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to useful microscopy sites on the www. . .
i) Three great sites for everybody from beginners to specialists - find out about different types of microscopy and work through interactive java tutorials:
The Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Introduction to Microscopy:
The Nikon Microscopy U site:
The Olympus Microscopy Resource Center:
ii) Other general microscopy sites, with a variety of information including meetings, short courses, useful sources of microscopy information, educational resources and vendors' information:
http://www.mwrn.com
http://www.mme-microscopy.com/education/
http://www.ihcworld.com/
http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro/edu/education.html
iii) FRET information:
http://www.fretimaging.org/
iv) The confocal listserver:
listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
v) The multiphoton listserver:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mplsm-users/
vi) Databases of fluorochromes, dyes, their spectra and appropriate filter combinations (both for single and multi-photon excitation):
http://probes.invitrogen.com/
http://www.cyto.purdue.edu/flowcyt/software/Spectra.htm
http://www.chroma.com/resources/index.php
http://home.earthlink.net/~mpmicro/
http://cellscience.bio-rad.com/fluorescence/fluorophoreDatab.htm
ttp://www.mcb.arizona.edu/ipc/fret/indexA.html
http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/IPC/spectra_page.htm
4) Want to learn more? Try an intensive short course - there are many on offer and they are an excellent means of improving your practical microscopy skills as well as gaining a thorough grasp of basic optical principles. Among others we recommend checking out:
In the USA:
i) the annual Optical Microscopy and AQLM courses at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole: http://www.mbl.edu/Education/
ii) the annual Fluorescence Microscopy course at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Bar Harbor): http://www.mdibl.org/
iii) the annual International 3D Microscopy of Living Cells course:
http://www.3dcourse.ubc.ca/index.htm
iv) the annual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course on "Immunocytochemistry, In situ hybridization and Live Cell Imaging":
http://meetings.cshl.edu/courses/c-situ05.shtml
In Europe:
i) ELMI meetings:
http://www.embl.de/eamnet/body_index.html
ii) FEBS advanced courses:
http://www.febs.org/Activities/Advanced_Courses/Advc05.htm
iii) EMBO practical courses:
http://www.embo.org/projects/courses_workshops/index.html
Not only will you learn a lot but you may notice that these courses are held in very attractive locations!
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