This page of the WWW-Virtual Library covers all aspects of light microscopy, electron microscopy and other forms of microscopy.
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Microscopy: Listservs and Listserv Contacts
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Microscopy: Searches
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Microscopy: Usenet Newsgroups and Index/Archive Sites
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Microscopy: Related WWW-VL
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Microscopy: References
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Microscopy: Related Organizations
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Microscopy: Labs from Around the World:
- Aberdeen Univerities EM unit - Tillydrone Electron Microscope Unit, Aberdeen, UK
- Advanced Imaging Laboratory - Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Amherst College EM Facility
- Laboratoire d'Analyse des Matériaux - Centre de Recherche Public-Centre Universitaire (CRP-CU), Luxembourg
- Analytical Imaging Facility - Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
- Arizona State University
- Australian National University Electron Microscopy Unit
- Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit
- The Biomicroscopy Unit - Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
- Bristol University - X-ray Unit
- California State University-Fullerton - Light & Electron Microscopy - Fullerton, CA, US
- Carleton University Facility for Electron Microscopy (CURFEM) - Canada
- Center for Cell Imaging - Confocal Microscopy Core Facility, Yale University
- Center for Microscopy and Microanalysis
- City University of New York - Electron Microscopy and Cytology Laboratory - New York, US
- CLMIB: Center for Light Microscopy and Biotechnology
- Colorado State University - Electron Microscopy/Imaging Center - Ft. Collins, CO, US
- Cornell Integrated Microscopy Center (CIMC)
- Dow Lab - UK
- Duke University Center for In Vivo Microscopy
- EM Centre Biological Laboratory - UK
- ETC - UK
- Electron Microscopy - Switzerland
- Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- ETHZ Zurich - Laboratory for Electron Microscopy I - Switzerland
- Facilities
- Facility For Advanced Instrumentation - University of California at Davis
- Finland - CSC Visualization Group, Visualizations and Animations done at CSC
- Finland Centre for Electron Microscopy
- Finland Laboratory of Electron Microscopy
- Foresight Institute
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Germany - University of Aachen Central Facility for Electron Microscopy
- Hamilton College Electron Microscope Facility
- High Resolution Optical Microscopy Group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- HP CAG Home Page
- IOP-EMAG (The Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group)
- Imaging and Distributed Computing Group
- Indiana University - Laboratory for Spectrochemistry - Bloomington, IN, US
- Institute of Electron Optics, University of Oulu, Finland
- Iowa State University Dept of Entomology SEM Facility
- ISU Materials Analysis Research Laboratory
- James Madison University SEM Facility
- Keele University, Department of Communication & Neuroscience Electron Microscope Unit
- Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie - crystallography laboratory at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Life Sciences Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- LSU Geology and Geophysics Microscopy & Microanalysis Lab
- LSU Geology and Geophysics SEM & Microprobe Home Page
- Mississippi State University Electron Microscope Center
- Monash University Engineering Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility - Melbourne, Australia
- Biomedical Visualization - Imaging project at the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Advanced Biomedical Computing Center
- National Center for HREM - Chemical Center at Lund University, Sweden
- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) - San Diego, US
- NIU Chemistry WWW
- Northern Arizona University A&S Electron Microscope Facility
- Northwestern University - HREM & Surface Structure Facility - , Illinois, US
- Nova Scotia - Atlantic's Microanalysis Facility - Canada
- Oak Ridge National Lab Y-12 Microanalysis Group
- Ohio State University Campus Electron Optics Facility (CEOF) - Columbus, OH, US
- Ohio State University Campus Microscopy and Imaging Facility (CMIF) - Columbus, OH, US
- Ohio State University/OARDC Molecular
and Cellular Imaging Center - Columbus, OH, US
- Oklahoma State University Microscopy Laboratory
- PBIO Home Page
- Princeton University Dep't of Molecular Biology Confocal & Electron Microscopy Core Facility Laboratory
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Citadel Hill, Plymouth, U.K.
