Microscopy in Cell Biology
General
- About Microscopes - Collections
of links to microscopy sites.
- Antique Brass Microscopes - Images of antique brass microscopes from a collector.
- Confocal Microscopy.org -
"Confocal microscopy.org offers protocols, buffers, troubleshooting and other
confocal microscopy resources."
- Formaldehyde, Formalin,
Paraformaldehyde and Glutaraldehyde - What they are and what they do.
(John A. Kiernan, 2000)
- Histology-World - "This
site includes histology quizzes, histology games, slides, mnemonics, histology
puzzles, audio slides and lots of information
about histology."
- iMicroscopes - A
comprehensive microscope resource directory.
- Microscopy
and Imaging Resources on the WWW (University of Arizona)
- Microscopy UK -
Large collection of microscopy resources.
- Micscape -
Images, information on and resources in microscopy. (Microscopy UK)
- Molecular Expressions: Exploring
the World of Optics and Microscopy - One of the best online resources
devoted to optics, microscopy and imaging, with a primer on microscopy,
a virtual microscopy tutorial and other educational resources. (Florida
State University) (Beginner's to Advanced Levels)
- The National Biophotonics Resource - "The
NBR is an NIH Biomedical Resource dedicated to the application of photon
based techniques for the study of dynamics of living systems."
- Nikon Microscopy U - Tutorials,
resources and image galleries. (Nikon) (Beginner's
to Advanced Levels)
- Olympus Microscopy Resource
Center - Tutorials, resources and image galleries, including Fluorescence
Digital Image Gallery - Cells in Culture. (Olympus) (Beginner's
to Advanced Levels)
- Wikipedia -
Basic overview from a free encyclopedia. (Beginner's
Level)
- WWW Virtual
Library of Microscopy
Microscope Image Galleries and Databases
- ASCB's Image and Video Library - "[A] continually growing collection of peer-reviewed cell images, videos, and digitized texts that illustrate the structure, function and biology of the cell, the fundamental unit of life." (American Society for Cell Biology) (Just above Beginner's Level)
- Bioimage Database - "The BioImage
Database is part of the European Commission-funded ORIEL Project (Online
Research Information Environment for the Life Sciences), which, as the research
arm of E-BioSci, is developing tools and procedures to promote access to
and integration and retrieval of high-quality digital biological information." (Just above Beginner's Level)
- Biological Image Gallery - "The Biology Image Library is an online collection of images, movies, illustrations and animations across biology and biomedicine, for use in education and research." The site has content related to developmental biology, histology and pathology, immunology, microbiology and parasitology, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience and plant biology. (BioMed Central) (Just above Beginner's Level)
- BioMEDIA BioGalleries (Beginner's Level)
- Dennis Kunkel Microscopy - Beautiful
images of cells and organisms. (Beginner's Level)
- Heuser
Lab Gallery - Movies and classic electron micrographs of subcellular
structures and more.
- Histology Learning System -
Histological image database showing cells, tissues, organs and parts of organs,
including Ultrastructure
of the Cell (Electron Micrographs). (Boston University) (Just
above Beginner's Level)
- Invitrogen - Molecular
Probes - Gallery -
Gallery of micrographs of cells stained with various probes, organized by
functional category. (Invitrogen/Molecular Probes) (Just above Beginner's Level)
- The Nanoworld -
Microscopyre sources, includes a large collection of electron micrographs
of many subcellular and supercellular structures, whole cells, organisms
and other things. (University of Queensland, Australia) (Beginner's
Level)
See also the Cell Motility
Movies section
of the Cytoskeleton, Cell Motility
and Motors page.
Discussion Groups
See also the Discussion
Groups section of the General
Resources and Tutorials page.
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