General Microscopy Information

Selected Professional Societies

• Arizona Imaging & Microanalysis Society (AIMS)
• Microscopy Society of America (MSA) see also: MSA Technologist's Forum
• Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)
• National Society for Histotechnology (NSH)

Microscopy & Imaging Vendor Resources

These sites are terrific resources for tracking down vendor web sites.

• Microscopy.Info
• Microscopy Vendor Database - with many other resources as well (Henrik Kaker)

WWW Resources

These pages could best be described as "lists of links" covering a wide range of microscopy-related topics.

• Advanced imaging laboratory: resources (University of Victoria)
• Web Resources (Microscopy.Info)
• Microscopy Resources (Microscopy Vendor's Database, Henrik Kaker)
• Microscope Links (Light Microscopy Forum)
• WWW Virtual Library: Microscopy
• Web Resources: Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer (Florida State University)

Email Listservers

Listservers are email discussion groups dedicated to a specific area of interest. Members of a listserv can be an invaluable resource for solving technical problems. For more information on how to join one of these lists, follow the link. (* - members of the SWEHSC can post questions to the starred lists by contacting the Cellular Imaging Facility Core)

• MICROSCOPY listserv* - topics typically cover specimen preparation for and/or instrumentation questions for both biological & materials sciences, some light microscopy, digital imaging & microanalysis related questions. The Microscopy Society of America maintains a searchable archive of the Microscopy listserv.
• CONFOCAL microscopy listserv* - topics typically cover specimen preparation for and/or instrumentation questions for biological confocal microscopy, some general light microscopy and digital imaging related questions. Posts sorted by Thread. Search the confocal listserver.
• HISTONET listserv* - topics typically cover specimen preparation for and/or instrumentation questions for paraffin & frozen-section histology. A searchable archive of the HistoNet listserv is available.
• IMAGE-J listserv - discussion regarding digital image analysis using this NIH developed freeware software program (Image J is a JAVA-based program that runs cross-platform). For questions about many different open source image analysios software programs (including ImageJ/FIJI) see: https://forum.image.sc/