Tag: vibrating microtome

Why Researchers Are Choosing the Compresstome Over Cryostats

Simplify your tissue sectioning. Preserve integrity. Eliminate freezing artifacts. Traditional cryostats have long been the go-to tool for tissue sectioning, but they come with significant drawbacks—freezing damage, bulky design, and intensive maintenance. The Compresstome VF-510-0Z offers a modern alternative: a next-generation vibrating microtome that enables fast, reliable sectioning of live or fixed tissues—without the need […]

Written by on November 4, 2025

Precisionary Instruments Partners with Agilent to Advance Live Tissue Metabolic Analysis

Integrating the Compresstome® Vibrating Microtome into the Agilent Seahorse XF Flex Tissue Workflow ASHLAND, Mass., June 3, 2025 — Precisionary Instruments today announced a strategic partnership with Agilent to enhance the preparation of live tissue slices for use with the Agilent Seahorse XF Flex Analyzer and 3D Capture Microplate. This collaboration integrates Precisionary’s Compresstome® VF-510-0Z […]

Written by on June 3, 2025

Publication Highlight: Advancing Plant Cryopreservation Through Live-Tissue Imaging

Featuring work by Heidi Kreckel, Ph.D. Candidate, Colorado State University Plant biologists have long faced a difficult challenge: how do you image live plant tissues in a way that maintains their cellular architecture, viability, and optical clarity? A recent paper by Heidi D. Kreckel and colleagues in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture answers this […]

Written by on May 16, 2025