# 2026-0931916 - Purchase of an LMD-Thunder System

- **Source:** TED · `24934-2026`
- **Buyer:** Aarhus Universitet
- **Published:** 2026-01-14
- **Deadline:** —
- **Estimated value:** —
- **CPV codes:** 38000000
- **Place-of-performance NUTS:** DK042, DNK
- **Buyer-address NUTS:** —
- **Notice type:** veat / 25

## Procedure details

Source lists may span several lots; list positions do not establish relationships.

### Procedure Types

- oth-single

### Award Criterion Names

- Quality

### Award Criterion Descriptions

- The LMD7–THUNDER platform is expected to provide rapid, high-contrast 3D fluorescence imaging of thick and heterogeneous microbiological samples, followed by accurate isolation of selected cells or cell clusters for downstream chemical imaging such as nanoSIMS or Raman microspectroscopy. In this integrated mode, Thunder enhances the visualization of microbial cells in their native structural and chemical environment, improving the accuracy and confidence in identifying cells or regions of interest before laser-assisted isolation or mapping. This 3D imaging capability of the system is critical for investigating complex microbial systems ranging from single cells and mixed microbial consortia to host-associated and environmental microbiomes. The system is the only platform fully interoperable with established spatial chemical imaging workflows enabling methodological compatibility and reproducibility. The instrument should be capable of imaging fluorescently tagged cells and cell clusters, including those containing natural autofluorescence, precisely identifying these and separating them from and within the nearby 3D structures e.g. soil and sediment particles, minerals, plant and animal tissues, electrodes, biofilms etc. Considering the correlative workflows planned and the aim of visualizing microbial cells in their native structural and physical environment it is essential that the LMD instrument is an upright system, has advanced imaging capabilities that allow blur free, clear, high-contrast images even deep within thick samples. The instrument should enable fast multi-colour imaging of 2D and 3D microbial samples (life and dead enrichment cultures, biofilms, cell aggregates, environmental microbial samples: sediment, soil, plant and animal tissue) with improved signal to noise ratio.

## Description

The proposed purchase comprises a Laser Microdissection (LMD7) system integrated with THUNDER 3D fluorescence imaging

## Original notice

https://ted.europa.eu/da/notice/-/detail/24934-2026