Links
Useful information about microscopy, microscopy techniques, equipment and activities around microscopy.
Sources for Microscopy Education
- Microscopy Primer - Information on optical Microscopy
- Olympus - Microscopy Resource Center
- Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Online Campus
- Nikon MicroscopyU
- Microscope Resolution Calculator at the Institut Pasteur
- Nyquist rate and PSF calculator
- PaDIL – High quality images and Information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity.
- Scientific Volume Imageing - SVI, Support Wiki Page
- Information on X-ray microanalysis EDS/EDX, WDS, EBSD
- Virtual Laboratory - Information on Sample Preparation and Instrumentation
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): sample preparation guide
- Information on Microscopes and Microscopy Techniques
- Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. - Science Stock Photography
Microscopy Groups and Societies
- Victorian Microscopy Network
- The Fluorescence Imaging Group (FIG) of Victoria
- Cellular Nano-Imaging Consortium (CNIC)
- Fluorescence Applications in Biotechnology and Life Sciences (FABLS)
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - AMMS
- Australian Microbeam Analysis Society - AMAS
- Electron Microscopy Yellow Pages
- The Microscopy ListServer
- The Confocal Microscopy List
- Australian Electron Microscopy ListServer (email link)
- The Australian Directory of of Electron Microscopy Units and Staff
- Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FAST)
Imaging Software for Microscopy
- ImageJ (free) - Image Processing and Analysis in Java
- Fiji (free) - a image processing package
- BioImageXD (free) - analysis and visualization of multidimensional biomedical images
- siViewer (free) - Olympus for EM, LM, fluorescence, confocal and multidimensional analysis
- NIS-Elements - Nikon imaging solution, image capture, archiving, and analysis
- Adobe Photoshop
- MetaMorph® Microscopy Automation & Image Analysis Software
- 3D-doctor - 3D image processing, analysis and visualization
- Eikona 3D - 3D image processing, analysis and visualization
- Imaris - 3D and 4D Real-Time Interactive Data Visualization
- CellProfiler (free) - Matlab based open-source software tool for batch-processing of large numbers of images
- Hamamatsu HCImage & SimplePCI
- definiens - software solutions for biomedical image analysis
- Zeiss ZEN - confocal software (requires free registration)
- Zeiss LSM - old-style Zeiss LSM image browser (requires free registration)
- Zeiss LSM 510 macro manual - description on how to use the built-in macros (PDF)
- Leica LAS AF Lite - confocal software; SP5 and SP2, file "setup.exe" - Leica FTP server)
- Leica LCS Lite - confocal software; file "LXSLite2611537.exe" - Leica FTP server
- Leica Application Notes - for FRAP & FRAP2, FRET-SE & FRET-AB, Photoconversion, Life Data Mode, Spectral unmixing
Microscopy Supply
- ProSciTech
- Emgrid Australia Pty Ltd
- SPI Supplies / Structure Probe, Inc
- Electron Microscopy Sciences - Products for Histology, Light Microscopy, and Electron Microscopy
- Thomson Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd (TSI)
- Moran Scientific Pty Ltd
- Target - Messtechnik
- Oxford Instruments - Microanalysis
- Olympus - Soft Imaging Solutions
- Gatan Inc - Instruments and Products for Electron Microscopes
- Bruker - X-ray Microanalysis and Atomic Force Microscopes
- Diatome - Swiss Diamond Knives for Ultramicrotomy
Microscope Manufacture
- JEOL Australia - Electron Microscopes
- FEI - Electron Microscopes
- Zeiss - Electron & Ion Beam Microscopes
- HITACHI - Electron Microscopes and Focused Ion Beam
- TESCAN - Electron Microscopes
- ASYLUM RESEARCH - Scanning Probe and Atomic Force Microscopes
- NT-MDT - Scanning Probe and Atomic Force Microscopes
- Olympus Australia
- Leica Microsystems
- Carl Zeiss Australasia