Leica LMD7 Laser Microdissection System
Equipment overview
The Leica LMD7 Laser Microdissection System is an advanced, high-power, and high-precision optical cutting platform delivering durable, reliable performance for research laboratories performing precise isolation of single cells, specific cell populations, or large tissue areas. Coupled with a unique optics-guided laser movement system and gravity-assisted, contact-free collection mechanisms, it ensures contaminant-free and damage-free sample harvesting for subsequent high-purity downstream molecular analysis and spatial omics workflows.
Major applications
The advanced dissection system is ideally suited for genomics (DNA) and transcriptomics (RNA/miRNA) profiling, mass spectrometry-based proteomics (Deep Visual Proteomics), metabolomics, live cell culture isolation (LCC), neurobiology, tumor microenvironment (TME) dissection, and micro-dissection of hard tissues like bone, wood, or plant structures.
Specifications
- • Microscope Platform
- Upright Leica LMD7 Motorized Research Microscope
- • Laser System
- High-power, solid-state UV laser (wavelength 349 nm) with adjustable pulse energy (up to 120 µJ) and repetition rate (10 – 5000 Hz)
- • Configuration
- Laser Microdissection system with high-speed galvanometer-guided laser scanning
- • Imaging & Contrast Modes
- Brightfield (BF), Fluorescence, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC), Phase Contrast (PH), and Polarization (POL)
- • Sample Collection System
- Gravity-based, contact-free collection directly into standard PCR tubes, strips, or 96-well plates
- • Objectives
- Dedicated LMD dry objectives ranging from 1.25x (low-power preview) up to 150x SmartCut high-magnification
- • Software
- Leica Application Suite X (LAS X) LMD Software Suite