Dr. Thomas Kalkbrenner, Dr. Jörg Siebenmorgen and Ralf Wolleschensky have been awarded the 2022 Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize) for their contribution to ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7. The novel microscope enables gentle 3D imaging of living cells and thus, for the first time, observation of subcellular dynamics in 3D over hours and days. This opens up new possibilities such as for cancer research.

ZEISS initiated the new corporate volunteering program A Heart for Science, in which ZEISS employees can pass on their knowledge to the explorers of tomorrow. The program aims to encourage young people to go into science and technology.

With ZEISS ClearView eyeglass lenses, the ZEISS Consumer Markets segment has found a way to transfer complex freeform designs to single-vision stock lenses, making complex lens surfaces possible for stock lenses as well. With ZEISS ClearView eyeglass lenses, ZEISS has found a way to transfer complex freeform designs to single-vision stock lenses, making complex lens surfaces possible for stock lenses as well. The surface of the lens is optimized using over 700 free calculation parameters, a significant advance over spherical or aspherical single vision lenses. As a result, ZEISS ClearView eyeglass lenses offer high optical quality from the center to the periphery of the lens, while being significantly thinner and flatter than conventional stock lenses.

In October 2021, the 11th ZEISS Women Award was presented in Dresden to three accomplished young students in IT who engage with social and community issues alongside their studies and have personalities that make them ideal role models. The award serves as a platform to publicly recognize successful young women in IT and to encourage more women to consider a career in the digital sector.