Microscopy Metadata Checklist Generator (MicCheck)
For more information, see Montero-Llopis et al., 2021.
1. Which image modality are you using?
Widefield
Spinning Disk Confocal
Point Scanning Confocal
Multiphoton
Did you use excitation/emission filter wheels or filter cubes?
Filter Wheel
Filter Cube
What light source(s) did you use to illuminate your sample?
Non-laser light source (e.g., LED, metal halide)
Lasers
2. Did you acquire transmitted light images (e.g., phase contrast, brightfield, DIC)?
Yes
No
3. Did you use additional magnification (e.g., optovar, relay lens)?
Yes
No
4. Did you perform any of these multidimensional acquisitions?
Multi-color
Z-stack
Time-lapse
5. Did you do a multi-point acquisition (e.g., revisiting different positions in a time-lapse)?
Yes
No
6. Did you do tiling, scan large area, or mosaic acquisition?
Yes
No
7. Did you do live cell imaging?
Yes
No, my sample is fixed
8. What kind of fluoropohore(s) did you use in your sample?
Fluorescent protein
Fluorescent dye/organic dye
9. Did you use any transfection reagents to express the fusion protein of interest in your sample?
Yes
No
10. Did you use use microscopes in a core facility?
Yes
No
App developed by Rebecca Senft (2021).
***Asterisks indicate optional items.
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