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Medical Specialties

With a portfolio covering microsurgery disciplines including ophthalmology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology (ENT), plastic reconstructive surgery and dentistry, there is a surgical microscope from Leica to meet your needs.

Life Science Research

Leica Microsystems’ life science research microscopes support the imaging needs of the scientific community with advanced innovation and technical expertise for the visualization, measurement and analysis of microstructures.

Industrial Microscopy

Maximizing uptime and achieving targets efficiently help your bottom line. Leica Microscope solutions can give you insights into the smallest sample details as well as analyze, document, and report results fast and reliably.

Environmental stewardship: Plant growing

Our Commitment to Sustainability

At Leica Microsystems, we believe in the power of science and innovation to build a more sustainable future. Our sustainability strategy is built on three core pillars: Innovating for a Better World, Caring for Our People, and Protecting Our Planet. By integrating these principles into our business practices, we drive progress and create a positive impact on society and the environment.

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Advanced Imaging – DMi8 Inverted Microscope Platform

Streamline your complex workflows and generate high quality data.

Streamline your complex microscopy workflows with a platform that enables you to generate data with solutions that you can tailor to your research requirements and budget.

MyVeo All-In-One Surgical Visualization Headset

Stay focused, work comfortably, and enhance team collaboration in the OR.

Have you imagined what the future of surgery will look like? Reimagine how you see, how you move, and how you collaborate during surgery – MyVeo takes you beyond what you’ve imagined.

Ivesta 3 Greenough Stereo Microscopes

What if you could inspect with increased efficiency and work in a consistent way?

For manufacturers or suppliers, increasing efficiency for inspection is a priority. Optimize your visual inspection and rework while achieving reliable, consistent results.

Aivia AI Image Analysis Software

Access the future of AI microscopy

Aivia is a complete 2-to-5D image visualization, analysis and interpretation platform designed for the reliable processing and reconstruction of highly complex images.

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The knowledge portal of Leica Microsystems offers scientific research and teaching material on the subjects of microscopy. The content is designed to support beginners, experienced practitioners and scientists alike in their everyday work and experiments.

3D rendering of a mouse beta cell with mitochondria (blue), insulin SGs (orange), microtubules (red), nucleus (yellow), and plasma membrane (transparent).

High-Pressure Freezing Protocols for Ultrastructural 3D EM

High pressure freezing (HPF) can help preserve hydrated cells and tissues close to their biological state at the moment of immobilization, supporting more reliable ultrastructural interpretation than…

Ultramicrotome UC Enuity in Practice: Stable 15 nm Sections at ZFE

After using the UCT and UC6 ultramicrotomes, Claudia Mayrhofer calls UC Enuity a leap in stability—so robust that vibrations and temperature shifts don’t spoil sections, even with multiple users. Auto…

Image of glass with primary corundum having numerous inclusions. It was taken with a microscope using polarization contrast.

Ensuring Glass Quality with the Polarization Microscopy Advantage

Glass is one of the oldest materials known. Today, it is used for many applications, e.g., optical instruments, windows, doors, solar panels, containers for food, beverages, and medicine, so strict…

Expert Techniques for Superior Visualization in Cataract Surgery

Join renowned ophthalmic surgeons, Dr. Hussein Almuhtaseb and Mr. Simon Madge, as they share their clinical expertise and real-world surgical strategies during the 2025 Online Cataract Surgery…

Eliminating Electrostatic Interference in Laser Microdissection

Electrostatic charge in laser microdissection (LMD) causes two critical failures: samples stick to charged surfaces and are lost, or samples fly into adjacent wells and cause cross-contamination. We…

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…

Mouse fibroblasts where F-actin is labelled with FITC (green), tubulin with Cy5 (red), and nuclei with DAPI (blue). Image courtesy of Dr. Günter Giese, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany.

Overview of Fluorescent Dyes in terms of Applications and Properties

An introduction to commonly used fluorescent dyes and an overview of their characteristics are given in this article. Fluorescence microscopy is used for the study of specific cellular components with…

Researchers Insights: Microscopy in Cancer Research

Discover how imaging techniques are driving cancer research forward. In this issue, we present comprehensive multimodal studies using microscopy, as well as new directions in intraoperative cancer…

Predictive Service Prevents Downtime in Ghent

At the VIB BioImaging Core in Ghent, Belgium, researchers depend on Leica’s Stellaris 8 confocal microscope to explore the frontiers of biomedical science. When Leica’s RemoteCare system detected a…

Zebrafish heart, DAPI (nuclei, blue), Tropomyosin (cardiomyocytes, red) and GFP (primordial cardiac layer, green). Courtesy of Anna Jazwinska, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

A Guide to Fluorescence Microscopy

Fluorescence microscopy uses the ability of fluorophores, dyes, or fluorescent proteins to emit light of a specific wavelength after being excited with light of a shorter wavelength. Biomolecules can…

ATTO-TEC Consumables

ATTO-TEC dyes have become a benchmark for fluorescence microscopy imaging, offering a highly differentiated panel. Their brightness and photostability make them the reagents of choice for demanding applications.

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