Useful External Microscopy Links

Each of these has different dyes in its database and provides different information and features so you may want to consult more than one – they may also require java or flash on your browser.

• ThermoFisher/Invitrogen/Molecular Probes
• Zeiss
• BD Bioscience (includes more unusual flow cytometry dyes)
• Biolegend (includes more unusual flow cytometry dyes)

• Molecular Probes Handbook (download the "bible" of fluorescent staining)
• Nikon microscopy primers (superbly comprehensive)
• Nikon interactive tutorials
• Olympus microscopy primers
• Olympus interactive tutorials
• Zeiss microscopy primers
• Zeiss- interactive tutorials
• Florida State University microscopy primers
• Microscopy UK
• FEI Introduction to Electron Microscopy
• Olympus Basics of Light Microscopy and Imaging (pdf download)
• Davidson and Abramowitz Optical Microscopy (pdf download)

• Leica  handbook of optical filters for fluorescence microscopy (pdf download)
• Nikon
• Nikon (interactive)
• Olympus
• Olympus (interactive)
• Zeiss
• Zeiss (interactive)

• Olympus Bioscapes
• Nikon Small World
• FEI Image Contest
• RMS Scientific Imaging Competition
• Jeol Image Contest

• Royal Microscopical Society
• Microscopy-UK (useful DIY modifications and home microscopy information)

Registered BIU users with access to the BIU image server will find installers for several useful software packages (BIU licenced, share and freeware) located in the Research Temporary folder under Advanced LM Course - software.

• ImageJ
• FIJI (ImageJ with the most useful scientific and microscopy plugins preinstalled)
• The Gimp image processing software
• Leica LAS X core offline confocal file viewer
• Olympus OlyVIA virtual slide viewer (expand the Virtual Slide Microscopes line on the page to access link)
• CombineZP extended depth of focus. (alternative extended depth of focus software packages)