Education
Using Zebrafish to Spark Student Interest in Science
A science outreach program uses classroom microscopes and zebrafish to excite and engage students.
Celebrating Female Scientists on International Women’s Day 2022
We at ZEISS strive to #breakthebias by celebrating the fascinating female researchers we have been fortunate to meet in the last year.
Microscopy as a Hobby
A few submissions for our ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest 2021 came from hobby microscopists. Enjoy their beautiful images and thoughts on microscopy as a hobby.
A Digital Teaching Laboratory for Microscopy Focused Education
A state of the art facility supports the next generation of researchers with courses in parasitology, developmental biology, mycology and more.
The Invisible Power of Fungi
Professor Cobus Visagie from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute at the University of Pretoria is a new generation mycologist. For our ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest, he submitted a fungi image, taken with a ZEISS Axio Zoom.V16 zoom microscope.
Queen Anne and the Mystery of the Blue Pigment
Microscopy helped to determine the chemical nature of the pigments and to identify the painter.
Young Scientist Develops Neurodegenerative Disease Screening
Ron Nachum developed a novel system for assessment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases called PANDwriting that requires just a camera, pen, and paper. He advanced novel computer vision algorithms to extract information about patients’ fine motor abilities from videos of handwriting and then assessed them with machine learning based on these features for fast, accessible, and accurate testing. As such, PANDwriting is especially important for increasing healthcare access and equity in low-income areas and resource-poor health systems around the world.
Elephants Under the Microscope
To preserve and digitize elephant slides to create a digital database to easily share with scientists across the globe, the Institute of Zoology at the University of Jena is using ZEISS Axioscan 7.
Teen Scientist Creates Novel Diagnostic Tool for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Teen Scientist Neha Mani creates novel diagnostic tool for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and wins Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair Award in Applied Microbiology.
World Ocean Day – One Ocean, One Climate, One Future
June 8, 2021 marks World Ocean Day. Microscopes play a crucial role in making marine organisms visible and helping to understand the complex networks behind them. They also bring to our attention what naturally doesn’t belong into the ocean – above all: microplastics.
Educational Outreach to the Visually Impaired
From scanning electron microscopy data to tactile teaching tools
Museum Laboratory Recovers After Massive Fire
Research and training continues in Museu Nacional’s Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Landscape
Inspiring the Next Generation of Nanotechnologists
ZEISS electron microscope used in nanotechnology outreach program to local high school and community college students in greater San Diego area.
African Students Fascinated by the Possibilities of Confocal Microscopy
Microscopy and image analysis course at University of Ghana