The Leica Nano workflow provides a streamlined live-cell CLEM solution for getting insight bout structural changes of cellular components over time. Besides the technical handling described in the…