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A stacking microscope by Christian Autotte, Montréal, Canada - Repairing, renewing, and maintaining a focus-stacking microscope. PDF
Bizarre protozoan (Stentor) disintegration by Chew Yen Fook, New Zealand - Sharing his observation of a stentor ciliate disintegrating right before his eyes.
A compilation of useful diatom resources on the Web by Phil Sydor, UK - a comprehensive, up-to-date list of resources for the diatomist.
A bouquet of images: A tribute to my lovely wife, Adri, on her 80th birthday by Richard L. Howey, Wyoming, USA - twenty-seven images as a little bouquet of tribute and an expression of a 'cranky' microscopist's love.
Toothpaste, sun screen, tuna, plastics, alcohol, and prescriptions by Richard L. Howey, Wyoming, USA - a philosophical look at some everyday remedies, cures, and fixes and their effectiveness.
Topical Tip: The value of a numerical aperture v field of view graph for macro / micro setups owned - how this plot can aid the choice of setup for a given subject by David Walker, UK.
From Previous Issues:
Focus Stacking Technique Explained by Mol Smith, UK - What is focus stacking? Why is it an important tool? Slow motion for Microscopists.
Spring is here. What about the Bees?
Bombus impatiens (Bumble Bee Worker) by Julie Ducharme - The humble bumble bee. (November 2010)
Interactive honeybee Apis worker, explore the parts by David Walker. (July 2005).
Varroa, The Killer Of Bees by Manuel del Cerro, Pittsford, NY - The deadly parasite and killer of bees. PDF
Bee Apis Mouthparts In Our 3D Microscope
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| External links.
Updated April 2019. Below are some of
our favourites, which includes sites with
extensive links and/or resources for the
optical microscopy enthusiast.
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External
Microscopy
forums:
Places
to
discuss
the
hobby
or
to
raise
queries.
www.photomacrography.net
forums,
galleries,
articles
on
macroscopy
and
photomicrography.
Yahoo
groups:
a
'P' denotes
current
and
archived
messages
are
public
i.e.
not
limited
to
members.
Amateur
Microscopy
P
(started
November 2008)
Yahoo
Diatom Forum P
Microscope
P
(>1500
members,
very
active)
Wild
M20
microscope
microcosmo
(for
Italian
speaking
enthusiasts)
CombineZ
P
stacking
software
forum
created
by
the
software's
author
Facebook groups:
Amateur Microscopy (>6000 members, very active). Also specialist groups e.g. for users of given maker's microscopes (e.g. Zeiss, Olympus, Wild, Vickers). Try a Facebook Group Search with keywords like microscope or microscopy to find these.
Other:
Microbe
hunter the website ably run by Oliver Kim has built up a popular and valuable forum with help for both the beginner and more advanced user.
Listservers:
Algae-L 'Forum for marine, freshwater and terrestrial algae'. Access to Archives possible for non-subscribers.
Diatom-L 'Research on the diatom algae.' Access to Archives for subscribers only. Link was current March 2016. Many online diatom resources point to an outdated Indiana Univ. listserver. (With thanks to Rob Kimmich for the current link.)
Mikroskopie-Treff.de
(Extensive
German
microscopy
forum;
some
English
categories.)
Mikrobiologische
Vereinigung
München
e.
V.
Wide
range
of
articles
and
resources
in
German.
Le
Naturaliste
French
based
forum
and
image
gallery for
micro
/
macro
but
open
to
non
French
speaking international
contributors.
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Other
sites (also see Societies and Clubs page.)
Royal Microscopy
Society
Journal, 'infocus' and other resources for members and the community.
Quekett
Microscopical Club Journal, Bulletin and meetings for members.
Light
Microscopy
Forum
links
and
articles
Little
Imp
Publications
public
domain
books
collated by Steve Gill formerly on
CD and now free on Micscape.
Mikroskop
Museum
German
website
with
resources
on
microscopes
/
makers
.
Molecular
Expressions
awesome
optical
microscopy
resources
Dennis
Kunkel's
SEM
images
stunning
images
Diatoms
Ireland - resource site by
Leszek Wolnik
Leitz
museum
an
illustrated
resource
compiled
by
Robert
Allen
Microbe
hunter microscopy enthusiast website, forum and magazine
edited by Oliver Kim
Microscopies
online
magazine
and
Forum
for
French
speakers
Micrographia
articles,
projects
for
the
enthusiast
Microscopy
Today
journal with
online
archive
Modern
Microscopy
online
journal
by
McCrone
Group
Fun
Science
Gallery
projects,
articles
on
optics in English and Italian.
Independent Generation of Research (IGoR) - Wiki style resource for citizen scientists to share their work.
Lens On Leeuwenhoek - extensive resource online by Douglas Anderson
Collected Letters of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ('Alle de Brieven ..') transcribed and free online at DBNL.
A
Cabinet
of
Curiosities
a resource
on
Victorian
microscope
slides by Howard Lynk
Klaus Kemp's 'Diatoms' website - offers regional strews and arranged prepared slides of diatoms, an 8 form test slide, radiolaria, insect scales etc and prepares arranged slides on commission.
'Diatoms
Ireland' resource by Leszek Wolnik
Historical
makers of microscopes and microscope
slides
Brian
Stevenson's extensive resource
.
Victorian slide makers
Cambridge
rocking microtome resources including
manual
www.willemsmicroscope.com Dutch enthusiast Willem Cramer's website
David Jackson's Better Microscopy blog.
Regularly updated free resources extending from his 'Better Microscopy' series of books.
Stefano Barone's Diatom Shop sale of his own prepared and arranged slides of diatoms, radiolaria, forams and scales.
www.testslides.com website devoted to Stefano Barone's Diatom Lab test slides.
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