Patent Sublicensing: ZEI Sublicenses Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy to Intelligent Imaging Innovations

JENA/Germany, 08.12.2014.

ZEISS announces the sublicensing of Lattice light sheet microscopy, also called Bessel beam plane illumination microscopy, to Intelligent Imaging Innovations (3i). ZEISS and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus had signed an exclusive license agreement for the commercialization of Lattice light sheet microscopy earlier this year.

By granting the exclusive sublicense to 3i, ZEISS is contributing to making Lattice light sheet microscopy available to scientists and early adopters in a timely manner. 3i will sell and support the development system based on Dr. Eric Betzig's original design. In the meantime, development for a turn-key ZEISS instrument is underway.

The new technology developed by Dr. Eric Betzig and colleagues at the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Janelia Research Campus is using ultra-thin sheets of light to collect high-resolution images rapidly and minimizes damage to cells. It is therefore perfectly suited for any live cell application, either in single cells or smaller organisms. It is possible to image the three-dimensional activity of molecules and cells in fine detail for hours or days.

Dr. Jochen Tham

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

Phone: +49 3641 64-3949

Fax:

jochen.tham@zeiss.com

About ZEISS

ZEISS is an international leader in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. The more than 24,000 employees of ZEISS generated revenue of about 4.2 billion euros in fiscal year 2012/13. Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. ZEISS has been contributing to technological progress for more than 160 years. ZEISS develops and produces solutions for the semiconductor, automotive and mechanical engineering industries, biomedical research and medical technology, as well as eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and planetariums. ZEISS is present in over 40 countries around the globe with more than 40 production facilities, around 50 sales and service locations and over 20 research and development sites. Carl Zeiss AG is fully owned by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).

The Microscopy Business Group

The Microscopy business group is the worlds only one-stop manufacturer of light, X-ray and electron microscopes. Its extensive portfolio enables research and routine applications in the life and materials sciences. The Microscopy business group is headquartered in Jena. Additional production and development sites are located in Oberkochen, G ttingen and Munich, as well as in Cambridge in the UK, in Peabody, MA and Pleasanton, CA in the USA. The business group has around 3,000 employees. It generated revenue of 629 million euros in fiscal year 2012/13.

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