Table 1.
Select educational resources
TopicResources
Microscopy texts       • Book: Video Microscopy, Inoué and Spring, 1997  
      • Book: Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, Pawley, 2006b  
      • Book: Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging, Murphy and Davidson, 2012  
Microscopy courses       • A comprehensive listing of microscopy courses can be found at https://www.microlist.org 
        • iBiology Microscopy Series (https://www.ibiology.org/online-biology-courses/microscopy-series/; a free online microscopy course) 
      • Microcourses YouTube channel: Short educational videos on microscopy 
      • Course: Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 
      • Courses and workshops offered by the European Molecular Biology Organization in Europe 
      • Courses and workshops offered by the Royal Microscopical Society in the United Kingdom 
      • Course: Bangalore Microscopy Course, National Centre For Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India 
Quantitative microscopy       • Review: Waters, 2009. An introduction to sources of error in microscopy 
      • Review: Wolf et al., 2013. Protocols for error detection and correction 
      • Book: Quantitative Imaging in Cell Biology, Waters and Wittmann, 2014  
Live-cell imaging       • Review: Ettinger and Wittmann, 2014. A practical introduction to fluorescence live cell imaging 
      • Review: Magidson and Khodjakov, 2013. Strategies for reducing photodamage 
      • Book: Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual, Goldman et al., 2010  
Colocalization       • Review: Bolte and Cordelières, 2006. Validation and error correction in colocalization image acquisition and analysis 
Ratiometric imaging, including Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)       • Reviews: Hodgson et al., 2010; O’Connor and Silver, 2013; Spiering et al., 2013; Grillo-Hill et al., 2014. Validation and error correction in image acquisition and analysis of ratiometric probes 
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP)        • Reviews: Phair et al., 2003; Bancaud et al., 2010. Protocols for acquisition, correction, and analysis of FRAP data 
Single-molecule imaging       • Book: Single-Molecule Techniques: A Laboratory Manual, Selvin and Ha, 2008  
Specimen preparation       • Book: Protein Localization by Fluorescence Microscopy: A Practical Approach, Allan, 2000  
      • Review: Shaner, 2014. Protocol for testing FPs in mammalian cells 
         • Review: Rodriguez et al., 2017. Summary of recent developments and new directions in the FP field 
      • Website: http://fpbase.org. For choosing and comparing FPs 
Image analysis        • Review: Eliceiri et al., 2012. A general review of steps in image analysis; also includes options for free and open-source image analysis software 
      • Website: https://image.sc. An online forum for questions and discussions on image analysis and open source software 
      • eBook: Analyzing Fluorescence Microscopy Images With ImageJ, Bankhead, 2016   
Experimental design       • Book: Experimental Design for Laboratory Biologists: Maximizing Information and Improving Reproducibility, Lazic, 2016  
      • Book: Experimental Design for Biologists, Glass, 2014  
TopicResources
Microscopy texts       • Book: Video Microscopy, Inoué and Spring, 1997  
      • Book: Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, Pawley, 2006b  
      • Book: Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging, Murphy and Davidson, 2012  
Microscopy courses       • A comprehensive listing of microscopy courses can be found at https://www.microlist.org 
        • iBiology Microscopy Series (https://www.ibiology.org/online-biology-courses/microscopy-series/; a free online microscopy course) 
      • Microcourses YouTube channel: Short educational videos on microscopy 
      • Course: Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 
      • Courses and workshops offered by the European Molecular Biology Organization in Europe 
      • Courses and workshops offered by the Royal Microscopical Society in the United Kingdom 
      • Course: Bangalore Microscopy Course, National Centre For Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India 
Quantitative microscopy       • Review: Waters, 2009. An introduction to sources of error in microscopy 
      • Review: Wolf et al., 2013. Protocols for error detection and correction 
      • Book: Quantitative Imaging in Cell Biology, Waters and Wittmann, 2014  
Live-cell imaging       • Review: Ettinger and Wittmann, 2014. A practical introduction to fluorescence live cell imaging 
      • Review: Magidson and Khodjakov, 2013. Strategies for reducing photodamage 
      • Book: Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual, Goldman et al., 2010  
Colocalization       • Review: Bolte and Cordelières, 2006. Validation and error correction in colocalization image acquisition and analysis 
Ratiometric imaging, including Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)       • Reviews: Hodgson et al., 2010; O’Connor and Silver, 2013; Spiering et al., 2013; Grillo-Hill et al., 2014. Validation and error correction in image acquisition and analysis of ratiometric probes 
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP)        • Reviews: Phair et al., 2003; Bancaud et al., 2010. Protocols for acquisition, correction, and analysis of FRAP data 
Single-molecule imaging       • Book: Single-Molecule Techniques: A Laboratory Manual, Selvin and Ha, 2008  
Specimen preparation       • Book: Protein Localization by Fluorescence Microscopy: A Practical Approach, Allan, 2000  
      • Review: Shaner, 2014. Protocol for testing FPs in mammalian cells 
         • Review: Rodriguez et al., 2017. Summary of recent developments and new directions in the FP field 
      • Website: http://fpbase.org. For choosing and comparing FPs 
Image analysis        • Review: Eliceiri et al., 2012. A general review of steps in image analysis; also includes options for free and open-source image analysis software 
      • Website: https://image.sc. An online forum for questions and discussions on image analysis and open source software 
      • eBook: Analyzing Fluorescence Microscopy Images With ImageJ, Bankhead, 2016   
Experimental design       • Book: Experimental Design for Laboratory Biologists: Maximizing Information and Improving Reproducibility, Lazic, 2016  
      • Book: Experimental Design for Biologists, Glass, 2014  

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