Highlights of
Laser Scanning Microscopy
1982
The first Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss.
The prototype of the LSM 44 series is now on display in the
Deutsches Museum in Munich.
1988
The LSM 10 – a confocal system
with two fluorescence channels.
1991
The LSM 310 combines confocal laser
scanning microscopy with
state-of-the-art computer technology.
1992
The LSM 410 is the first inverted micro-
scope of the LSM family.
1997
The LSM 510 – the first system of the
LSM 5 family and a major breakthrough
in confocal imaging and analysis.
1998
The LSM 510 NLO is ready for multi-
photon microscopy.
1999
The LSM 5 PASCAL –
the personal confocal microscope.
2000
The LSM is combined with
the ConfoCor 2 Fluorescence
Correlation Spectroscope.
2001
The LSM 510 META –
featuring multispectral analysis.
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