Resources for learning more#
Resource Name |
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Brief description |
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🌐 Nikon MicroscopyU |
Fundamentals of microscopy explained for beginners with lots of images and plain language descriptions of terms used in microscopy |
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🌐 Microtutor |
A fantastic interactive course on fluorescence microscopy, created by the team at Harvard CITE |
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🌐 MyScope |
An interactive microscope simulator and learning environment developed by MicroscopyAustralia, covering a number of types of microscopy. |
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📖 Visualizing Cells Through Microscopy |
An open textbook chapter from the “Fundamentals of Cell Biology” book from Oregon State University, a great introductory guide to concepts in microscopy. |
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📄 Seeing is believing? A beginners’ guide to practical pitfalls in image acquisition 15 |
An overview of common concerns to check for during sample preparation and image acquisition |
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📄 Fluorescence microscopy - avoiding the pitfalls 16 |
Short overview of some of the most common pitfalls for beginners to fluorescence microscopy |
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📄 Tutorial: guidance for quantitative confocal microscopy 5 |
Step-by-step guidance on practical considerations for sample preparation, acquisition, and image analysis; primarily though not exclusively aimed at users of confocal microscopy |
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📄 Best practices and tools for reporting reproducible fluorescence microscopy methods 17 |
Guidelines and resources for accurate reporting of the most common fluorescence light microscopy techniques, emphasizing the impact of accurate microscopy metadata on data interpretation. |
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📄 Believing is seeing - the deceptive influence of bias in quantitative microscopy18 |
Thoughtful review on technological and especially psychological factors that can lead to biased microscopy results |
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🎥 iBiology Microscopy Short Course |
An 8 hour video series consisting of 14 videos introducting major concepts in microscopy. A longer course with >70 videos is also available. |
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🎥 Microcourses |
Videos about microscopy from the microscopy cores at Harvard Medical School |
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🌐 Advanced Imaging Center |
Access to the state of the art microscopy instruments and imaging experts |
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🌐 Africa Microscopy Initiative |
Access to advanced microscopes, molecular biology and cell culture equipment for scientists in Africa |
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🌐 Euro-Bioimaging |
Access to microcopy instruments and training for scientists in Europe |