ZMCC

ZEISS Microscopy Customer Center

Bay Area

ZEISS Microscopy Customer Center

The ZEISS Microscopy Customer Center gives academic and industry customers across North America both in-person and virtual opportunities to interact with the latest ZEISS electron, light, and X-ray microscopes. Part of the ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions business, the Customer Center is supported by resident application experts in life science, materials research, and electronics who review customers' requirements and applications to provide them with the best possible solutions. Customers also have access to a sophisticated sample preparation laboratory that supports the materials research, electronics and life science markets.

Among the latest ZEISS microscopy solutions on display in the Customer Center are the new Axio Observer with AI Sample Finder, Lattice Lightsheet 7, Gemini SEM 460, Gemini SEM 560, Crossbeam Laser FIB, Cryo correlative workflow, and Crystal CT. The Customer Center is fully equipped with the latest technology for customers to access these and other ZEISS microscopes through remote channels.

Direct customer interaction with ZEISS technology is an integral part of the commitment by ZEISS to continually drive innovation and shape new markets. The location of the Customer Center in the ZEISS Innovation Center therefore serves as an ideal location to promote the intersection of ideas between various ZEISS businesses and experts, and to serve as a networking hub for academia and industry.

Browse through the tabs below to learn about upcoming events and training options as well as available equipment in our facilities.

Events & Education

Hone your microscope skills and share your experiences


We offer training courses for you to get the best results and highest benefits from your instruments and systems. We also invite you to participate in our user meetings, both so we can learn of your successes and challenges in your day-to-day work, and provide a forum for you to network with other microscopists to exchange best practices.

Upcoming Skillbuilder Workshops

April 9-11

Conquer the Confocal

In-Person | Registration Closed

April 24

XRM 201 - Scout and Zoom and High Resolution Imaging on Versa

Virtual | Registration Closed

May 6

Succeed On Your FE-SEM: Establishing Imaging Workflows

Virtual | Registration Closed

May 7

ZEN Blue Software: Mastering Modules

Virtual | Registration Closed

May 8

Low-kV and Variable Pressure Imaging on non-conductive sample for FE-SEM

Virtual | Registration Closed

May 21

FIB-SEM 101: Leveraging The Capabilities Of Your ZEISS Crossbeam

Virtual | Registration Closed

June 4

Ace Slide Scanning on your Axioscan 7

Virtual | Registration Closed

June 17

Effective and Repeatable End-Pointing During TEM Lamella Thinning

Virtual | Registration Closed

June 17-18

Conquer the Confocal: Basics

Virtual | Registration Closed

June 25

Conquer the Confocal: Airyscan

Virtual | Registration Closed

ZEISS Micro Minute

Microscopy Livestreams Every Thursday 1PM PST / 4PM EST

Join our microscopy applications experts live every week as they will show you workflows from X-ray, electron, and light microscopes. Learn what is possible on your ZEISS instruments and analysis software, and ask questions to the experts after the demonstration with live Q&A.

ZEISS ZEN Knowledge Base

Downloadable how to guides, on-demand how-to webinars, and access to tutorials for image analysis and processing on the ZEISS Portal

ZEISS On Your Campus (ZOYC) Events

Check out our ZOYC events to see if we're coming to a location near you

Electron/Ion Microscopy

Product Name

Product Type

FIB-SEM for High Throughput 3D Analysis and Sample Preparation. Equipped with femtosecond laser for site-specific, ultra-fast sample preparation

Your Highest Demands in Sub-nanometer Imaging, Analytics and Sample Flexibility
ZEISS Volutome: In-Chamber Ultramicrotome for Serial Block-Face SEM

For Your Highest Demands in Sub-nanometer Imaging, Analytics and Sample Flexibility

Your ZEISS SIGMA FE-SEMs for High Quality Imaging and Advanced Analytical Microscopy

Light Microscopy

Product Name

Product Type

Open and flexible inverted microscope platform with AI assisted experiment startup

High-performance Digital Slide Scanner for Fluorescence, Brightfield and Polarization

High-performance Digital Slide Scanner Specialized for Multiplexing Worflows

Fluorescence Stereo Zoom Microscope for Large Fields

Adding Efficiency to Your Fluorescence Imaging

Live Imaging System with Unprecedented Resolution

Live Imaging System with Super Resolution Capabilities for tissues and organoids

Long-term volumetric imaging of living cells and organisms

Multi-view imaging of living and cleared specimens

Versatile Confocal Microscope for Advanced Imaging and Surface Topography

Next Generation Confocal Microscope with Spectral and NIR Detectors, Airyscan, and Lightfield 4D

Automated Digital Microscope for Routine and Failure Analysis

Crisp and Brilliant Images throughout the Whole 8:1 Manual Zoom Range

X-ray Microscopy

Product Name

Product Type

Synchrotron-quality Nanoscale 3D X-ray Imaging

3D X-ray Microscopy for Faster Sub-Micron Imaging of Intact Samples with FAST mode and crystallography capabilities

Ground-breaking microCT for unlocking the crystallographic and microstructural secrets of your samples

We Are Hiring!

Career Opportunities at ZEISS

We're looking for people like you.

Based in one of the world’s premier innovation hubs, the ZEISS Innovation Center in Dublin, California, harnesses ZEISS’ leading technology, research, and customer service strengths. By bringing together business segments in an open, collaborative workplace, ZEISS is advancing digital and other breakthrough technologies in partnership with our industry, academic and community partners. 700 employees continuously enable our customer ambitions and drive growth.

Leveraging the ZEISS Innovation Center’s location in the vibrant Bay Area, ZEISS engineers, researchers, and sales and service teams are focusing on digital solutions spanning multiple disciplines, technologies and applications – and never forget to have some fun too.

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ZEISS Innovation Center California 5300 Central Pkwy 94568 Dublin USA