Animations and Visual Resources

Animation Sites

Animations from Cold Spring Harbor, rich resource for genetics
BioInteractive: from HHMI
Biological Animations: by John Giannini, St. Olaf College, MN
Biology Animation: multimedia materials for teaching biology from Carnegie Mellon University
Biology I Animations: collection from North Harris College, Houston, TX
Biology Animation Library: from Dolan DNA Learning Center
BIOMS: Center for Modeling and Simulation in the Bioscieces, Heidelberg
Blink Studio: U.K.-based graphic design company specializing in design for scientific, technical and medical communication
CellsAlive
Cell biology animations: by John Kyrk
Flash Tutorials for Biological Sciences: from Carnegie Mellon University
GCSE Bitesize: biology animations from the BBC, UK
Herpes simplex animations
Maxanimations: animations in physiology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology
Molecules in Motion: from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Multimedia Production Site: from Harvard University
RNAi animation: Nature
SUMMIT: from Stanford
Sumanas: animated introductory biology tutorials
The Inner Life of a Cell: video by Robert Lue and Alain Viel, Harvard University
The Virtual Cell
Virtual Cell Animation Collection: from North Dakota State University


Image & Video Galleries

The Cell: An Image Library™ : digital library of cell biology images and videos
ASCB IBioSeminars: online library of cell biology seminars from outstanding scientists
All the Virology on the World Wide Web: everything about viruses
Alta Vista: image, video and audio search engine
BIODIDAC: a bank of digital resources for teaching biology from the University of Ottawa collection
Biology videos: Davidson College
BioMedia Associates: biologists, teachers, educational designers and film-makers who collaborate to make learning programs for biology
Cells Alive
Fagan image search engine
Free science videos and lectures
How a Muscle Works: poster from the Exploratorium
Images from the Microscope: University of Arizona
Image Gallery & Imaging: Radboud University, Nijmegen
Inside the Cell: NIH NIGMS
Internet Atlas of Histology: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Journal of Visualized Experiments: YouTube for biology
Microscope Imaging Statopm image collection from the Exploratorium
Ultrastructure of the Cell: Boston University
Web Atlas of Cellular Structures Using Light and Confocal Microscopy: by Sheela Konda, Steve Rogers, and Daniel E. Weber from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana


Image & Video Contests

ASCB Celldance
Bioscapes from Olympus
Cinema of the Cell from BioClips
Small World from Nikon
Nothing Remains Invisible! From Leica
MicroImages from Carl Zeiss
Imaging in Action from MediaCybernetics

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Microscopy Education

K-12 Microscopy Education

Microscope School Activities
The Compound Microscope: basic parts
K-12 Education Sites: collection of categorized K-12 educational sites on microscopy from the University of Arizona
Microscope Activities for K-12
Microscopy & Optics on the Fun Science Gallery by Giorgio Carboni
Microscopy Education: list of sites for K-12
Microscopy - UK for hobbyists
GreatScopes: quality instruments for homeschoolers to hobbyists
MicroscopeWorld: entry-level compound and stereoscopic microscopes and video equipment
Nikon's MicroscopyU
Olympus Microscopy Resource Center


Microscopy Primers and Instructional Materials
(College to Graduate Level)

Concepts in Digital Imaging from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Confocal Microscopy
Confocal Microscopy - how does it work? by Eric Weeks, PhD, Emory University
Introduction to Optical Microscopy from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Introduction to Live Cell Imaging from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University
Light Microscopy: Comparison of Optics by David Caprete, PhD, Baylor University
Microscope Basics and Beyond pamphlet by Mortimer Abramowitz, Olympus
Microscopy by Peter v. Sengbusch from the University of Hamburg, Germany

Microscopy: Interactive Java tutorials ifrom Molecular Expressions, Florida State University:
Airy Disks, Numerical Aperture and Resolution
Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy
Fundamentals of Microscopy
Fundamentals of Kohler Illumination
Kohler Microscope Illumination - Transmitted Light
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
Phase Contrast Microscopy
Polarized Light Microscopy
Virtual Scanning EM

Microscopy & Imaging Resources from the University of Arizona http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro/index.html
Microscopy from the Very Beginning: tutotrial from Zeiss
Microscopy Powerpoint Slides by J Paul Robinson, PhD, Purdue University

Microscopy Weblinks from Harriet Smith-Sommerville, PhD University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Fluorescence & Confocal Microscopy
Fluorescence & Confocal Microscopy Protocols
History of Microscopy
Image Processing & Presentation including toolkits
Light Microscopy
Light Microscopy Protocols
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy Protocols
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Transmission Electron Microscopy Fixation/Embedding
Transmission Electron Microscopy Sectioning/Staining

SVI-wiki on Deconvolution, 3D Microscopy, Visualization & Analysis by Scientific Volume Imaging
Tutorials in Transmission EM by John Rodenburg, University of Sheffield
Virtual Classroom Biology image gallery from Radboud University, Nijmegen
Web Focus on Imaging from EMBO Journal: imaging of biological membranes, dynamics of protein structure, gene expression, cell polarity and cell migration


Microscopy Courses
(Graduate Level)

Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, MA
Courses in EM, Protrain, UK have residential and CD based courses
McRI Course Catalogue, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL
Optical Microscopy, Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, MA l
3D Microscopy of Living Cells, University of Wisconsin

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