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  • Micscape

    Established in 1995 and supported by Microscopy-UK; Micscape is a free, informal, web magazine published each month.

    It encourages readers to "explore the miniature world around them" - both on a microscopic and macroscopic scale. The magazine's success relies on voluntary contributors worldwide - including amateur microscopists and teachers along with some professional scientists.
    (David Walker, Editor)


  • Micrographia

    This is an outstanding website "for those who use microscopes in their investigations of the world around them. It is for students and teachers of (especially) fresh water biology in their search for creature identification and illustrative material, for both amateur and professional light microscopists."
    (John Walsh)


  • Nikon MicroscopyU

    This comprehensive website "is designed to provide an educational forum for all aspects of optical microscopy, digital imaging, and photomicrography".

    This website includes information, and interactive Java tutorials, for:
    - Microscope optics
    - Imaging technologies
    - Specialized techniques:
    - Fluorescence
    - Differential interference contrast (DIC)
    - Phase contrast
    - Reflected light microscopy
    - Microscopy of living cells


  • Olympus Microscope Resource Center

    This website is "designed to provide an Internet-based educational forum on all aspects of optical microscopy, photomicrography, and digital imaging." With an emphasis on biomedical applications, advanced techniques in light microscopy are covered; such as laser scanning confocal, multi-photon fluorescence, and wide-field deconvolution microscopy.

    Detailed technical information is available, along with Java tutorials.


  • Molecular Expressions

    Affiliated with the Nikon MicroscopyU website (see above), this website is maintained by Michael W.Davidson at the Optical Microscopy Group of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University (FSU).

    Along with an extensive presentation of images obtained with light microscopes using a wide range of techniques, there are 'Microscope Primer' and 'Basic Concepts' sections.