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
- General Information:
- Links and Online Guides to Microscopy on the Internet:
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Microscopy: Image Galleries
- Algal Microscopy and Image Digitization - LM and EM images of diatoms
- The Ant: A Morphological Tour of the Super Organism - SEM images and text about the Fire Ant
- (art)n Laboratory - biomodernism: virus and medical studies - art images of viruses and other medically related subjects
- Auditory Science Laboratory - SEM images of the anatomy of the human ear
- The Urbana Atlas of Pathology - human pathology images (LM)
- BIODIC - a large SEM image gallery of a wide variety of subjects hosted by the Free University of Brussels (U.L.B.)
- Bio-Imaging Center/Electron Microscopy, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY - student images
- The Biosciences Imaging Group - confocal images from the laboratory of Dr. John Chad
- Bone Marrow Cytology Images
- Characterization Facility Image Gallery - Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota
- Collection of Microscopy Icons - icons targeting microscopy, HREM and Surface Structure Facility, Northwestern University
- Colorado State University Images - images of insects and their relatives
- Computer Vision Home Page - central location for WWW links relating to computer vision research
- Coralline Algae - info on preparation methods for SEM and TEM
- Cornell Integrated Microscopy Center Image Gallery - TEM, SEM, and LM
- CSC Visualization Group - visualizations and animations done at CSC
- Electron Micrograph Image Gallery - images from the Diffraction Physics Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, AU
- Electron Micrograph Library - images from the Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Dennis Kunkel's Image Gallery - nice gallery of LM and EM images
- Entomology Images - Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery
- Flybrain Front Page - Images of the Drosophila Nervous System
- Gallery of Images - SEM images from the Geological Survey of Canada
- Gallery - image gallery from the biological science department at California State University Fullerton
- Heuser Lab Image Gallery - gallery of LM video images and EM images made using the "Deep-Etch" technique
- Higher Ed Images from IKE and IBM
- House Ear Institute, Advanced Electron Microscopy and Imaging Center (AEMI) - EM images produced in the facility
- IBM Optical Microscope Views Images Approaching the Atomic Level
- Image Archives of MAS - images and electron diffraction patterns
- Image Gallery - Electron Microscopy Unit, Australian National University
- Images of the Drosophila Nervous System
- Imaging Research Inc.
- ImgLab software - to organize digital images (Lawrence Berkeley lab)
- Interactive Nano-Visualization in Science and Engineering Education (IN-VSEE) - micrographs taken from Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Optical Microscopy, and surface analytical techniques
- Light Microscopy Gallery
- Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope - One of the Web's largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope
- MicroAngela's Image Gallery - very nice gallery of computer colorized images
- MicroScapes Gallery - very nice gallery of images from scientists and researchers
of Lucent Bell Laboratories.
- Myxozoa Images
- Nanometer Pattern Generation System - E-Beam Lithography images from NPGS
- The Nanoworld Image Gallery
- National University of Singapore Histonet
- Parasite Images at Queensland University of Technology
- Pathology Images from WebPath
- Pathology slides
- Pilot European Image Processing Archive
- Plant Virus Digitized Electron Micrographs
- Plant Viruses Online - Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database
- Pollen Images
- Princeton University Dep't of Molecular Biology Confocal & Electron Microscopy Core Facility Laboratory - Brightfield, confocal, and SEM image galleries
- Professor Bovin's Science Photo Gallery - TEM, SEM, LM images
- Professor Bovin's Science Video Gallery - High Resolution TEM videos
- Prosobranchia gastropod images
- Protist images, University of Montreal
- Questioned Document Examination Page of Emily J. Will
- SEM Gallery - University of Oregon Micro Analytical Facility
- Scanning Probe Microscopy Images from NT-MDT - Molecular devices and tools for Nanotechnology
- STM Gallery
- Systemic Pathology an Interactive Tutorial - from the University of Washington, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
- Ugly Bug Contest - Flagstaff Festival of Science
- University of Alberta Electron Microscope Facility Images
- University of Minnisota Images
- Vital Images - CT & NMR medical images
- Woody's SEM Images
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Microscopy: Related Journals
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Microscopy: Techniques
- A New Paradigm--Multi-User Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Analytical Sample Preparation and Microwave
- Applications Notes from Molecular Dynamics
- BioSite Cationic Colloidal Gold
- Buehler Tech-Notes - Metallograph/materials technique tips
- Buffer Calculation Program - online JAVA program
- Computer Assisted Image Analysis and Measurement
- Computer Vision Home Page
- Cytochemical protocols and in situ hybridization
- Development of Microwave Immunohistochemistry
- Diamond Knife Care and Use Manual
- Diatome Diamond Knife Information Site - care for knives, specialized applications
- Differential Hysteresis Processing Technology, PiXISION - Jeol Site
- Differential Hysteresis Processing in Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Differential Surface Composition Analysis by Multiple-Voltage Electron Beam X-Ray Spectroscopy
- Digital Image Processing Introduction - DBS GmbH Corp. , Bremen, Germany
- Digital Image Processing Instructional Database
- The EELS Page - projects in Electron Energy Loss Spectrometry from the Vienna University of Technology
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) Tutorial - student module from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, Canada
- Electron Holography (Prof. Lichte) Working Beyond the Point Resolution Limit
- Energy Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy - Molecular Structural Biology group at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie in Martinsried
- High performance field emission scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM): VG601UX at Liverpool - no response 6/15/99
- Histopathology Lab Methods
- House Ear Institute, Advanced Electron Microscopy and Imaging Center (AEMI) - information on light microscopy, transmission electron microcopes, cryosectioning, immunocytochemistry and other imaging techniques
- Immunogold Labeling with BioSite Colloidal Gold Reagents
- Immunogold Labelling in Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Immunolabeling
- Infrared-sensitive modification for Color QuickCam camera - modify a Connectix camera for IR
- Interactive Focusing and Astigmatism Adventures on the Web
- International Field Emission Society
- Mass General Hospital Handbook for Researchers
- Methods of Digital Video Microscopy for Colloidal Studies
- Microwave Processing Techniques for Microscopy
- Molecular Imaging Home Page
- Multiple-Voltage Patent (SEM)
- NCEM HRTEM Image Simulation Software - under development
- Negative Staining for Electron Microscopy
- Nondestructive Evaluation
- Particle Surface Resources on the Internet
- Pedro's Bio Molecular Research Tools
- Purdue University Cytometry WWW site
- Round Robin Test for HREM Diffraction Simulations
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy Home Page
- Special Stains Using the Microwave
- Stains File
- Surface Science Techniques and Acronyms
- The Diatome Handling and Use Manual: Technical Information
- Tips and tricks from the Microscopy Listserver
- Tripod Polisher Modifications for TEM and Ion Milling Temperatures
- Ultramicrotomy
- Understanding Fluorescence
- Using TEM Grids to identify AFM Areas
- van Leeuwenhoek microscope replica - build your own
- WWW Scientific Photography Lab - Intro
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Microscopy: Vendors
- Vendor Database Sites:
- Advanced MicroBeam, Inc. - PC based WDS and EDS digital imaging for JEOL, Cameca and ARL microprobes
- Advanced Microscopy Techniques Corporation - TEM digital imaging, SEM stage drives, and Environmental SEM products
- Advanced Research Systems - SEM, TEM maintenance
- Advanced Surface Microscopy, Inc. - independent analytical testing and research laboratory specializing in scanning probe microscopy
- Alicona - "MeX" software for 3D surface reconstructionfrom stereoscopic SEM images
- Allied High Tech Products, Inc. - Materiallographic, SEM and TEM sample preparation equipment
- Alpha Tec Ltd. - graphics, computer vision, signal and image processing
- Anachem Atomic Spectroscopy Group
- Anchor Optical Surplus - surplus optics; lenses, prisms, mirrors, filters
- American Science and Surplus - used microscopes, etc.
