Microscopy
This topic page includes information and resources on microscopy.
Resources
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Image & Video Collections
Light Microscopy
Biology
Videos Collection from Davidson College
BioMedia
Associates is a group of biologists, teachers, educational designers
and film-makers who collaborate to make learning programs for biology
Borisy
Lab Movie Page from Gary Borisy's lab while he was at Northwestern
University
Botany
Images: a comprehensive collection of images from Introduction to
Botany course at University of Arkansas, Little Rock
C.
elegans movies
Cell
Motility Movie Gallery from Nikon's Microscopy U
Cell
Motility Video Archive from Yu-Li Wang's lab at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School
CellsAlive
Cultured
Animal Cells using fluorescence microscopy from Nikon's Microscopy
U
Duke University Light
Microscopy Core Lab
Mitosis
using Fluorescece Microscopy in a mammalian cell from Molecular Expressions,
Florida State University
Mitosis
in Onion Root Tips from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Movies
of Life gallery from Perkin-Elmer
Plant
Tissue Autofluorescence collection from Olympus
Pond
Life: movies of the microscopic life in a pond from Molecular Expressions,
Florida State University
Protein
Subcellular Location Image Database: research images form the Murphy
lab, Carnegie Mellon University
Web
Atlas of Cellular Structures by S Konda, S Rogers and DE Weber from
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana:
Video Tour
of Cell Motility from the Vic Small lab of the Austrian Academy of
Sciences in Salzburg, Austria
ASCB
Celldance 2005
ASCB
Celldance 2006
Bioscapes
from Olympus
Cinema
of the Cell from BioClips
Small World
from Nikon
Nothing
Remains Invisible! From Leica
MicroImages
from Carl Zeiss
Imaging
in Action from MediaCybernetics
BioDic
ultrastructure images
Botany
Images: a comprehensive collection of images from Introduction to
Botany course at University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Electron
Micrograph Library of DNA-protein complexes and viruses by Ross Inman,
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Internet
Atlas of Histology - Ultrastructure from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
3D
Structure of Mitochondria by T. Frey, G Perkins and G Johnson from
UCSD on DNATude (also illustrates the construction of a tomogram)
Ultrastructure
of the Cell from Boston University
Viral
Electron Micrographs collection of image sites on All The Virology
on the WWW
WormImage collection
of electron micrographs of C elegans, from Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Atlas
of Pathology by M Danciu and M-S Mihailovici, University of Medicine
and Pharmacy Gr T Popa Iasi, Romania
Atlas
of Hematology by N Medeiros, MD
Internet
Atlas of Histology from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Fluorescence
Microscopy of histological specimens from a number of species from
Nikon's Microscopy U
Cellular
Similarity in Hematology: cute pictures of blood cells resembling
other things by N Medeiros, MD
Histology
Learning System from Boston University Human Pathology images from
Nikon http://www.microscopyu.com/galleries/pathology/index.html
JayDocHistoweb
histology website from Kansas University Medical Center
UDHistology:
histology course from the University of Delaware
AltaVista
FaganFinder
GoogleImageSearch
PicSearch
Forums & Listservs
Interact with colleagues on ASCB's
Microscopy Community Forum.
