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| GOETTINGEN/Germany, 04.02.2004. ApoTome, the innovative insert module from Carl Zeiss for the fluorescence ray path of light microscopes, has received the Photonics Circle of Excellence Award from Photonics Spectra, the US magazine for optical technologies. The prize was presented on January 26, 2004 during the meeting of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) in San Jose, California. Last year, the ApoTome microscope technique was already one of the winners of the renowned R&D 100 Award, which is presented every year by the leading US magazine for research, development and technology. In traditional microscopy, ApoTome allows the very fast production of extremely high-quality optical sections through fluorescence-labeled biological specimens – e.g. for the three-dimensional visualization of nerve cells. The technique provides microscope images with a level of quality rivaling that of existing methods, but with lower costs and less equipment. Therefore, it offers a large number of users in biomedical research new possibilities for more exact and more reliable results that have been available exclusively to special research institutes and large imaging centers until now. The ApoTome is already the third microscopy product from Carl Zeiss to receive an award in the USA within a very short time. In December 2003, the LSM 510 META laser scanning microscope and the Axioplan 2 imaging fluorescence microscope was voted among the best scientific instruments in 2003 by the readers of the US magazine The Scientist. This once again impressively underscores the innovative prowess of Carl Zeiss. In the past 2002/2003 fiscal year Carl Zeiss again substantially increased its spending on research and development, with a total of EUR 190 million. This corresponds to 9 percent of sales. With this policy, Carl Zeiss is underlining its aspiration to win additional market share through technology leadership.  Photo: ApoTome imaging system from Carl Zeiss based on the Axioplan 2 fluorescence microscope 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 Light Microscopy Postfach 4041 37030 Göttingen, Germany Dr. Hubert Bauch Tel.: +49 551 5060 663 Fax: +49 551 5060 650 Email: mikro@zeiss.de Number: J02/04 MI Number of Words: 333 Number of Characters: 2433 |
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