- Applied Precision Inc. - semiconductor, microscopy, micropositioning equipment
- Applied Precision Inc. - Delta Vision - digital deconvolution microscope
- Applied Surface Technologies - manufacture and sales of CO2 snow cleaning equipment
- ArchaeoMation - digital instrument and software systems
- Aston Metallurgical Services Co., Inc. - metallurgical testing, consulting, failure analysis, problem solving and expert witnessing
- Asylum Research - molecular force probes
- Atlantis Scientific Systems - image processing, remote sensing, SAR processor
- Axon Instruments - microelectrode amplifiers, data acquisition and analysis hardware and software, cellular ion imaging software, and products for electrochemistry
- Bal-Tec - coating systems, high pressure and jet freezing, freeze fracturing, cryo transfer, freeze substitution, ion milling
- Beckman Instruments - instrument systems for chemical characterization
- Bid Service - refurbished semiconductor equipment including light and electron microscopes
- Bio-Microtech - imaging solutions, microscopes, optical products, and supplies
- Bitplane ag - image processing and database software design
- Calidris software - imaging and electron diffraction
- CamScan Electron Optics - SEMs, low vacuum mode SEM, microprobe
- Canberra - radiation detection and analysis instrumentation
- Capital Microscope Services - microscopes ( feature Meiji Techno products), video cameras, microscope service and repair
- Capovani Brothers Inc. - used scientific equipment
- Carl Zeiss, USA - all forms of optical microscopy - North America
- Carl Zeiss - all forms of optical microscopy - Germany
- Catalogue of Portable Microscopes on CD - lists almost 280 portable compound microscopes
alphabetically by manufacturer
- Charles Evans & Associates - instrumentation for characterization of semiconductor materials
- Clemex Technology - image analysis systems for optical and electron microscopy
- Conneaut Lake Scientific - new and refurbished metallurgical equipment and supplies including light microscopes
- Creative Design Systems/Motion Control - custom designed stages for LM microscopes
- DME-Danish Micro Engineering A/S - European producer of SPM microscopes
- DVC Company - digital video cameras
- Data Translation - digital image aquisition and processing
- Delaware Diamond Knives - knives, scalpels and other diamond instruments
- Diatome Diamond Knives - knives and care for knives
- Digital Instruments - Nanoscope SPM, AFMs and notes
- Durst - Durst enlargers, products, and accessories
- Edgecraft Corporation - diamond knives for biology and material sciences
- Edmund Scientific Co. - optics, microscopes, books, supplies
- BOC Edwards Vacuum Technology - vacuum components and systems
- ElectroScan - environmental SEMs
- Electron Microscopy Sciences (EMS) - full range of EM supplies
- ELMDAS Co. website
- EMiSPEC Systems, Inc. - EMiSPEC Vision(tm) data acquisition systems for SEM, TEM, STEM and x-ray spectroscopy
- Energy Beam Sciences - full range of EM supplies
- Farallon Home Page - Internet and server software
- VG Scientific - Auger microanalysis & X-ray photoelectron spectrometer
- Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ-Karlsruhe) - sells the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) on CD-ROM
- FT/MS, WWW Home Page - magnetic ion trap applications and technology
- Fairfield Imaging Ltd. - software and computer hardware provider for professional microscopists
- FEI Company - (was Philips Electron Optics) - SEM, TEM, equipment, supplies, service
- FEI Company Beam Technology Division - LaB6, CeBix cathodes, Schottky thermal field emitters, liquid metal ion sources, focused electron and ion beam columns
- E. A. Fischione - materials science sample preparation supplies (TEM) and services
- Fisher Scientific - all-purpose general scientific supply house
- Foster Findlay Associates - software for image analysis and processing
- Fujiswan Optical - stereo microscopes, student light microscopes and lensmeters
- Ernest F. Fullam, Inc. - full range of EM supplies
- Gatan - CCD cameras, specimen preparation, holders and stages, energy-filtered imaging, EELS and digital SEM
- GEK Inc - supplier of Russian LOMO microscopes
- Gemmary - antique scientific instruments, includes microscopes and other optical instruments, forum site
- Goldmark - colloidal gold, probes and tech pages
- Goodfellow Metals Supply - esoteric metals
- Hirox Video Microscopy - video systems, CCD
- Hitachi Instruments - SEM, TEM, CD-SEM, NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and more
- HWLbioanalyticSYSTEMS - active vibration damping systems for equipment
