Molecular Probes

Other Sites

Check out these Web resources of interest to users of fluorescent probes! Sites are grouped into noncommercial and journal sites and commercial sites. Information on conferences, tradeshows and other meetings is also available elsewere on our site.

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Noncommercial and Journal Sites

Chemistry

• Bioconjugate Chemistry journal information
• ChemFinder chemical index and Web search tool
• Links for Chemists — the chemistry section the WWW Virtual Library
• PSIgate — Physical Sciences Information Gateway

Cytometry

• Flow cytometry links from the Salk Institute
• International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC)
• ISAC's Cytometry journal site
• Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
• Scripps Research Institute Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Fluorescence and Spectroscopy

• Biophotonics International
• Journal of Fluorescence
• University of Maryland's Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Microbiology and Immunology

• All the Virology on the WWW
• The Microbiology Network communication resource
• Journal of Immunology

Microscopy and Imaging

• Biophotonics International
• Cell Biology Laboratory Manual at Gustavus Adolphus College
• CELLS alive! — on-line videos of cells
• Immunohistochemistry - In Situ Hybridization — links to protocols, images, discussions and more
• Kent State University's Advanced Microscopy for the cell biology teaching laboratory
• Microscopy Online microscopy resources
• Molecular Expressions' microscopy tutorials and galleries of photomicrographs
• Optical Microscopy Facility at the Brain Institute of the University of Florida
• Princeton's Confocal and Electron Microscopy Core Facility Laboratory
• Search the Confocal Listserv Archives
• Two-photon laser-scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy explained
• University of Arizona's List of Microscopy and Imaging Resources on the WWW

Miscellaneous

• Art's Biotech Resource
• Antibody Resource Page
• The Bioluminescence Web Page
• BioMedNet's evaluated MedLine, job exchange and other features
• CELLS alive! — on-line videos of cells
• Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine from NCBI — PubMed and much more
• Fluorescent Microsphere Resource Center, including their organ perfusion methods manual
• HighWire Press — browse or search across many journals
• On-Line Biology Book
• The Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center (SWBIC)
• Neurosciences on the Internet — a searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources
• OXymoron's archive of science humor
• PubMed public access at the National Library of Medicine

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

• Art's Biotech Resource
• Biotaq — links to protocols, biotech news, jobs, stocks, etc.
• Cell and Molecular Biology Online
• Cell biology topics from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Cell Biology Laboratory Manual at Gustavus Adolphus College
• Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopedia (COPE)
• ExPASy proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• Harvard University MCB's biology links
• Immunohistochemistry - In Situ Hybridization — links to protocols, images, discussions and more
• Kimball's Biology Pages are a hyperlinked glossary of cell biology terms and concepts
• The microIontophoresis Room provides a practical guide to the miniaturized version of iontophoresis
• Proteases and protease inhibitors
• The Virtual Library of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Publishers and Journals

• Academic Press books and journals
• Bioconjugate Chemistry journal information
• Biophotonics International
• Elsevier
• European Journal of Immunology
• Fonteyn Medical Books
• HighWire Press — browse or search across many journals
• Journal of Fluorescence
• Journal of Immunology
• Nature journal
• PubMed public access at the National Library of Medicine
• Science journal
• Wiley's Cytometry journal site

Commercial Sites

We have not attempted to be complete in our listing of commercial sites. Listing a site does not mean we endorse the company or its products. Similarly, a missing site does not mean anything ominous either; more likely it just means that we do not know the URL yet.

Consulting and Research

• Life Imaging Services — a Switzerland-based company specializing in live microscopy services and consulting

Custom Oligonucleotide Labeling

• Companies licensed to prepare custom oligonucleotides labeled with Molecular Probes dyes

