Resources
A wealth of valuable information is available online for microscopists of all levels, from beginners to experts. This page will house a repository of useful links to other websites. To view the links, click the appropriate header below to explore the section.
Microforum’s focus is hardware, acquisition, and specimen-related aspects of scientific imaging, particularly (but not limited to) theory and practical use of optical microscopes and detectors, fluorescent proteins and probes, and specimen preparation.
- Microlist
Microlist is a searchable database of listings for people who use light microscopes. The listings include Courses; Learning materials; Tools; Events and Jobs.
Search Engine for BioImage Analysis (SE4BIA) is a searchable index of image analysis tools.SE4BIA contains a manually curated public domain repository of image analysis components, workflows, and collections. Image data sets are also available for testing purposes and algorithm validation.
This forum’s focus is software-oriented aspects of scientific imaging, particularly (but not limited to) image analysis, processing, acquisition, storage, and management of digital scientific images.
Repositories providing access to published reference datasets composed of (but not limited to) images.
Search Engine for BioImage Analysis (SE4BIA) is a searchable index of image analysis tools.SE4BIA contains a manually curated public domain repository of image analysis components, workflows, and collections. Image data sets are also available for testing purposes and algorithm validation.
The Image Data Resource (IDR) is a public repository of image datasets from published scientific studies, where the community can submit, search and access high-quality bio-image data.
The BioImage Archive is a free, publicly available online resource which stores and distributes biological images. It accepts submissions of data from any imaging modality, as long as the data are either associated with a peer-reviewed publication, or of value beyond a single experiment.
Open repository for EU-funded research outputs from Horizon Europe, Euratom and earlier Framework Programmes.
The Human BioMolecular Atlas Program is working to catalyze the development of a framework for mapping the human body at single cell resolution.
Microscopy and Image Analyisis
- Light Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
Galaxy / Imaging offers a set of training materials and tools to assemble into workflows to perform image analysis.
Industry Resources
Youtube Channels
- Bioimage Informatics Facility
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- FOM2021 Tutorial
- Global BioImaging
- haesleinhuepf
- iBiology Techniques
- Leica Microsystems
- Microcourses
- Monash Advanced Microscopy
- NEUBIAS
- Nikon Instruments Inc.
- OiVM – Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy
- Olympus Life Science
- Royal Microscopical Society
- SPAOM 2020
- ThorLabs
- ZEISS Microscopy
List of PPBI publications can be found at Zotero Library
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