- I Systems, Inc - sophisticated vision based inspection systems used in microelectronics manufacturing
- Image-Pro Plus - image analysis software
- The Image Processing Tool Kit - Photoshop-compatible plug-ins for quantitative and scientific image analysis (Macintosh and Windows versions)
- Improvision - Openlab cell-imaging and analysis software
- Infinitesima Limited - the ActivResonance Controller, an accessory to improve imaging of existing force microscopes when working in liquids
- Inovision Corporation - Image acquisition and analysis software and systems
- iXRF Systems, Inc. - EDS systems for electron microscopy and EDXRF systems for bulk x-ray analysis
- JEOL Japan - SEM, TEM, STM, NMR, X-ray Diffractometers/X-ray Spectrometers, thermography
- JEOL in Europe - SEMs, TEMs, accessories (Europe)
- JEOL (Skandinaviska) AB - SEMs, TEMs, accessories (Sweden)
- JEOL USA, Inc. - SEMs, TEMs, accessories (US)
- Jasco WWW Home Page - FTIR spectrometers, UV/VIS spectrophotometers, spectropolarimeters, HPLC Systems
- Kratos Analytical - XPS, MS, surface analysis
- Eastman Kodak Company - Scientific Imaging Systems of the Eastman Kodak Company
- Kovex Corporation - 3D surface inspection and measurement instrument
- Labequip - new and reconditioned scientific instruments
- Labtek - Supplier of new & used microscopes & accessories, video inspection & measuring systems, digital & electronic gauges
- LabX/Labtrader Magazine - used EMs
- Lacuna Laboratories - material science software - Desktop Microscopist
- Ladd Research Industries - electron microscopy and general scientific laboratory supplies and accessories
- Lehman Scientific - new, unused surplus and used electronic test and laboratory equipment
- Leica (U.S.) - microscopy, specialized optical applications, measuring systems and more
- Leica (U.K.) - optics, software solutions, image processing (including 3-D) and data analysis
- Leica (Germany) - confocal laser scanning microsopy CLSM (only)
- LEO Electron Microscopy - SEMs, TEMs, accessories (company formed by merger of Leica and Zeiss electron microscopy divisions)
- Light Science Technologies - real time video image enhancement system
- Linear Research - active feedback shielding systems for EMF control
- Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc. - characterization & consulting, online reference material
- Materials Research Laboratories, Inc. - materials analysis services
- Matrox Imaging Group - frame grabbers, image analysis and processing
- The McCrone Research Institute - courses in microscopy
- The McCrone Group - analytical and consulting laboratory services and sales division online catalog
- MD Scientific - lasers, video systems, microscopes, and spectrophotometers
- Media Cybernetics - image analysis software solutions, makers of Image-Pro Plus(tm)
- Mel Sobel Instruments - discount microscopy, service, video and software
- Meridian Instrument Company - confocal microscopy equipment
- M.E. Taylor Engineering, Inc. - SEM and light microscope supplies and accessories
- Meyers Instruments - Leica dealers in optics, video, image analysis, frame grabbers, digitizers, scanners, printers, more
- Microcosm, Inc. - lasers, microscopes, optomechanical engineering, digital imaging, robotics, software
- Microimage Video Systems - CCD Color Video Cameras for scientific, medical and industrial usuage
- Microlab - CellFinder microscope slides - micro-patterned locator slides
- Micron Optics - microscope sales, digital video sales, and microscope repairs
- Micro Photonics Inc. - ICAM Scanning Acoustic Microscope
- Microscopes from Nightingale - site for reconditioned microscopes
- Microscopy Vendors Database - one of the largest microscopy vendor databases
- MicroStar Diamond Knives - diamond knives and tech support pages
- MindSpring Enterprises - scientific instrument garage sale
- Molecular Dynamics - confocal imaging systems
- Molecular Imaging - Scanning probe microscopes for special imaging conditions
- Molecular Structure Corporation - commercial X-ray structure laboratory
- MOXTEK Soft X-ray Equipment - x-ray detectors and AFM, SPM, SEM calibration standards
- MR Resources - NMR supplies
- MVA, Inc. - analytical and consulting laboratory in TEM and LM
- Nanofactory Instruments - develops and manufactures a unique SPM that features STM as well as TEM technology
- Nanometer Pattern Generation System (NPGS)
- Nanonics Ltd. - products for near-field, far-field and scanned probe microscopy
- NanoPowders Industries - manufacturer and supplier of silver (Ag) and other specialty alloys powders
- Nanoprobes, Inc. - colloidal gold and probes
- Nanotec Electronica - scanning probe microscopes and related devices
- National A.T.E. - used SEM and TEM sales
