Announcement: OpenSPIM

[Kevin W Eliceiri]

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Hello All,


Please see below for an announcement about OpenSPIM, a open source and open access light sheet microscopy project.


We are pleased to announce the availability of the OpenSPIM project (www.openspim.org). OpenSPIM is a collaborative Open Access platform for applying and enhancing Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM). SPIM is a powerful microscopy technology that will in the hands of developmental and cell biologists bring novel insights into complex biological phenomena (e.g. by being very fast compared to point scanners, reducing phototoxicity dramatically, etc). Bringing the technology into those hands is the point of the OpenSPIM project.


The microscope is driven from the OpenSPIM plugin inside µManager (www.micro-manager.org/) running inside Fiji (www.fiji.sc). Many of the complex image processing pipelines required for dealing with the massive multi-view SPIM time-lapse data like registration, fusion, deconvolution (coming soon) and visualization (also coming soon) are available in Fiji. Fiji and OpenSPIM merge the ideas of Open Source software and Open Access hardware into one integrated platform ready for application and further technological innovation.


The steps required for assembling the OpenSPIM, software and acquisition information is available on the the OpenSPIM Wiki (www.openspim.org).


best
kevin



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Kevin W. Eliceiri
Director, Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI)
Departments Cell and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Affiliate Principal Investigator, Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR)
Room 271 Animal Sciences, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: [phone]

[Neeraj Gohad-2]

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Hello Kevin,

This is a wonderful resource and kudos to you guys for putting together such an extensive website, videos and manuals.  I think this is a model for dissemination of knowledge about cutting edge imaging techniques to the greater life sciences community.  

Great Job!

Best Regards,

Neeraj.


Neeraj V. Gohad, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Secretary-Treasurer: Sigma Xi, Clemson Univ. Chapter
Department of Biological Sciences
132 Long Hall
Clemson University
Clemson,SC-29634
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Subject: Announcement: OpenSPIM

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Hello All,


Please see below for an announcement about OpenSPIM, a open source and open access light sheet microscopy project.


We are pleased to announce the availability of the OpenSPIM project (www.openspim.org). OpenSPIM is a collaborative Open Access platform for applying and enhancing Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM). SPIM is a powerful microscopy technology that will in the hands of developmental and cell biologists bring novel insights into complex biological phenomena (e.g. by being very fast compared to point scanners, reducing phototoxicity dramatically, etc). Bringing the technology into those hands is the point of the OpenSPIM project.


The microscope is driven from the OpenSPIM plugin inside µManager (www.micro-manager.org/) running inside Fiji (www.fiji.sc). Many of the complex image processing pipelines required for dealing with the massive multi-view SPIM time-lapse data like registration, fusion, deconvolution (coming soon) and visualization (also coming soon) are available in Fiji. Fiji and OpenSPIM merge the ideas of Open Source software and Open Access hardware into one integrated platform ready for application and further technological innovation.


The steps required for assembling the OpenSPIM, software and acquisition information is available on the the OpenSPIM Wiki (www.openspim.org).


best
kevin



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Kevin W. Eliceiri
Director, Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI) Departments Cell and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering Affiliate Principal Investigator, Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR) Room 271 Animal Sciences, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Phone: [phone]