Leica SR GSD Convinces Jury with Unprecedented Performance
in Fluorescence Microscopy The Leica SR GSD is
a winner of the R&D100 Award, granted by R&D Magazine for outstanding
technical developments. It is the 50th anniversary of this prestigeous award.
Leica Microsystems was honored together with the Max Planck Institute for
Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen for the development of this ground-breaking
widefield super-resolution microscope.
Superlative resolution and reliability
Launched in August 2011, this microscope system achieves resolutions far below
the limit of diffraction never attained before in a commercial widefield
fluorescence microscope. The Leica SR GSD is capable of resolving details
as small as 20 nanometers. This provides the resolution to image single
proteins and biomolecules in cells to observe molecular processes. The Leica SR
GSD is based on GSDIM technology (Ground State Depletion followed by
Individual Molecule return) developed by Professor Stefan Hell at the Max
Planck Institute). One of the key advantages of the GSDIM method over
other localization techniques is that it can be used with standard
fluorescence labels routinely applied in biomedical research.
The Leica SR GSD is not only remarkable for offering higher resolution than
previously possible, but also for its efficiency. One example is the novel SuMo
Stage (Supressed Motion Stage) that ensures minimal (sub resolution) drift.
Besides gaining unprecedented accuracy in localization of molecules, the user
of a Leica SR GSD also sees the super-resolution image during acquisition -
with no post-processing or need of fiducial markers.
More information on the
super-resolution systems of Leica Microsystems can be found at
www.leica-microsystems.com/products/super-resolution/
"This is a great honor for the entire team and rewards the outstanding
quality and unique performance of our super-resolution systems, which help in
uncovering and answering new scientific questions," comments Sebastian
Tille, Head of ‘Widefield Imaging' at Leica Microsystems' Life Science
Division. "The fact that this is already the third time this year that the
Leica SR GSD was selected for an award nominated by an international panel of
experts is further evidence of its truly innovative character."
Based on many years of experience and success with the confocal
super-resolution technologies of STED and STED CW, Leica Microsystems has again
set new standards in nanoscopy with the Leica SR GSD. The company has continued
its series of innovations with the new Leica gated STED - a patented technology
for enhanced confocal super-resolution based on the temporal properties of STED
fluorescence emission.
R&D 100 Awards - Benchmark of Excellence
Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards have annually identified revolutionary
technologies newly introduced to the market. The hundred award winners are
selected by an independent panel of judges and the editors of the US-American
R&D Magazine. Many of the winning products and technologies have helped to
shape everyday lives, such as the automated teller machine (1973), the fax
machine (1975), and HDTV (1998). The R&D 100 Awards have long been a
benchmark of excellence for industry sectors as diverse as biotechnology,
telecommunications, software and manufacturing. The winners represent a
cross-section of industry, academia, private research firms, and government
labs. The R&D Magazine has published a full list of this year's winners on
its website
www.rdmag.com.
About Leica Microsystems
Leica Microsystems is a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments.
Founded as a family business in the nineteenth century, the company's history
was marked by unparalleled innovation on its way to becoming a global
enterprise.
Its historically close cooperation with the scientific community is the key to
Leica Microsystems' tradition of innovation, which draws on users' ideas and
creates solutions tailored to their requirements. At the global level, Leica
Microsystems is organized in three divisions, all of which are among the
leaders in their respective fields: the Life Science Division, Industry
Division and Medical Division.
The company is represented in over 100 countries with 6 manufacturing
facilities in 5 countries, sales and service organizations in 20 countries and
an international network of dealers. The company is headquartered in Wetzlar,
Germany.
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