- Imaging Systems at Rhodes University, South Africa
- Rockefeller University - Darst Lab
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Slovenia - Scanning Electron Microscopy-EDS Laboratory at Metal Ravne d.o.o. - Monte Carlo software links, periodic table, references
- South Africa Electron Microscope Unit
- Southern Illinois University Center for Electron Microscopy - Illinois, US
- St Georges Hospital Medical School, Electron Microscopy Unit
- Stevens Tech - Microstructural Characterization Facility
- Structural Biology User's Facility
- SUNY at Stony Brook - University Microscopy Imaging Center (UMIC) New York, US
- Texas A&M University - Microscopy and Imaging Center, College Station, TX
- TU Graz Austria - EM Center
- University of Alberta - Medicine/Dentistry Electron Microscope Unit - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- University of Basel - Muller Institute for Microscopy - Switzerland
- University of Basel - Muller Institute for Microscopy - Dept of Structural Biology - Switzerland
- University of Buffalo - Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Laboratory (AMIL) - New York, US
- University of Connecticut Health Center - Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology - Storrs, CT, US
- University of Connecticut - Electron Microscopy Laboratory - Storrs, CT, US
- University of Florida - ICBR Electron Microscopy Core Lab
- University of Georgia - Center for Advanced Ultrastructural Research - Athens, GA, US
- University of Groningen - Department of Chemistry - Electron Microscopy Group - Netherlands
- University of Hawaii - Biological Electron Microscope Facility - Manoa, Hawaii, US
- University of Illinois - Carbondale - Electron Microscope Facility - Illinois, US
- University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine - Microscopy Imaging Laboratory
- University of Iowa - Central Microscopy Research Facility
- University of Kansas Microscopy Laboratory
- University of Kansas Medical Center Electron Microscopy Research Laboratory
- University of Maryland Baltimore County Keith R. Porter Microscopy Facility
- University of Massachusetts Electron Microprobe
- University of Massachusetts XRF Lab
- University of Michigan - Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory
- University of Missouri - The Electron Microscopy Core (EMC) - a resource center for scanning
and transmission electron microscopy
- University of Missouri - The Molecular Cytology Core (MCC) - a resource for all types of light
microscopy, immunocytochemistry, in situ hybridization techniques and general scientific image processing
- University of Missouri Department of Geology
- University of Nebraska Central Facility for Electron Microscopy (CFEM)
- University of Nijmegen - Microscopy Facility
- University of North Dakota Department of Biological Sciences
- University of Oklahoma - Samuel Roberts Noble Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- University of Oregon Dep't of Geological Sciences' Electron Beam Microanalytical Facility
- University of Pennsylvania - Electron Microscopy Facility
- University of Pennsylvania Medical Center - Pathology EM Center
- University of Rochester - Electron Microscopy Facility
- University of Southern California Center for Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis
- University of Sydney Electron Microscope Unit
- University of Tasmania - Central Science Lab - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- University of Western Australia - Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis - Australia
- University of Wisconsin-Madison - Microscopy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Dept of Biological Sciences EM Lab - Milwaukee, WI, US
- UWCM - Dept of Haematology - UK
- Virgina Commonwealth University
- The Virtual Metallography Lab
- Washington University - Electron Microscopy
- Yale University - Albert Einstein College Of Medicine
- Yale University - Center for Cell Imaging (CCI)
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Microscopy: Microscopist's Home Page
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Microscopy: Major Institutes and Facilities
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Microscopy: Museum Links
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Microscopy: Atomic Force and Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Advanced Surface Microscopy's Introduction to AFM
- Advanced Surface Microscopy's Introduction to Phase Imaging using the AFM
- Advanced Surface Microscopy's Introduction to Friction and Elasticity Imaging using the AFM
- Arizona State University - SPM program at ASU
- Atomic Force Microscopy Tutorial - student module from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, Canada
- Blaine's Scanning Probe Microscopy Page - a nice collection of annotated SPM links
- Cleaning of AFM Samples - carbon dioxide snow cleaning for small AFM samples
- Phil Haydon's AFM Page - an AFM tutorial
- Prof. Dr. W. M. Heckl's SPM Group - surface science in combination with interdisciplinary biophysics, chemistry and biology
- Jan Hoh's AFM Group - uses atomic force microscopy (AFM) to address biological problems
- Nanotools: Homebrew STM Page - theory and design exercise for building a STM
- IBM Scanning Tunneling Microscope Image Gallery
- IBM Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- IMR Sakurai laboratory (STM Group)
- Laboratory for Molecular Robotics - nanorobotics laboratory at the University of Southern California
