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Leica LMD6

Laser Microdissection

  • enables users to isolate specific single cells or areas of tissue from sections or live cell culture
  • LMD (also known as laser capture microdissection, LCM) isolated samples typically used in genomic, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and next generation sequencing (NGS)
  • isolated live cells can be used for cloning or recultivation

Brightfield and Fluorescence (Rho, TxRed, GFP, DAPI) capabilities for cutting and imaging

LMD picTwo cameras

DFC450C - 5 megapixel RGB CCD

DFC3000G - 1.3 megapixel monochrome sensor for crisp fluorescence imaging


User will need to provide own consumables for sample preparation.


Xiuhong Song                            Carlos Orihuela, Ph.D.
Facility Manager                              Facility Director
xhsong@uab.edu                          corihuel@uab.edu
205.975.2537                                  205.975.2536


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