Lightsheet microscopy, otherwise know as Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM), utilises a focussed sheet of light to illuminate a specimen. Lightsheet technology is a much gentler illumination technique, resulting in less-phototoxic imaging of samples and is very quick utilising cameras to capture images at high speed.

Durham's Bioimaging facility was awarded a BBSRC ALERT22 grant to purchase a dual camera Lattice Lightsheet microscope. In July 2024, the transformative system Zeiss LLS 7 was installed in the facility.

Thank you BBSRC!