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| MORRIS PLAINS/New Jersey/USA, 18.07.2003. Also in 2003, Carl Zeiss Microscopy is one of the winners of the renowned R&D 100 Awards granted every year by the R&D Magazine. With a monthly circulation of 90,000 copies, this US magazine presents this award to the 100 most important technical products launched worldwide. After the LSM 510 META Laser Scanning Microscope in 2002, Carl Zeiss now received the award for a technical innovation in conventional microscopy which allows the fast, high-quality production of optical sections through fluorochromed biological specimens, e.g. for the 3D display of nerve cells. In spite of reduced costs and a less complex instrument setup, the quality of the micrographs provided by ApoTome is just as high as that from traditional techniques. For many users in biomedical research, ApoTome opens up new possibilities for more precise and reliable results which until now had mainly been reserved to special research institutions and large imaging centers. With thick specimens in particular, ApoTome provides image quality in terms of sharpness and contrast never achieved before in conventional fluorescence microscopy. The ApoTome slider is simply inserted into the plane of the field diaphragm of the fluorescence beam path of the Axiovert 200 or Axioplan 2 imaging e light microscopes. The development of the ApoTome is based on the principle of fringe projection. While this approach is not new, Carl Zeiss has now created a reliable and artefact-free unit. With the ApoTome, the image of a grid structure is projected into the focal plane of the specimen and moved into three defined positions via a scanning mechanism. A digital image is recorded at each grid position, and the three raw images are combined into an optical section with improved contrast and better resolution in axial direction. The grid structures are no longer visible in the image. Dr. Ulrich Simon, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Microscopy Group, considers the award to be confirmation of the innovation strategy at Carl Zeiss. "ApoTome already received the 11th R&D 100 Award for Carl Zeiss. This repeated success in microscopy shows that our commitment to the development of innovative systems is worthwhile. We are well on the way to consolidating and extending our position on the world market." The Carl Zeiss Group is a global leader in the field of light microscopy. In the 2001/02 fiscal year, the Microscopy Business Group, which – in addition to the Göttingen division - also includes the Advanced Imaging Microscopy and Molecular Medicine divisions located in Jena, generated revenues totaling EUR 328 million with a workforce of approx. 1500, an increase of 21 % over last year. This means that Microscopy has achieved the highest growth rate in the Carl Zeiss Group for the second year in a row.  Fig.: The ApoTome insert from Carl Zeiss is one of this year's winners of the renowned R &D 100 Award from the American R & D Magazine. This technical innovation in conventional microscopy permits the fast, high-quality production of optical sections through fluorochromed biological specimens. Gudrun Vogel Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH Press Officer Microscopes and Systems, Optical Systems and Components Phone: +49 3641 64-2770 Fax: +49 3641 64-2941 E-Mail: 
g.vogel@zeiss.deCarl Zeiss Lichtmikroskopie Postfach 4041 37030 Göttingen Dr. Hubert Bauch Tel.: 0551 5060 663 Fax: 0551 5060 464 E-Mail: mikro@zeiss.de Number: J32/03 MI Number of Words: 546 Number of Characters: 3646 |
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