Stephen Ross is the General Manager of Product and Marketing at Nikon Instruments. He is also very involved in teaching microscopy at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole and at the Bangalore Microscopy Course at the National Centre for Biological Sciences.
Talks with this Speaker
Demystifying Microscopes: Disassembling a Nikon Ti Eclipse Microscope
Steve Ross shows us the internals of the Nikon Ti Eclipse microscope by disassembling the microsope into its separate components and explaining what each part does. (Talk recorded in July 2012)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 35:23
Phase, Polarization, and DIC Microscopy Lab
Steve Ross illustrates the components in the optical light path and how they need to be aligned for phase microscopy, polarization microscopy, and DIC microscopy. (Talk recorded in January 2013)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 12:39
Correcting for Spherical Aberration with a Correction Collar
Steve Ross provides tips on how to correct for spherical aberration by setting the correction collar to the position optimal for your sample. (Talk recorded in March 2012)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 5:22
Cleaning a Microscope: How to Find Dirt in Your Optical System
Dirt in the microscope degrades image quality. In this talk, Steve Ross explains the process of cleaning a microscope. (Talk recorded in January 2013)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 6:01
Features of an Objective Lens
Steve Ross explains the features of an objective lens and what all of the markings on the lense actually mean. (Talk recorded in March 2012)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 4:40
Eyepieces
Steve Ross describes the features and components of a microscope eyepiece and explains how it works. (Talk recorded in March 2012)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 2:56
Objective Lenses and Eyepieces
Steve Ross describes a number of optical aberrations and discusses what you should consider when selecting objective lenses as well as other precautions. (Talk recorded in March 2012)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 30:11