ACCESS TO FTP SITE

We have finally set up a permanent FTP site, where you can find a good selection of our deep-etch electron micrographs, as well as many Quicktime movies of GFP dynamics as seen by timelapse-confocal light microscopy.

You can have access to any of the images or any of the movies in this site, anytime. You can also transfer images to it using an FTP client (available on the site; see below) if you wish to show us anything.

To access this new FTP site of micrographs from the Heuser lab, use the following configuration for your FTP software:

You do not need to specify a directory; the server will place you in the appropriate directory automatically.

Alternatively, if you don't have any sort of dedicated FTP-client program, you can still get to our FTP site via Netscape, simply by using the following address:

ftp://visitor:frozen@ftp.heuserlab.wustl.edu/Media%20A/

(Remember, though, that web browsers are not capable of uploading files to FTP sites; they can only download.)

Or you can download an appropriate FTP client from:

ftp://visitor:frozen@ftp.heuserlab.wustl.edu/Media%20A/SOFTWARE/FTP_Clients/

(As with Portfolio, you will need to choose the right type of software for your system. The FTP client packages that are available here are free software and do not require registration.)

If you have any problems connecting, please e-mail us at <jscott@cellbio.wustl.edu>, stating the attempted time of the connection along with the text of any error messages you may have received, and information about your computer (operating system, name and version of Web browser or FTP client, type of connection - e.g. modem, direct network connection, or other).

Our site will ultimately include proper identification of all the files, but the best way for you to get an idea of what is in them at the moment is by browsing the thumbnail-catalogues that are included within each file. These were created with a marvelous program from Extensis, called "Portfolio". To open these catalogues, you will need to download the free (read-only) version of "Portfolio", which you can get over the Internet at:

http://www.extensis.com/portfolio/

For convenience, however, we have included copies of the free Portfolio viewer on the site:

ftp://visitor:frozen@ftp.heuserlab.wustl.edu/Media%20A/SOFTWARE/Portfolio_Browser/

Both the US English and the International English versions of Portfolio are downloadable in Mac (HQX) and Windows (ZIP) formats. You will need to download the appropriate version for your computer. If you do not have the appropriate decompression software, you can find StuffIt Expander (Mac) at http://www.aladdinsys.com and WinZip (Windows 9x and NT) at http://www.winzip.com. They are available in freeware or shareware versions; if they prove useful to you, we encourage you to register them.

We would draw your attention especially to the many high-resolution "anaglyph" 3-D electron micrographs that we have included on the site. To view these in proper 3-D you will need "anaglyph" glasses, which you can purchase economically from:

http://www.stereoscopy.com/reel3d/

There, you can get red/blue glasses in a full-frame style (their item #7001), or you can order the style we prefer - red/green glasses in a hand-held version (their item #7021). Alternatively, if you are in Europe you can order even better anaglyph glasses from an outfit in London at:

http://www.3-dimages.com/

For further information on the history of the "anaglyph" technique of presenting 3-D images, or for information on how to make 3-D anaglyphs yourself, consult the "Information" note at the top of our FTP site.