Leica cryoCLEM widefield microscope
Description: This upright widefield microscope from Leica is equipped with a cryo-stage for imaging vitrified specimens on electron microscopy grids under constant cooling with liquid nitrogen. A mercury metal halide burner (EL6000) is available as the fluorescence excitation light source. The microscope is operated in a biological safety level 2 (BSL2) laboratory.
Main applications: Light cryo-microscopy, widefield microscopy, correlative light- and electron-cryo-microscopy.