Wow. In as much as I'm very involved in video, that does indeed pique my interest. Thanks for the heads-up. I'll investigate and see what they have to offer. Although this doesn't have to do specifically with microscopy, another neat (and inexpensive) video package is VideoMach, which provides for v...

"Idiopathic" would be a medical term for "cause unknown." The term "leukemoid reaction" is a bit more specific and is thought perhaps to be a blood response to a energetic but non-life-threatening viral infection. The medical research folks would very much like to know which virus (if that is indeed...

Charles, Not being capable of being too sophisticated, I kept it simple. Coolpix 4300 on top of a 10x WF eyepiece. Leica 100x oil immersion. Levels adjusted in Photoshop followed by unsharp mask. The photos were in response to a micoscopist at another forum who wanted to "do his own slides"-- not so...

Indeed so, Piotr. I have been told that ciliates generally will not conjugate unless the genotypes are different. If you have two seperate cultures of the same species of organism, combine portions of each culture and more often than not, you will get conjugation. This works with Spirostomum too. Je...

This is almost certainly a cross-section of Equisetum, the common horsetail. This plant is a favorite of those beginning microtechnique because it stands up so well to sectioning despite its ornate arrangement of vascular bundles.
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:oops: I think it's starting to sink in... In the future, I may have to post supplemental info on the actual web page at my site for the other forum and in the actual body of the message (like right here) for this forum unless the "img" thing works the same way at both forums. I'll fiddle with it an...

A few folks at the Yahoogroups microscope forum wanted a little info on human bloods cells, so I've posted this: www.garrydelong.com/blood_cells.html Perhaps someday I'll understand what I'm doing wrong with these links. I don't want to use the "Img" command, because I'm trying to link to a new page...

There is some reasonably priced shareware that may help. Videomach, for example, can convert your avi file to a level 1 mpeg at a resolution of 352x240. Mpeg files are much smaller than avi files.
Garry DeLong

Uric acid is especially beautiful. Its characteristic rainbow appearance under polarized light was useful for us medical lab types to confirm uric acid crystals in various lab specimens.
Garry DeLong

I've noticed such tardy seperation several times myself. Even though the daughter cells appear clearly seperated, continued movement of the two cells together for a few seconds seems to indicate a tiny connection that still briefly exists.
Garry DeLong

Maybe it's a Pacific Northwest in the USA thing. They are fairly common in Oregon, too.
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This sample was collected from a seepage puddle associated with a large pond in a local park. This particular location is extremely popular with ducks, geese, and their related organic issue. This video clip linked below features two interesting Protozoa. The organism that I need ID'd is the energet...

In 1999, when I knew nothing about the relative monitary values of microscopes, I purchased a new Leica BF200 student scope from the company that supplied equipment to the lab I worked in. Believe it or not, I paid almost $1000 for it because I did not know better. Back then I'm not sure if Lomo was...

I think I will end up getting Patterson's book--everybody praises it . Amazon wants almost $100 for a new copy--so maybe it's gonna be used...
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I have been using nothing except for soap and water, but I believe that to be substandard. After reading Ken's article on Acanthamoeba I am going to start using vinyl examination gloves. I really have no excuse. For 36 years as medical microbiologist I was required to glove up before touching any cl...