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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. Explore interactive tutorials and application notes, discover the basics of microscopy as well as high-end technologies – become part of the Science Lab community and share your expertise!

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Investigating Axonal Pathfinding in the Accessory Olfactory System
Hernandez-Clavijo et. al. investigated the importance of TMEM16A, a calcium-activated chloride channel, for axonal pathfinding between the VNO and AOB…
Jun 30, 2022
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3D Tissue Imaging: From Fast Overview To High Resolution With One Click
3D Tissue imaging is a widespread discipline in the life sciences. Researchers use it to reveal detailed information of tissue composition and…
Jun 29, 2022
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How To Perform Fast & Stable Multicolor Live-Cell Imaging
With the help of live-cell imaging researchers gain insights into dynamic processes of living cells up to whole organisms. This includes intracellular…
Jun 29, 2022
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Golgi organizational changes in response to cell stress
In this episode of MicaCam, our special guest George Galea from EMBL Heidelberg will look at HeLa Kyoto cells treated with various chemotherapeutic…
Jun 20, 2022
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Cardiomyocyte Proliferation Upon Heart Injury in Zebrafish
This edition of MicaCam focuses on the study of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) whose heart cells can fully regenerate after injury.
Jun 09, 2022
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Download Multiplexed Imaging Glossary
Human tissues contain a many different biomarkers which can be explored to reveal the workings of biological pathways and interrogate disease states.…
Jun 08, 2022
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Hydraulics in the Automotive and Aerospace Industries
Cleanliness standards relating to lubricants, hydraulic fluids, and oils, e.g., ISO 4406 and DIN 51455 are discussed in this article. Cleanliness…
Jun 08, 2022
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TauInteraction – Studying Molecular Interactions with TauSense
Fluorescence microscopy constitutes one of the pillars in life sciences and is a tool commonly used to unveil cellular structure and function. A key…
Jun 07, 2022
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Studying Wound Healing of Smooth Muscle Cells
This article discusses how wound healing of cultured smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in multiwell plates can be reliably studied over time with less effort…
Jun 07, 2022
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AI-Enabled Spatial Analysis of Complex 3D Datasets
Coming next on MicaCam - Livestream on 15th June 2022
Jun 03, 2022
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Cleanliness of Automotive Components and Parts
This article discusses the ISO 16232 standard and VDA 19 guidelines and briefly summarizes the particle analysis methods. They give important criteria…
Jun 02, 2022
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How Does The Cytoskeleton Transport Molecules?
See how 3D cysts derived from MDCK cells help scientists understand how proteins are transported and recycled in tissues and the role of the…
Jun 01, 2022
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Fast, High Acuity Imaging and AI-assisted Analysis
The use of state-of-the-art AI systems is pushing image analysis into a new generation. Challenges like the conflict between imaging power and sample…
Jun 01, 2022
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Improving the Cleanliness Analysis Workflow
For automotive manufacturers and automotive component suppliers, obtaining cleanliness results rapidly, accurately, and reliably over the entire…
May 31, 2022
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Studying Early Phase Development of Zebrafish Embryos
This second edition of MicaCam focuses on combining widefield and confocal imaging to study the early-stage development of zebrafish embryos (Danio…
May 25, 2022
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Tumor MHC Expression and Intralesional IL2 Response in Melanoma
Genomics profiling and Cell DIVE multiplex imaging allows researchers to understand the immune cell phenotypes that most strongly predict response to…
May 19, 2022
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How AR Helps in the Surgical Treatment of Moyamoya Disease
Moyamoya disease is a rare chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disorder characterized by progressive stenosis in the terminal portion of the internal…
May 19, 2022
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Multi-Color Caspase 3/7 Assays with Mica
Caspases are involved in apoptosis and can be utilized to determine if cells are undergoing this programmed cell death pathway in so-called caspase…
May 10, 2022
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