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 The "Microscopy and Imaging Resources on the WWW" web page as it looked in late 1996 or early 1997. |
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"Microscopy & Imaging Resources on the WWW" first came on-line in February of 1996 as a sub-set of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center's Experimental Pathology Core (the Core's name was changed to the Cellular Imaging Core in Nov 2002 and then to the Cellular Imaging Shared Service in Nov 2008). The Shared Service's role is to provide microscopy & imaging related technical support for Center Investigators. Developing educational materials about microscopy and imaging techniques seemed like a natural outgrowth of the mandate to support members of the Center. There is a wealth of information on the WWW about microscopy and imaging techniques, however, it is not well cataloged. I have tried to collect relevant sources that provide educational and technical information about biological microscopy and imaging in a manner that is non-commercial (in the case of information from vendors) and clear enough for graduate students who are neophytes to microscopy and imaging. I regularly update and add to the links on these pages, as well as add my own original material as I have the time to develop it. |
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I (Doug Cromey) am the Manager of the Cellular Imaging Shared Service, which provides microscopy expertise to members of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, USA. I have experience with most of the microscopic techniques on this site, although I will fully admit that I am not what I would consider an expert in any one of them. I have collected these sites as much for my own reference as for the members of the SWEHSC and other visitors from around the world. |
History
I have "glossed over" a number of minor changes that occurred over the last few years, as well as the semi-regular updates and checks for "bad links".
- Spring 1996 - the site began with individual pages on histology, confocal microscopy, digital imaging and free publications of interest to microscopists.
- September 1996 - the home page "Microscopy & Imaging Resources on the WWW" was added, as well as an electron microscopy page.
- October 1996 - the site was announced on the Microscopy & Confocal listservs.
- March 1998 - the site was completely overhauled and redesigned.
- Summer 1998 - the web server's domain name was changed from www.pharm.arizona.edu to www.pharmacy.arizona.edu, however the old domain is still (to this day) being forwarded.
- March 2000 - the existing pages were moved from the pharmacy web server to the new swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu server.
- Summer 2000 - the web pages were completely updated and reorganized, the HTML was modified to fit the official SWEHSC design templates, several new pages were created (K-12 educational resources, links to on-line microscopic images, light microscopy, fluorescence techniques).
- March 2001 - The site was formally announced on the Microscopy, Confocal & Histology listservs. Page requests for the "old" pages are now being forwarded to the new site. Digital Imaging page is expanded to four pages, including the Ethics page.
- Fall/Winter 2002-2003 - The Core's name was changed from the "Experimental Pathology Core" to the "Cellular Imaging Core". The web pages were updated to reflect this name change, links were checked/added and a number of downloadable PDF document resources were added.
- Winter 2004 - The SWEHSC web site was redesigned in the Fall of 2003. The new design was "rolled out" in March 2004.
- Spring 2008 - The SWEHSC web site was again redesigned in the Fall of 2007. The new design was "rolled out" in October 2008. Based on low usage statistics, a few pages (Search, References for Writers, References for Scientists) were retired this time around. In Novemeber of 2008, the pages were modified to reflect the name change from a facility core to a shared service.