Fluorometers, Flow Cytometers and Microplate Readers

• Barnstead | Thermolyne — including Lab-Line and Electrothermal products
• Berthold Bioanalytical Instruments — for biological and medical research, as well as for clinical laboratories
• Bio-Tek — microplate instrumentation including readers, washers, software, andfully automated systems
• BMG Labtechnologies — fluorometer and spectrometer for microplates
• C&L Instruments, Inc. — advanced light sources, spectrofluorometers and filter wheels
• IBH — manufacturer of TCSPC fluorometers, pulsed-light sources and single-photon detectors
• IOM — nanosecond-scale time-resolved fluorometers, including a time-resolved fluorescence microplate reader
• Innovative Instruments, Inc. — analytical instruments, sample preparation devices, and quality control packages
• Instruments SA (ISA) Spex Fluorescence Division — spectrometers, components, software and accessories
• ISS — photon counting and lifetime spectrofluorometers, fluorescence correlation spectrometers, components and accessories
• Molecular Devices — information on the Fluorescent Imaging Plate Reader (FLIPR) system
• Omega Optical Incorporated — optical filters for flow cytometry
• BioDETECT — Microcyte flow cytometer for rapid detection, characterization and enumeration of microorganisms
• PerkinElmer — bioanalytical instruments, reagents and techniques
• Photon Technology International, Inc. — spectrofluorometers and other fluorescence research instruments
• Safe Training Systems — Surface Monitoring Fluorimeters, for detection of chemical contamination on surfaces
• Sciencetech — upgradeable fluorometer systems
• Thermo Electron — fluorescence instrumentation and UV/Vis spectrophotometers
• TECAN — information on the SPECTRAFluor fluorescence microplate reader
• Turner BioSystems — Fluorometers and luminometers for measuring fluorescence and luminescence

Gel, Blot and Microarray Visualization and Documentation

• Applied Precision — biochip readers scan and analyze microarrays at 3.25 micron resolution
• Alpha Innotech — digital documentation and analysis of fluorescent gels, blots and plates
• Clare Chemical Research — makers of the Dark Reader non-UV transilluminator
• FUJIFILM — fluorescence and chemiluminescence imaging systems
• Kodak's Scientific Imaging Systems — image capture, processing, analysis and documentation
• LI-COR, Inc. — Odyssey infrared imaging system for blots and gels
• Lightools Research — gel documentation systems and adjustable wavelength lightbox

Imaging Systems and Software

• Apogee Instruments — cost-smart high-performance CCD digital imaging systems
• Applied Precision — turnkey microscopy imaging and analysis system provides imaging at the highest possible resolutions
• Applied Spectral Imaging — 24-color spectral FISH with SKY, high resolution G-, Q-, R-, & DAPI-banding, and more.
• Atto Bioscience, Inc. — real-time digital fluorescence analysis
• Axon Instruments, Inc. — customized turnkey imaging systems for biology; software and hardware
• Cairn Research Ltd. — systems for fluorescence imaging, photometric analysis, flash photolysis, etc.
• Improvision — software for scientific imaging
• Intelligent Imaging Innovations, Inc. — confocal imaging systems; also standalone and retrofit software for Mac and Windows
• Intracellular Imaging — digital fluorescence imaging systems and microscope upgrades
• Kodak's Scientific Imaging Systems — image capture, processing, analysis and documentation
• Media Cybernetics — image analysis software for biological applications
• Optiscan — personal confocal laser scanning microscope system
• RedShirtImaging, LLC — very fast, high performance imaging systems
• Scanalytics — fluorescence microscopy image processing software and systems
• Scientific Volume Imaging BV — image deconvolution and analysis software for confocal and wide field microscopy
• Scion Corp. — quantitative digitizer boards; also free image acquisition and processing software for Macintosh and PC
• Solamere Technology Group — High Speed Confocal Imaging
• T.I.L.L. Photonics — equipment, software and services for fluorescence microscopy
• Ultra-Lum — gel documentation and analysis systems, UV transilluminators, handheld UV lamps and meters
• UVP BioImaging Systems — fluorescent, luminescent and visible light imaging of gels, blots, microarrays, and live specimens
• VayTek — image processing systems
• VisiTech International Ltd. — cutting-edge vision technology solutions for the life sciences research community

Microscope Systems

• Bio-Rad Microscopy Products — confocal laser scanning microscope systems
• Chroma Technology Corp. — optical filters for fluorescence microscopy
• Leica microscopes
• Nikon microscopes
• Olympus
• Omega Optical Incorporated — optical filters for fluorescence microscopy
• Semrock — optical filters for fluorescence microscopy
• Zeiss

Reagents and Labware

• Avanti Polar Lipids — high-purity phospholipids for research
• Echelon Research Laboratories Inc. — Tools for cell signaling research
• KREATECH Biotechnology BV — innovative diagnostics and biochemicals for the healthcare industry
• MatTek Corp. — culture dishes that combine the convenience of disposable petri plates with the optical quality of glass
• Mikroglas Technik AG — maker of glass microplates
• Nanoprobes — colloidal gold and immunogold probes
• NUNC Brand Products — labware for immunology, molecular biology, tissue culture, and cryogenic storage
• Pall Corporation — filtration and separations technology; OEM supplier of membranes for diagnostic tests
• Quantum Scientific — specialist laboratory supplier to the Australian life sciences market