OpenSPIM and OpenSpinMicroscopy for light sheet microscopy

This month, Nature Methods highlights a couple of open light sheet microscopy projects.

First up is OpenSPIM (pictured above). They have a nice web site set up here. They offer extensively detailed and clear directions for assembly. If Ikea sold a light sheet microscope, its directions would be opaque compared to this.

The second one is OpenSpinMicroscopy (pictured below). They have a nice web site set up here. It’s all based on open projects like Arduino and Micromanager, and they offer a full parts list, drawings for custom parts, code, and more.