Microscopy, Digital-Style
Courtesy of LeicaLeica Microsystems http://www.leica-microsystems.com, Bannockburn, Ill., has released the DM6000 B, the latest in its new DM line of digital research microscopes. The system includes a host of automated features: an automatic recall function for all settings, fully automated interference contrast, a five-step fluorescence intensity manager, and single-key switching between contrasting techniques, all designed to reduce the tedium of research microscopy, says product manager Jill
Jul 18, 2004
Courtesy of Leica

Leica Microsystems
Ralph Marcucio, who heads a molecular and cellular biology lab at the University of California-San Francisco, recently acquired a Leica DM5000 B (an earlier model in the DM line) to replace an older, manual microscope. "I have a multiuser lab, with varying levels of expertise in microscopy," says Marcucio. "The automation made it easy to get consistent results across different...
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