- NME - National Microscope Exchange - new and used light microscope sales and service
- Nicolet Instrumentation Corporation - Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and Fourier transform Raman (FT-Raman) spectroscopy
- Nikon (USA), Inc. - microscopy and optics
- Nissei Sangyo Canada Inc. (Hitachi) - market Hitachi's high technology products
- Noesis Vision Inc. - maker of Visilog5 image processing and image analysis software (32 bit)
- NORAN Instruments - confocal, AFM, and EDS systems
- NT-MDT - molecular devices and tools for Nanotechnology, SPM, software
- NuLife Sciences - economical microscopes, instrumentation, and educational and instructive services for health professionals
- Olympus Optical - North America - microscopes, optics and microscopy supplies
- Olympus Optical - Europe - microscopes, optics and microscopy supplies
- 3D Optics - software for 3D imaging
- Optiscan P/L Confocal Microscopy
- Oriel Instruments - UV-IR, diode and solid state lasers, measurement instruments, optics, micromanipulation, more
- Orsay Physics - Focused Ion Beam (FIB) columns and workstations
- Oxford Cryosystems - crystallography systems and software
- Oxford Molecular Group
- Park Scientific Instruments - SPM, MFM
- PEMED - online catalog of used medical equipment
- PerkinElmer Life Sciences - Live Cell Imaging - confocal microscopes and accessories
- Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG - development, production, marketing and service of components and systems for vacuum technology
- Philips Electron Optics -Note, now FEI Company - SEM, TEM, equipment, supplies, service
- Photon Technology International, Inc. - confocal microscopy
- Pholatec Ltd. - manufacturer of image printing systems, scanning spot enlarger for EM
- Polymers DotCom Home Page
- Precision Detectors
- Precision Digital Images - PDI Corp
- Princeton Gamma-Tech (PGT) - energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, digital imaging
- ProSciTech Home Page - LM, EM, microprobe and histology supplies & equipment
- PTI - custom reticles and calibration targets
- QImaging - Quantitative Imaging Corporation - high-performance CCD cameras designed for microscopy
- Rheodyne - Home Page
- RÖNTEC USA - supplier of complete EDX systems, system upgrades, and modules for x-ray detection and analysis
- Scientific Equipment Exchange, Inc. - used microscopes and accessories
- SciTech - reseller specializing in scientific, engineering and technical computing
- Scott Scientific - supplier of many scientific needs relating to microscopy
- Scanalytics Inc. formerly Signal Analytics
- SEMI's Home Page
- Silicon Valley Micro Service
- SMARTech - SEM service Lab
- Soft Imaging System, Europe - image analysis programs, 3d-reconstruction tools
- Soft Imaging System, USA - image analysis programs, 3d-reconstruction tools
- Soft X-ray Web page
- Soquelec Online
- South Bay Technology, Inc. - materials sciences preparation equipment and supplies
- Spectra Services - bulbs, CCD & digital cameras, film recorder, image analysis, used microscopes, printers, scanners
- Spectrocell Home Page
- Spectrum Petrographics,Inc.
- Spherotech, Inc. - manufacturer and supplier of sphero microparticles
- SPI Supplies - full range of EM supplies, standards, sputter coaters and plasma etchers
- SPSS Inc. - SigmaPlot image acquisition, analysis and processing software
- Stage-Pro - automated microscope stage control for Image-Pro
- Surfdriver - 3-D reconstruction software for Windows 95/NT and Macintosh computers
- Synergy Research Inc.
- Synoptics Imaging Systems and Solutions - digital imaging systems and software
- Technical Video, Ltd. - Light Scrambler, an illumination source for LM, and other LM products
- Ted Pella Inc. (USA), and Pelco International (export) - suppliers of electron microscopy and general scientific laboratory products
- Ticoscen Chromatography
- Topcon Technologies - scanning electron microscopes (SEM)
- TopoMetrix Home Page - STM, AFM, supplies
- TrippNT, Inc.
- TriTek Corporation - computer-controlled microscopy
- UME - Used Machinery & Equipment - search for "microscopes" for a listing of categories from their homepage
- Vacuum Generators - part of VG
- Vaytek, Inc. - Digital imaging systems and solutions
- Vermont Optechs - used microscopes and accessories
- Vital Images, Inc. - VoxelView software, 3-D imaging utilities
- VolVis
- Wang BioMedical
- Waters Corporation Home Page
- WHERE?MEDIA Incorporated - software vendor for enterprise digital image management system
- xk
- Zeiss Microscopy - light and confocal microscopes, imaging software, and accessories
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