Carl Zeiss Microscopy Receives Fourth R&D Award in a Row

Morris Plains, NJ, 13.07.2005. With its LSM 5 LIVE Laser Scanning Microscope, Carl Zeiss Microscopy is once again one of the winners of the much-coveted R&D 100 Award. Featuring a new optical design specially developed for real time examinations of fast processes on living specimens, the LSM 5 LIVE opens a new time window in confocal fluorescence microscopy. With a monthly circulation of 90,000 copies, the US R&D Magazine presents this award to the 100 most important technical products launched worldwide every year.

Thanks to its unique combination of scanning speed, image quality and sensitivity, the confocal LSM 5 LIVE Live Cell Imaging System from the successful LSM 5 family from Carl Zeiss provides scientists with exclusive insights behind the scenes of cellular motion and interaction. Collecting up to 120 confocal images per second at a resolution of 512 x 512 pixels , the LSM 5 LIVE scans about 20 times faster than any other confocal system so far, while featuring outstanding image quality and exceptional sensitivity. The entire optical concept has been consistently tailored to biomedical applications. With its precise optics, creative beam splitter design and innovative beam delivery, the LSM 5 LIVE opens up new horizons in life sciences with fluorescence yield at the limits of what is technically possible.

With the new instrument technology for fluorescence microscopy, Carl Zeiss is underscoring its global claim to technological leadership in the field of high end microscope systems for biomedical research and clinical laboratories. Dr. Norbert Gorny, Member of the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG, sees the award as confirmation of Carl Zeiss' innovation strategy. "The fact that we have once again won this award proves that we are on the right track to achieving a constant expansion of Carl Zeiss' competency in the field of future-oriented microscopes." Dr. Ulrich Simon, Vice President and General Manager in the Microscopy Group, explains the Carl Zeiss microscopy strategy as follows: "Our goal is to combine technological and subject-related know-how in order to create solutions that are optimally tailored to the needs of modern biomedical research. The mission of the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Group is to provide our customers with tools that enable them to perform their tasks more quickly, efficiently and successfully. This is precisely why we are investing heavily in new technologies and production capacities."

After the ApoTome technique for fluorescence microscopy , the LSM 510 META Laser Scanning Microscope and the PlasDIC microscope contrasting technique, the LSM 5 LIVE is now the fourth consecutive product of the Microscopy Group, and the 13th overall, to win the R&D 100 Award for the Carl Zeiss Group. The award will be presented in Chicago on October 20, 2005.

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Carl Zeiss is a leading international group of companies operating worldwide in the optical and opto-electronic industry. Carl Zeiss AG is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany.