October 7, 2024
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12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Software control of microscopes, where do we go?
Nico Stuurman, PhD
Director of the Center for Advanced Light Microscopy
Research Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
Abstract:
Modern light microscopes consist of digital cameras and many motorized parts that need to be computer controlled for efficient operation. Software has therefore become an integral part of light microscopy. During the last two decades, the larger microscope companies have moved towards providing fully integrated, “black-box” systems, desirable in some situations, but not easy to modify or extend. Many labs have written their own software code for microscope control, allowing them to develop interesting new approaches. I will discuss some of the basics of interfacing computers and microscopes and present an attempt to provide a general platform of software code to control microscope components that can be used both as affordable (free) solutions and make it easier to operate custom, interesting novel light microscope systems.
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