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title: Delmic Microscopy Blog | Kaitlin van Baarle
description: This blog addresses the various applications and techniques to be discovered in the fields of cathodoluminescence and correlative light and electron microscopy.
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[![trypanosomes2.jpg](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website_pictures/Image_Galleries/CLEM/trypanosomes2.jpg?width=620&name=trypanosomes2.jpg) ](https://blog.delmic.com/overcoming-the-challenges-of-light-microscopy-in-the-life-sciences)

###### [life sciences](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/life-sciences)

## [Overcoming the challenges of light microscopy in the life sciences](https://blog.delmic.com/overcoming-the-challenges-of-light-microscopy-in-the-life-sciences)

In order to make new discoveries in the life sciences, innovations need to be continuously made in microscopy. This way, scientists can take an ever-closer look at phenomena that are happening on a molecular scale.

[![](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website_pictures/Figures/neuroscience-overlay.jpg?width=380&name=neuroscience-overlay.jpg) ](https://blog.delmic.com/correlative-microscopy-opening-up-worlds-of-information-with-fluorescence)

###### [life sciences](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/life-sciences)

##### [Correlative microscopy: Opening up worlds of information with fluorescence](https://blog.delmic.com/correlative-microscopy-opening-up-worlds-of-information-with-fluorescence)

[![](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website_pictures/Product_pictures/SPARC-website.jpg?width=380&name=SPARC-website.jpg) ](https://blog.delmic.com/high-performance-cathodoluminescence-system-one-of-a-kind-features)

###### [cathodoluminescence](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/cathodoluminescence)

##### [A high-performance cathodoluminescence system with one-of-a-kind features: The SPARC](https://blog.delmic.com/high-performance-cathodoluminescence-system-one-of-a-kind-features)

[![](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website_pictures/Product_pictures/secom_features8.jpg?width=380&name=secom_features8.jpg) ](https://blog.delmic.com/choosing-for-a-custom-built-high-performance-system-with-ongoing-service-the-secom-system)

###### [life sciences](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/life-sciences)

##### [Choosing for a custom-built, high-performance system with ongoing service: The SECOM system](https://blog.delmic.com/choosing-for-a-custom-built-high-performance-system-with-ongoing-service-the-secom-system)

## Must read

- ## 1
  
  [How electron microscopy shapes the way we think, according to 6 prominent scientists](https://blog.delmic.com/how-electron-microscopy-shapes-the-way-we-think)
- ## 2
  
  [Cryo-ET imaging of SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles](https://blog.delmic.com/cryo-et-imaging-of-sars-cov-2-replication-organelles)
- ## 3
  
  [Will lead-free Perovskite solar cells lead the future?](https://blog.delmic.com/to-lead-or-not-to-lead-will-lead-free-perovskite-solar-cells-lead-the-future)
- ## 4
  
  [See More with Less: Discover the Power of METEOR 2.0](https://blog.delmic.com/introducing-meteor-2.0)
- ## 5
  
  [The case for sensitivity in integrated fluorescence microscopes](https://blog.delmic.com/the-case-for-sensitivity-in-integrated-fluorescence-microscopes)

[![](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website/Blog/overlay-in-the-life-sciences-a-question-of-objectivity-and-accuracy.png?width=380&name=overlay-in-the-life-sciences-a-question-of-objectivity-and-accuracy.png) ](https://blog.delmic.com/overlay-in-the-life-sciences-a-question-of-objectivity-and-accuracy)

###### [life sciences](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/life-sciences)

##### [Overlay in the life sciences: A question of objectivity and accuracy](https://blog.delmic.com/overlay-in-the-life-sciences-a-question-of-objectivity-and-accuracy)

It is rare that scientific research will rely on a single method. Instead, findings need to be built on multiple types of data to ensure accuracy.

[![](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website_pictures/Image_Galleries/CL/figA1_7.jpg?width=380&name=figA1_7.jpg) ](https://blog.delmic.com/introduction-to-cathodoluminescence)

###### [materials science](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/materials-science)

##### [From the discovery of the electron to subwavelength microscopy: An introduction to cathodoluminescence](https://blog.delmic.com/introduction-to-cathodoluminescence)

In 1897, the electron was discovered by Sir Joseph John Thomson. The physicist and eventual Nobel Prize winner was in fact conducting research on “cathode ...

[![](https://blog.delmic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website_pictures/Figures/cellbiology_figure2.jpg?width=380&name=cellbiology_figure2.jpg) ](https://blog.delmic.com/super-resolution-correlative-microscopy-the-perfect-combination-of-function-and-structure)

###### [life sciences](https://blog.delmic.com/topic/life-sciences)

##### [Super-resolution correlative microscopy: The perfect combination of function and structure](https://blog.delmic.com/super-resolution-correlative-microscopy-the-perfect-combination-of-function-and-structure)

As a researcher in the life sciences, your work will very likely involve studying various parts of a cell at small length scales.