- Linköping University Scanning Probe Microscopy Home Page - Laboratory of Applied Physics, Department of Physics and Measurement Technology (IFM) , Linköping University , Sweden
- The local probe group - SPM group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany
- The local probe group - WWW Links - a nice annotated list of world wide www SPM sites
- Probe Microscopy - New Journal devoted to SPM
- SPM at UVA - SPM abstracts from University of Virginia
- SPM Image Analysis Matlab Toolbox: ALEX
- STM in the Weiss Group - chemistry and physics of atoms and molecules on surfaces
- Scanned Tip and Electron Image Lab - SPM and electron imaging lab at the University of Missouri at St. Louis
- Scanning Probe Microscopy Home Page - SPM methods used in the study of food and agricultural biological systems
- Scanning Probe Microscopy Lab - Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- STM facility at the at the IRC - Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Surface Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Defined - from the National Computational Science Alliance
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Tutorial - student module from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, Canada
- Thermo Microscopes "A Practial Guide to Scanning Probe Microscopy" - a comprehensive guide to SPM
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Microscopy: Crystallography and Diffraction
- Crystallography
- Diffraction
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Microscopy: Confocal, NOSM, Emerging Technologies
- Confocal Scanning Microscopy
- Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
- The Basics of MRI - a nice detailed overview of MRI
- The Center for In Vivo Microscopy - an overview of the physics of MRI
- Magnetic Microscopy - entry web page for the Magnetic Microscopy Center, St. Olaf College, Minnesota
- NMR Information Server - provides Magnetic Resonance-related information services that include publishing news from around the world, articles, reports, reviews, photographs, position announcements, etc.
- NMR Microscopy - the NMR Center at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Wageningen NMR Centre - a European Large-Scale NMR facility which offers access to various NMR spectrometers
- Particle Beams
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Microscopy
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Microscopy: Nanotechnology and Nanomechanics Sites
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Microscopy: Three-Dimensional Imaging (3-D)
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Microscopy: Biologically-Oriented Sites
- Aberdeen Univerities EM unit - SEM, TEM and LM images
- Abteilung für Ultrukturforschung
- Actinomycete-Streptomyces Internet Resource Center
- The Ant: A Morphological Tour of the Super Organism - SEM images and text about the Fire Ant
- Arachnology
- BIOSCI WWW sites - Archives of biology sites
- ASU Life Science facility
- NCSA Biological Imaging Group - University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, IL, US
- Biology Department
- The Biomicroscopy Unit - Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
- C. elegans from the Ambros Lab Dartmouth - Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH, US
- California Criminalistics Institute
- Center for Structural Biology - University of Florida center for the study of biological function using advanced spectroscopic, diffraction, and imaging techniques
- Department of Biophysics
- Department of Cell Biology
- Dept. of Entomology
- Entomology WWW Server
- FishScope
- Fly Brain Atlas
- FlyBase: a genetic and molecular database for Drosophila
- ISC WWW Server, Texas A & M USA
- Journey Into The Cell: Celebrating 50 Years of Electron Microscopy and Cell Biology
- Microbe Zoo
- Microstructural Physics
- The Myers Laboratory - Development of the Zebrafish Nervous System
- Neuroscience Research Group
- Paleolimnology & Diatom Home Pages
- Postgraduate Diploma/MSc course in Biological Electron Microscopy
- Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories Overview
- Research Activities
- Resource for Molecular Cytogentics
- Rice Info
- Root Biology and Mycorrhiza Group
- SEM Microscopy Services Laboratory
- SPIDER
- Softshell
- The CMS Molecular Biology Resource
- The Microbial Underground
- The NCBI GenBank Server
- University of Alberta - Medicine/Dentistry Electron Microscope Unit - SEM, TEM and LM images
- The Zebrafish Book - A guide for the laboratory use of zebrafish Danio (Brachydanio) rerio
- WFCC World Data Center for Microorganisms (Japan)
- Welcome to the Botany Department, University of Guelph
- Yale University - Center for Cell Imaging (CCI)
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Microscopy: Materials Sciences-Related Sites
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Microscopy: Mathematics-Related Sites
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Microscopy: Medically-Oriented Sites
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Microscopy: Virology Sites
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Microscopy: Workshops, Conferences and Courses
2002
- 17th Australian Conference on Electron Microscopy
- February 4-8, 2002, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia
- AXAA 2002 - Australian National Conference on XRF, XRD and Surface Analysis
- February 11-15, 2002, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- AMAS VI / SPM III - Joint symposia for the Australian Microbeam Analysis Society and the Australasian Scanned Probe Microscope Society
