Wide field microscopy & laser microdissection

Laser microdissection is applied for specific isolation of individual cells or larger areas of a tissue sample, which will undergo further molecular analysis, i.e. contamination-free molecular analysis of DNA, RNA and proteins.

More information is available for internal users here.

Instruments

A list of our wide field and laser microdissection microscopes is shown below (click here).

Zeiss Axio Observer Z1

Some applications

A list of potential applications is shown below (click here).

• multicolor wide-field fluorescence imaging of adherent fixed cells and tissue sections up to 100 µm thickness, esp. tile scan and multiposition imaging for large area samples
• laser-guided precise microdissection of histological sections on glass or membranes slides and of living cells in membrane dishes