Awhile back we talked about OpenSPIM, which has a great step by step tutorial on how to make a light-sheet microscope. In the same vein there is Open Spin Microscopy, a website with several DIY light sheet microscopy projects including a much simpler optical tomography design. The website can be a little tricky to use, […]
Tag: Microscopy
Wooden Scope
Here’s a $10 wood cut out microscope that you can use with your smart phone. While the magnification isn’t much, unlike Foldscope you don’t have to mount your samples on a slide. It’s easy to assemble and disassemble and packs flat, making it an ideal low-mag tool to put in your bag and use during […]
Foldscope
Foldscope is a paper-based microscope with a magnification of 140X and a resolution of 2 microns. You can buy 20 of them for $35 or get a fancy one for $40. Maya Anjur-Dietrich gave me an old model to play with. Included was a low mag lens, and a high mag lens with condenser. There was […]
3D Printable Motorized Correction Collar
I hate correction collars, and tend to avoid using them. But maybe I would make use of them more if I could control the collar setting with Micro-Manager. Check it out. *Post-edit: Just a week after writing this I came upon an experiment where using a collar was the difference between pristine data and no […]
Make Your Own Light Sheet Microscope
Thinking about light sheet microscopy? Openspim.org gives you fantastically detailed assembly instructions to create your very own Selective Plane Illumination Microscope. Credit to Dr. Guillaume Duclos for pointing this resource out. Don’t forget to check out the paper on this project put out by Peter Pitrone, Johannes Schindelin, Luke Stuyvenberg, Stephan Preibisch, Michael Weber, Kevin […]