- Molecular Expressions website featuring photo galleries that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy, with large collection of photomicrographs, and tutorials including diagrams and interactive Java applets: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/index.html
- Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/techniques/confocal/index.html - Comparing wide-field and confocal microscopy techniques. Interactive Java applets.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/virtual/confocal/index.html - http://www.olympusconfocal.com/java/confocalvswidefield/index.html
- Olympus and Nikon educational sites for confocal Microscopy
http://www.olympusconfocal.com
http://www.microscopyu.com/ - Microscopy Primer: Physical and geometric optics of the microscope and their implications for practice. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/full_menu.html
- Including the Micropolitan Museum - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/index.html
- 2008 Nobel prize for Chemistry - Fluorescent proteins
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/press.html - Fluorescent protein variants
http://www.olympusconfocal.com/applications/fpcolorpalette.html - Chromophore maturation in fluorescent proteins
http://www.olympusconfocal.com/java/fpfluorophores/index.html
Plant anatomy
- The Photographic Atlas of Plant Anatomy contains photographs of plant structures.
http://botweb.uwsp.edu/anatomy/ - The The Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection includes many photographs of plants and their anatomy. (http://www.botany.org/plantimages/ )
- An Introduction to Plant Tissues: McGraw-Hill
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/botany/histology/html/ptmodov.htm - Plant Study Resources: introduction to plant anatomy
http://biology.nebrwesleyan.edu/benham/plants/index.html - The Revision Modules in Plant Anatomy is an interactive site for reviewing plant structure.
http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/2003A+Pmodules/home.html - The Plant Anatomy Laboratory contains micrographs and explanatory text from the textbook "Plant Anatomy", by James Mauseth. (http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/)