BioTechniques
Microscopy & Imaging Forum
Confocal
Microscopy List operated by SUNY Buffalo
MSA Listserv:
operated by Microscopy Society of America
NIH
Image Listserv for communication among users of NIH Image, Scion Image,
Object-Image and Image SXM
NIH ImageJ
Listserv: an unmoderated discussion group for users and developers
of ImageJ
Education
Microscope
School Activities
The
Compound Microscope: basic parts
K-12
Education Sites: collection of categorized K-12 educational sites
on microscopy from the University of Arizona
Microscope
Activities for K-12
Microscopy
& Optics on the Fun Science Gallery by Giorgio Carboni
Microscopy
Education: list of sites for K-12
Microscopy
- UK for hobbyists
GreatScopes:
quality instruments for homeschoolers to hobbyists
MicroscopeWorld:
entry-level compound and stereoscopic microscopes and video equipment
Nikon's MicroscopyU
Olympus
Microscopy Resource Center
Microscopy
Primers and Instructional Materials
(College to Graduate Level)
Concepts
in Digital Imaging from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Confocal
Microscopy
Confocal
Microscopy - how does it work? by Eric Weeks, PhD, Emory University
Introduction
to Optical Microscopy from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Introduction
to Live Cell Imaging from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Light
Microscopy: Comparison of Optics by David Caprete, PhD, Baylor University
Microscope
Basics and Beyond pamphlet by Mortimer Abramowitz, Olympus
Microscopy
by Peter v. Sengbusch from the University of Hamburg, Germany
Microscopy:
Interactive
Java tutorials ifrom Molecular Expressions, Florida State University:
• Airy
Disks, Numerical Aperture and Resolution
• Differential
Interference Contrast Microscopy
• Fundamentals
of Microscopy
• Fundamentals
of Kohler Illumination
• Kohler
Microscope Illumination - Transmitted Light
• Laser
Scanning Confocal Microscopy
• Phase
Contrast Microscopy
• Polarized
Light Microscopy
• Virtual
Scanning EM
Microscopy
& Imaging Resources from the University of Arizona http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro/index.html
Microscopy
from the Very Beginning: tutotrial from Zeiss
Microscopy
Powerpoint Slides by J Paul Robinson, PhD, Purdue University
Microscopy
Weblinks from Harriet Smith-Sommerville, PhD University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa
• Fluorescence
& Confocal Microscopy
• Fluorescence
& Confocal Microscopy Protocols
• History
of Microscopy
• Image
Processing & Presentation including toolkits
• Light
Microscopy
• Light
Microscopy Protocols
• Scanning
Electron Microscopy
• Scanning
Electron Microscopy Protocols
• Transmission
Electron Microscopy
• Transmission
Electron Microscopy Fixation/Embedding
• Transmission
Electron Microscopy Sectioning/Staining
SVI-wiki on Deconvolution,
3D Microscopy, Visualization & Analysis by Scientific Volume Imaging
Tutorials
in Transmission EM by John Rodenburg, University of Sheffield
Virtual
Classroom Biology image gallery from Radboud University, Nijmegen
Web
Focus on Imaging from EMBO Journal: imaging of biological membranes,
dynamics of protein structure, gene expression, cell polarity and cell
migration
Microscopy
Courses
(Graduate Level)
6th Annual
Short Course on Computer-Assisted Image Analysis, hosted by The Electron
Microscopy Core at the University of Missouri, June 24-27, 2008
Analytical
and Quantitative Light Microscopy, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole,
MA
Courses
in EM, Protrain, UK have residential and CD based courses
McRI
Course Catalogue, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL
Optical
Microscopy, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, MA l
3D Microscopy
of Living Cells, University of Wisconsin
Microscope and Optical Component Manufacturers
Cargille
Laboratories: immersion oil several formulations covering a wide spectrum
of viscosities and fluorescence levels
FEI
Fullam
Gatan
Hitachi Instruments,
Inc.: designs, manufactures and provides quality scientific instruments.
JEOL USA, Inc.: provides
a full line of electron beam equipment, including electron beam lithography
and ion beam systems as well as microscopes.
Leica Microsystems
Nikon
Olympus
Optiscan: miniature
confocal endomicroscope for clinical use, which permits direct and non-invasive
views of cells inside the human body
Zeiss
Software for Microscopy and Digital Imaging
Bitplane:
real time interactive analysis and visualization software
Digital
Images & Editing: list of useful sites from Harriet Smith-Sommerville,
PhD University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
EM
Yellowpages: software for electron microscopy
FreeSFP
for 3D digital images: especially suitable for single or multi-channel
images from microscopes or MRI
Huygens
Essential: an image processing software package tailored for deconvolution
of microscopic images
ImageJ: public
domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image that runs on
all operating systems
IMOD image processing,
modeling and display programs used for tomographic reconstruction and
for 3D reconstruction of EM serial sections and optical sections
LisPixis: public
domain image analysis program for Windows, written and maintained by David
Bright, formerly of NIST
Metamorph
7 imaging software
NIH Image:
public domain image processing and analysis program for the Macintosh
Scion Image for Windows:
a free PC version of Image, is available from Scion Corp.
VayTek: deconvolution,
volume rendering and image acquisition software
Directories & Portals of Microscopy Resources
iMicroscopes
Directory
MicroscopyInfo for
electron, light, scanning probe, and confocal microscopy
Microscopy-Online
Microscopy
& Imaging Resources from the University of Arizona
Microscopy
Vendors Database
Virtual
Microscopy Library from the University of Oklahoma
Yellow
Pages for electron microscopy
Professional Microscopy Associations
European
Microscopy Society
Microscopy
Society of America
National Society for Histotechnology
Royal Microscopical Society
