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Microscope Techniques, Training, Resources

• Basics of Microscopy UCLA Brain Research Institute - types of light, photomicrography, a good starting point.
• Microscopy-UK general resource, training, and supplies
• Light & Microscopes Larry Legg's funky introduction
• Dark field illumination, Larry Legg
• Polarized Light illumination, David Walker
• Polarized light illumination - Do-it-yourself, cheap
• Phase Contrast illumination and other methods, Larry Legg
• McCrone Research Institute Teaching light microscopy, pollen and spore identification
• McBain Instruments Reference Library

Microscope Equipment & Suppliers

In our Lab

• Bioscope #60 projection Standard Microscope, Boltaron case, 10x, 20x, 6.5mm eyepiece. (Fiber identification and image projection especially for fiber identification and forensic studies).
• Olympus Microscopes – biological sample examination – Olympus CH-2 trinocular, w/Nikon Coolpix 900 digital camera, #5F0837, 30W, 100, 40, 25, 10x, glass condenser, field diaphragm
• Polam Microscope, trinocular – forensic microscopy, polarized light, magnification to 1920x – Lomo Polam L213TR #NXA0256, complete, w/Nikon Coolpix 900, & rotary interference monochrometer Fisher Scientific – biological science lab supplies
• Unico ZM180 trinocular stereo zoom microscope BL122, focus, light stand, tilt mirror base, 10x eyepieces, 2x front, lamp, bulb, Coolpix adapter, filters, fiber optic light

Other microscope and forensic microscopy laboratory equipment sources of interest

• Brunel microscopes
• Leica microsystems
• McBain Instruments
• McCrone Research Institute - biological and forensic microscopy education and equipment
• Nikon bioscience division
• The UCLA link listed under Techniques above includes web pages of manufacturers of microscopes.
• Wild microscopes – see Ebay for used equipment
• Zeiss microscopes

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