Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Microscope 327 (Optical Instrument Services, inverted microscope; 1990s)

The Optical Instrument Services was a firm incorporated in 1958 and traded until 1998 from 194A, Sydenham Road, Croydon, Surrey. Microscope 327 is an inverted microscope that was supplied by the Optical Instrument Services, probably from the 1990s, with the serial number 632992. The microscope also contains a label of the previous owner, the British biotechnology company Piramed Ltd, which was incorporated in 2001 and bought by Roche in 2008. The company developed new cancer therapies.