- February 14-16, 2002, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- UCF TEM Specimen Preparation Short Course - 2002
- March 8-10, 2002, University of Central Florida (prior to the FL AVS/FL Society for Microscopy Meeting) Orlando, FL, USA
- For information/registration, contact:
Lucille Giannuzzi
- 7th annual RMC Materials Microtomy Short Course
- April 16-19, 2002, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- For information/registration, contact:
Stacy Darnell
- Food Structure and Functionality Short Course - Specific Localization Methods and Microscopy in Food Research
- May 5, 2002, Electron Microscopy Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Short Course and Workshop on Computer-Assisted Image Analysis and Measurement
- May 8-10, 2002, McKimmon Center for Continuing Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Optical Microscopy in the Biological Sciences
- June 5-12, 2002, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA
- Short Course and Workshop on Computer-Assisted Image Analysis and Measurement
- June 10-12, 2002, Danish Technological Institute, Taastrup, Denmark
- International 3D Microscopy of Living Cells Course
- June 10-20, 2002, The Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 3D Image Processing Workshop
- June 22-24, 2002, The Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- MSA/MAS Meeting 2002
- August 4-8, 2002, Quebec City Convention Center, Québec City, Canada
- Microscopical Society of Canada information web site of the local host society
- 15th International Congress on Electron Microscopy - Durban, South Africa
- September 1-6, 2002, The International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa
- MSSA web site of the local host microscopy society
- Short Course and Workshop on Computer-Assisted Image Analysis and Measurement
- November 6-8, 2002, McKimmon Center for Continuing Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Microscopy: Educational Sites
- ARS Scientific Technologies - a detailed online SEM tutorial
- Bizarre Stuff - a museum of classic home science experiments
- Bones To Atoms: Imaging Nature Across Dimensions - visualizing 3-D structure utilizing a variety of microscopy techniques
- Computer Network Lab for Microscopy Education - University of Arizona facility for microscopy education and research
- Computer Vision Home Page - World Wide Web links relating to computer vision research
- Diffraction and Scattering - includes Biophysical Journal teaching articles on Electron Diffraction, X-Ray Crystallography, Light Scattering Spectroscopy
- FOLDOC - Computing Dictionary - free on-line dictionary of computing
- WWW Virtual Library for Education - catalog of internet education sites
- Electron Microscopy at Madison Area Technical College - a two-year program in which students learn to operate electron microscopes and related equipment
- Extended Glossary of Microscopy Terms - from MicroWorld internet guide to microscopy
- Frank Potter's Science Gems - science resources sorted by category, subcategory, and grade level
- Gateway to Physical and General Chemistry - a slide presentation of selected chemistry principles
- History of the Light Microscope - the place to start when looking for history of the light microscope
- Interactive Focusing and Astigmatism Adventures on the Web - practice focussing and stigmating TEM images on the internet
- Introduction to Light Microscopy Page - from the CSUF Light and Electron Microscope Laboratory
- An Introduction to Particle Physics - from the Particle Physics Department at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
- Introduction to Practical Light and Electron Microscopy - from the M.E. Müller Institute (MSB), University of Basel, Switzerland
- Journey Into The Cell - a history of the first picture of an intact cell taken with an electron microscope
- Locating Atoms with LASER Diffraction: A workshop for "students of nature" - A laser diffraction exercise
- Microscopy - online tutotrial about various LM methods, includes a nice overview of electron microscopy
- Microscopy UK - microscopy educational organization for professionals and amateurs
- Microscopy Society of America - educational resources
- Overview of Chemistry Hypermedia Course - on-line chemistry resources for students, educators, and scientists
- Principles of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) - a very nice TEM tutorial
- Programs for Research Education and Fun - by Phil Fraundorf, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of St. Louis
- Questioned Document Examination Page - an overview of document examination and handwriting identification
- Room 100 Microscopy Page - microscopy page from Buckman Elementary School, Portland, Oregon USA
- Scales of microstructure observed - an introduction to microscopy of materials
- Selected Microscopy Educational Resources for K-12 Education - from MicroWorld internet guide to microscopy
- Surface Science Techniques and Acronyms - a list of surface science techniques and commonly used abbreviations
- Transmission Electron Microscopy - online tutorial
- van Leeuwenhoek microscope replica - build your own
- Visualizations in Materials Science - a very nice primer for the basic principles of Materials Science
- World Lecture Hall - an entry point to free online course materials from around the world
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Microscopy: General Interest
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Microscopy
