Laser microdissection

Laser Microdissection is the act of specimen dissection whereby a focused laser beam passing through the optics of a light microscope serves as a cutting tool.

Laser Microdissection is used to isolate and collect microscopic quantities of material from a specimen that has been mounted in a way that renders it visible under a light microscope (usually a thin and flat preparation on a glass microscope slide).

The predominant application of Laser Microdissection is in the field of biomedical science, with particular importance to the study of the molecular and genetic basis of human diseases.