CrestOptics S.p.A.
, a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, today announced the initiation of a collaboration with Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation. The partnership enables Leica Microsystems to offer CrestOptics’ CICERO spinning disk unit within its new THUNDER Imager Cell Spinning Disk system, bringing Leica Microsystems’ suite of unique and powerful imaging technologies to customers in the spinning disk market for the first time. Launched in April 2023 1 , CICERO was developed to make high-end imaging accessible to the wider scientific community.
The system’s design centres around the essential elements of epi-fluoresence and confocal microscopy, providing a highly compact and cost-effective solution for powerful imaging applications, for which it was recognized as part of Microscopy Today’s Top 10 Best Microscopy Innovations Awards in July 2024 2 . Using CICERO, users can seamlessly transition between widefield and confocal imaging as required, allowing for deeper insights into subjects ranging from large cell monolayers to complex 3D structures, as well as the capture of fast cellular events such as chromosome segregation and organelle trafficking. By combining Leica Microsystems’ proprietary THUNDER platform with CrestOptics’ CICERO spinning disk unit, the partnership provides a wider range of options and technologies for c.