Related Links

Technical Resources

1. Invitrogen Spectra Viewer: Can input a multitude of dyes sold by Invitrogen to see how their spectra overlap. It also includes features to add in light sources as well as excitation and/or emission filters to get an idea of emission efficiency.
2. Molecular Expressions: Many useful links on basic microscopy, light microscopy, confocal microscopy. A few specific links on this site are listed below.
   • Fluorescence Microscopy
   • Confocal Microscopy
   • DIC
   • Phase Contrast
   • Live Cell Imaging
3. FIJI: FIJI stands for Fiji Is Just ImageJ.  It's self described as: a "batteries-included" distribution of ImageJ, bundling a lot of plugins which facilitate scientific image analysis.
   • Recommended Plugins
     • Olympus Viewer: used to open vsi, oir, omp2 info file formats and show some meta data.
4. Imaris: Analysis software that the imaging center has a license to use.
   • Imaris File Converter: (Scroll to the bottom of the linked page) Used to convert files to ims file type, required for use in the Imaris software.
5. Leica Application Suite X (LAS X): offline software platform for all Leica microscopes. Can be used to convert files from LIF to TIF.

Related Core Facilities

1. Network of IDeA Funded Core Laboratories
2. University of Arizona Cellular Imaging Facility Core
3. Colorado State University Microscope Imaging Network
4. W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
5. Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy
6. University of Minnesota Imaging Center