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Newsletter

Every 1-2 months, Microscopy Facility Directors Emery and Sandy will be sending out a newsletter with information on Facility happenings, offerings, and free resources related to microscopy! Please email Emery at ngemery@vt.edu to be added to the mailing list, and view our past newsletters below.

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FLSI_Microscopy_Newsletter_OctNov24.pdf

Microscope Comparison

A comparison document of the microscopes offered by FAIM and the Fralin Imaging Center (FIC, in Fralin Hall) can be found below.

A ~40min video from a Nikon technical rep explaining the confocal microscopes we have, and comparing their applications, can be accessed here.

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ConfocalComparisonsWithMap.pdf

General Microscopy Resources

Learning Microscopy Fundamentals:

Nikon's MicroscopyU

Zeiss's Campus

iBiology Microscopy Course Videos

ThermoFisher's SpectraViewer for comparing fluorescence spectra, seeing what combinations will work, and what lasers will be usable!

Free Bioimage Processing/Analysis Tools:

I have questions that need answers - visit the image.sc forum!

FIJI (is just ImageJ) - a good workhorse that has a lot of basic tools and plugins

CellProfiler - useful for segmentation pipelines

QuPath ("quantitative pathology" - generally used for tissue slices/whole slide images)

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