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JENA/Germany, 12.11.2002. The LSM 510 META laser scanning microscope from Carl Zeiss has received the Innovation Award 2002 of the German federal state of Thuringia. The award for excellent innovative technologies granted by the Ministry of Trade of the Free State of Thuringia was presented to Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH in the category of companies with a workforce of more than 50 people. The award ceremony was held on November 5, 2002 during the Thuringian Innovation Day in Erfurt. For various biomedical research disciplines, the LSM 510 META developed by Carl Zeiss and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, USA, opens up experimental possibilities which seemed totally unattainable in the past. In particular, the new system permits single cell and tissue components to be spatially localized with high precision and followed in their natural surrounding. The easy differentiation of very similar fluorescence dyes used for marking is a new feature of the LSM 510 META. This increases the number of usable dyes, expands the selection possibilities and, finally, permits the easy, simultaneous detection of several cell components. In experimental development biology and molecular tumor research, for example, the mechanisms of natural development processes and their changes through genetic influences or environmental factors can be identified with much more reliability and greater speed. After the IOLMaster, a precision instrument for eye measurement, the LSM 510 META has now received the second Thuringian Innovation Award for Carl Zeiss. Only recently, the LSM 510 META laser scanning microscope was one of the winners of the renowned R&D 100 Awards granted by the R&D magazine. Every year, this US magazine with a monthly circulation of 90,000 copies awards the "Oscar of inventions" to the 100 most important technical products launched worldwide. The LSM 510 META testifies once again to the innovative strength of Carl Zeiss. For several years now, the company has constantly increased its spending on research and technology. In the 1996/97 fiscal year (October until September), € 98m was spent in this area, while €77m was invested in R&D in the first half of the current fiscal year alone, almost 6 % more than last year and 7,5 % of sales. At present, approximately 1650 people – about 11.5 % of the total workforce – are working in the field of research and development. For Carl Zeiss, this is the basis of its ongoing business success. Carl Zeiss generates more than 42 % of its sales with products introduced on the market in the past 3 years.  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 Mikroskopsysteme 07740 Jena Dr. Bernhard Zimmermann Tel.: 03641 64 2414 Fax: 03641 64 3144 E-Mail: mikro@zeiss.de Number: 37P/02 MI Number of Words: 466 Number of Characters: 3321 |
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