The Hamamatsu Tissue Imaging and Analysis Center has been founded by the University of Heidelberg in Germany and by Hamamatsu Photonics KK of Hamamatsu City, Japan. The center will use the “NanoZoomer” imaging robot, which enables automatic reproduction and evaluation of micromillimeter-size tissue slices, to further the understanding of cancer and to investigate the effects of cancer treatment on cells and tissues.