Linkam showcases new stage innovation at M&M 2025
New range of stages at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2025 including Linkam's cryo portfolio, amongst other new developments
22 Jul 2025
At M&M 2025 Linkam will showcase its new IHS1700 stage, an infrared heating system developed alongside researchers at the University of Huddersfield, UK. With a temperature range of room temperature to 1700 °C, it uses infrared heating to achieve a maximum 2000 °C/min. Linkam will also be presenting some of its most popular stages for temperature controlled analysis, including the MFS, THMS600, and imaging platform.
Cryo-microscopy continues to be a key focus at M&M 2025, and Linkam will deliver two poster presentations relating to its cryogenic systems – the CMS196V4, and the CryoGenium plunger.
The CMS196V4 is Linkam’s cryo-correlative microscopy system, which enables cryo-fluorescence, correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) and cryo-super resolution. The stage uses liquid nitrogen cooling to maintain vitrification of samples and was developed together with the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) in the Netherlands.
The CryoGenium is a fully automated system which offers a range of features for users of cryo-EM, cryo-tomography, single particle tomography (SPT) and cryo-CLEM methods. The system offers an alternative to common blotting mechanisms by employing a novel suction approach to control ice thickness. This improves process stability and repeatability while also allowing for real-time optical monitoring of a sample as it undergoes plunge freezing.
Dr. Michael Schwertner, Senior Research Scientist at Linkam, will be giving poster presentations on the CryoGenium, an automated blot-free cryo-plunger with optical real-time feedback for single-particle and cell-based workflows and its new platform for cryo-fluorescence with high stability and improved ease of use.
Clara Ko, Sales and Marketing Director at Linkam, comments, “Across the scientific community, we are seeing analytical instrumentation get better in every sense, in terms of time-to-results, sensitivity and specificity, and our stages are continuing to support researchers across the globe. As demand for innovation across academic and industrial research continues, we are proud to supply environmental- and temperature-controlled stages, paving the way for future scientific discovery.”