CURRENT ISSUE: Micscape Magazine, exploring the miniature world.

December 2014 articles written by students for
the 'Principles and Applications of Photomacrography' course
offered in the
Biomedical Photographic Communications (BPC) program 2014
at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), NY State, USA.

Micscape Acknowledgements: Many thanks to all the students over the years for sharing their enthusiasm and skills on such a wonderful variety of topics. Writing an article for Micscape initially formed part of their course as an assignment, which was a neat idea originally proposed by Ted Kinsman the course instructor in 2004 and repeated in most following years. Thanks to Ted for all the work behind the scenes to make this happen. Also thanks to Michael Peres, the dept. head (and course instructor 2009) for his introduction and for maintaining the department's generous collaboration over the years.

BPC Program Overview by Professor Michael Peres, department head. Visit Professor Peres' website

Course tutor 2014 Ted Kinsman

All articles are in Acrobat pdf format and open in a new browser window. All files are less than 10 Mbytes.

If a slow connection, right mouse button clicking of an article link and using 'Save As' to local PC can often be a faster download and more reliable than allowing to open in browser.

If you an enjoy an article, email feedback to an author via address in each article would be very welcome.

Monsters of Spring Creek by Bobby Gold

Mold. A Study of Common Fungi by Ryan Brown

Cooking Alcohol. The Sweet Wines of New York and the Crystals they Create. by Emily Cali

Structure and Materials of the Insect Wing by Samantha Chalut

The Quartet. History, guitar, violin and strings. by Daniela Solera.
Also in Spanish.

Just Tea by Jordan Salkin

Milk Viscosity by Joseph Sall

Algae in Aquatic Acres by Julie Kamine

Arthropod Molting. How and why it happens. by Kaleigh Jaron

Fingerprints by Sierra Kiss

Salt. An Overview of Various types of Salt. by Shannon Macias

Plankton. The Unnoticed Residents of all Water Habitats.
by Morgan Murray

Reflectance Transformation Imaging by Shaun McConnaghy

Click below to view previous RIT student articles

November 2004	November 2006
November 2007	November 2008
November 2009	November 2010
November 2011	November 2012
December 2013

In Focus: Independent Generation of Research (IGoR)

We support a new web site 'IGoR' which allows non-professional microscopists and scientists to add to a pool of articles and projects. IGoR's goal is to help everyone, from science enthusiasts and hobbyists to professionals, do scientific research. IGoR provides a platform for people to pool their knowledge, resources, time, and creativity so that everyone can pursue their own scientific curiosity. IGoR will help:

- Non-scientists and students get started in research.
- Science teachers bring research to the classroom.
- Amateur scientists take their science to a new level.
- Professionally-trained independent scientists fill gaps in their skills and resources.
- Academic scientists connect with the broader community.

Mol Smith / David Walker

We are delighted to receive contributions small or large from microscopy enthusiasts whether a novice or expert. If you have an image, tip or article, why not share it, this magazine is what you make it!