# Resources for learning more

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* - **Resource Name**
  - **Link**
  - **Brief description**
* - 🌐 Nikon MicroscopyU 
  - [link](https://www.microscopyu.com/microscopy-basics)
  - Fundamentals of microscopy explained for beginners with lots of images and plain language descriptions of terms used in microscopy
* - 🌐 Microtutor
  - [link](https://microtutor.globalbioimaging.org/)
  - A fantastic interactive course on fluorescence microscopy, created by the team at [Harvard CITE](https://cite.hms.harvard.edu/)
* - 🌐 MyScope
  - [link](https://myscope.training/)
  - An interactive microscope simulator and learning environment developed by MicroscopyAustralia, covering a number of types of microscopy.
* - 📖 Visualizing Cells Through Microscopy
  - [link](https://open.oregonstate.education/cellbiology/chapter/microscopy/)
  - An open textbook chapter from the "Fundamentals of Cell Biology" book from Oregon State University, a great introductory guide to concepts in microscopy.
* - 📄 Seeing is believing? A beginners' guide to practical pitfalls in image acquisition {cite}`North2006-sb`
  - [link](https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200507103)
  - An overview of common concerns to check for during sample preparation and image acquisition
* - 📄 Fluorescence microscopy - avoiding the pitfalls {cite}`Brown2007-ou`
  - [link](https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/120/10/1703/29404/Fluorescence-microscopy-avoiding-the-pitfalls)
  - Short overview of some of the most common pitfalls for beginners to fluorescence microscopy
* - 📄 Tutorial: guidance for quantitative confocal microscopy {cite}`Jonkman2020-bo`
  - [link](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-020-0313-9)
  - Step-by-step guidance on practical considerations for sample preparation, acquisition, and image analysis; primarily though not exclusively aimed at users of confocal microscopy
* - 📄 Best practices and tools for reporting reproducible fluorescence microscopy methods {cite}`Montero_Llopis2021-nb`
  - [link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-021-01156-w)
  - Guidelines and resources for accurate reporting of the most common fluorescence light microscopy techniques, emphasizing the impact of accurate microscopy metadata on data interpretation.
* - 📄 Believing is seeing - the deceptive influence of bias in quantitative microscopy{cite}`Lee2024-zu`
  - [link](https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261567)
  - Thoughtful review on technological and especially psychological factors that can lead to biased microscopy results
* - 🎥 iBiology Microscopy Short Course
  - [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c5ILWQmqRY&list=PLQFc-Dxlf4pSRaEk8Xi9BzS0r8-LYmwRQ)
  - An 8 hour video series consisting of 14 videos introducting major concepts in microscopy. A longer course with >70 videos is also available. 
* - 🎥 Microcourses
  - [link](https://www.youtube.com/@Microcourses)
  - Videos about microscopy from the microscopy cores at Harvard Medical School 
* - 🌐 Advanced Imaging Center 
  - [link](https://www.aicjanelia.org/apply)
  - Access to the state of the art microscopy instruments and imaging experts
* - 🌐 Africa Microscopy Initiative 
  - [link](https://www.microscopy.africa/ )
  - Access to advanced microscopes, molecular biology and cell culture equipment for scientists in Africa
* - 🌐 Euro-Bioimaging  
  - [link](https://www.eurobioimaging.eu)
  - Access to microcopy instruments and training for scientists in Europe
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