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."
• Fixation and Fixatives - Fixing cells and tissues for microscopy. (Anthony S.-Y. Leong)
• 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)
  • Atomic Force Microscope
  • Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy
  • Microscope
  • Microscopy
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscope
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Total Internal Reflection Fluoresence Microscopy
• 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)
• 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

• BioChemWeb.org Discussion Board - Discussions and questions/answers for scientists and students.

Labs Focused on Microscopy