Image and Video Resources
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a Cell Biology Image or Video Site
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Image and Video Galleries for Teaching
ASCB Image & Video Library: digital library of cell biology images
and videos
ASCB IBioSeminars:
online library of cell biology seminars from outstanding scientists
All
the Virology on the World Wide Web: everything about viruses
Alta Vista: image,
video and audio search engine
BIODIDAC:
a bank of digital resources for teaching biology from the University of
Ottawa collection
Biology
videos: Davidson College
BioMedia
Associates: biologists, teachers, educational designers and film-makers
who collaborate to make learning programs for biology
Cells Alive
Fagan image
search engine
Free science
videos and lectures
How
a Muscle Works: poster from the Exploratorium
Images
from the Microscope: University of Arizona
Image
Gallery & Imaging: Radboud University, Nijmegen
Inside
the Cell: NIH NIGMS
Internet
Atlas of Histology: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Journal of Visualized
Experiments: YouTube for biology
Microscope
Imaging Statopm image collection from the Exploratorium
Ultrastructure
of the Cell: Boston University
Web
Atlas of Cellular Structures Using Light and Confocal Microscopy:
by Sheela Konda, Steve Rogers, and Daniel E. Weber from University of
Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Teaching Animation Sites
Animations from Cold
Spring Harbor, rich resource for genetics
BioInteractive:
from HHMI
Biological
Animations: by John Giannini, St. Olaf College, MN
Biology
I Animations: collection from North Harris College, Houston, TX
Biology
Animation Library: from Dolan DNA Learning Center
BIOMS: Center for Modeling
and Simulation in the Bioscieces, Heidelberg
Blink Studio: U.K.-based
graphic design company specializing in design for scientific, technical
and medical communication
CellsAlive
Cell biology animations:
by John Kyrk
Flash
Tutorials for Biological Sciences: from Carnegie Mellon University
GCSE
Bitesize: biology animations from the BBC, UK
Herpes
simplex animations
Maxanimations:
animations in physiology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology
Molecules
in Motion: from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Multimedia
Production Site: from Harvard University
RNAi
animation: Nature
Research
on the use of graphics and animation in education from Carnegie Mellon
University
SUMMIT: from
Stanford
Sumanas:
animated introductory biology tutorials
The
Inner Life of a Cell: video by Robert Lue and Alain Viel, Harvard
University
The
Virtual Cell
Virtual
Cell Animation Collection: from North Dakota State University
Video Protocols
Animation
Tutorials: tutorials on creating animations using various software
packages form MolecularMovies.org
BIOMS: the Center for
Modeling and Simulation in the Bioscieces site promoting the use of modeling
and simulation in biology
DNATube: scientific
video site, a YouTube for biology
JOVE: Journal of
Visualized Experiments
Lab Action: biology
videos
Nature
Protocols (subscription required)
Simulation and Animation Software
Adobe
for After Effects, Director and Flash
Amira 3D: visualization
and volume modeling software
BIO
Programming Tools: from University of British Columbia
BioSpice: collaboration
of biologists, engineers and computer scientists at Berkeley to develop
a tool kit of open source software tools to represent and simulate cellular
processes
CellML: from the
University of Auckland
Cell
Illustrator: environment for simulating and representing biological
systems
Cell-O: by Richard
Azevedo, University of Houston and Hans-Peter Meinzer German Cancer Research
Center
CompuCell3D:
tissue and organ simulator based on the Cellular Potts Model from the
University of Notre Dame
Cytosim7:
for modeling the cytoskeleton by Francois Nedelec and Dietrich Foethke,
EMBL, Heidelberg
DIAS: dynamic
image analysis software from David Soll, PhD, University of Iowa
E-Cell: an object-oriented
software suite for modeling, simulation, and analysis of large scale complex
systems, particularly focused on biological details of cellular behavior
Gepasi: software
package for modeling biochemical systems
Java
Macromedia
Director MX
Example
Matlab:
from Mathworks
Maya:
integrated 3D modeling and animation
MCell and DReaMM
(Monte Carlo Cell and Design, Render, and Animate MCell Models): microphysiological
simulations from Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
TASI
Animation: advice on Vector and animated graphics from Technical Advisory
Service for Images
Virtual Cell: modeling
and simulation framework developed by NRCAM, National Center for Cell
Analysis and Modeling: by University of Connecticut Health Center
Visbox: hardware
display products and solutions for high resolution and immersive 3D applications
VMD Visual
Molecular Dynamics: from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
VMD Gallery
VTK (Visualization ToolKit):
an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics,
image processing, and visualization, consisting of a C++ class library,
and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and Python.
VTK
Technical Paper: by WJ Schroeder, KM Martin and W Lorensen, GE Corporate
Research & Development
3D Slicer: "point
& click" end-user application based on VTK, for delivering algorithms
to computer scientists and biomedical researchers
Professional Animators
Cell
Biology Animation: by John Kyrk
cgbiovisuals:
site of Allan Spong, PhD
Drew
Berry
Drew
Berry's page on CGSociety website
Fairman Studios:
medical and biological illustration and animation
fiVth
Medical Media: site of Graham Johnson
ForgeFX:
interactive 3D simulation and visualization company
ImageCyte: by
Karin Christensen
MolecularMovies:
a portal to cell and molecular animation, includes access to a number
of animations
Molecular
Movies Animation Tutorials: in Maya, After Effects and Cinema4D
Sumanas:
developers of interactive educational animations
XVIVO: creates animations
for biotech companies and educational organizations
Conferences, Journals & Professional Organizations
AMI:
Association of Medical Illustrators
Image
Analysis Conferences
Medical Imaging
Conferences
