MICROSCOPY AND FLUORESCENT LABELS

There are many ways in which digital images of cells and molecules can be used. The exercise below includes many digital images.

Find one part of the following WWW sites that you think illustrates well some aspect of fluorescent labelling of membrane/cell surface proteins. Write one paragraph saying why you liked this information and give the WWW site: can print out the key information if you like (although not likely if is an animated image).

If you come across any other cool ones please let me know – thank you mgrounds@anhb.uwa.edu.au

1. Gallery of beautiful fluorescent images at http://www.cbi.pitt.edu/gallery.html from

2. Simons Watkins home page at the Centre for Biologic Imaging http://www.cbi.pitt.edu/

3. Index to Cells alive = http://www.cellsalive.com/

4. Molecular expressions: exploring the world of optics and microscopy http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/index.html

5. The nanoworld image gallery (with mystery images) http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html on the home page of Rob Parton http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/parton.html

6. The WWW virtual library of cell biology http://vlib.org/Science/Cell_Biology/index.shtml

7. Structure and function in cell biology http://www.nmsu.edu/~molbio/cell/Page1.html

8. Flow cytometry http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/~flow-web/ e.g click on "want to know more about flow" on the first page. Also is good information on FACS in http://www.cyto.purdue.edu/flowcyt/educate/pptslide.htm under the site http://www.cyto.purdue.edu/index.htm

9. The integrin page http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9629/

10. http://www.immunoportal.com/index.php has a really good image gallery on multiple staining techniques