Microscope Imaging Station

Completed: 2008
Client: The Exploratorium
Funder: National Institutes of Health
The main page is designed to intrigue visitors with beautiful microscopic imagery
The Gallery showcases microscopic imagery. Users can browse by organism or by theme.
Each Image in the gallery has a short description and options to view a higher-res image and overlay a scale bar. Related images are displayed to the right.
The Features section presents magazine-like articles on the Biomedical relevence of many of the organisms presented in the Gallery
The Microscope Imaging Station Website presents high quality images and video of Microscopic Organisms and articles describing their scientific and biomedical significance. The Website was originally developed by Chacha Sikes. 3rd Rail Interactive provided additional design, production and programming services to add new features and enhance usability and functionality.

Roles: Programming and Web Production

Technology: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL