Grant Funding

This open access histology atlas was made possible through generous grant funding by The University System of Georgia through the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative: https://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/.

Image Credits

Micrographs included in this book were produced by the authors using commercially available histology slides purchased from the following suppliers:

Carolina Biological Supply Company:  https://www.carolina.com/

Ward’s Science:  https://www.wardsci.com/store/

The authors wish to express our deepest gratitude to the following scientific partner for allowing us to include images of their products in our book:

Motic Instruments USA Inc,.

Images of the Motic Panthera E2 compound light microscope were included in this book.

Micrographs in this book were captured using the integrated high-resolution camera Motic Panthera L.

MOTIC is a name of a registered trademark of Motic Instruments USA Inc,.

Corporate website: https://www.motic.com/

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank our colleagues at Augusta University for their support of this project. Specifically we would like to thank Dr. Richard Griner and Dr. Amy Abdulovic-Cui, chairs of the Department of Biological Sciences and Dr. David Mattson, chair of the Department of Physiology for their unwavering support of this project.

Project Contributors

This project was truly a collaborative effort, and we would like to recognize the efforts of the team. The authors are thrilled to showcase the works of three immensely talented Augusta University undergraduate students, and aspiring Medical Illustrators, in this project.

Text Authors

Karen Wiles, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Physiology)

Christina Wilson, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Illustrators

Juan Manuel Ramiro Diaz, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Georgios Kallifatidis, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Soma Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Jordan Moratin, M.S. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Edna Martinez Sanchez, B.A. (Augusta University, 2024 Augusta University Graduate)

Zoey Collins (Augusta University, Undergraduate Student)

Aislin Sparrow (Augusta University, Undergraduate Student)

Video Media Productions

Samantha Kendrick (Augusta University, Undergraduate Student)

Editors

Karen Wiles, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Physiology)

Christina Wilson, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Juan Manuel Ramiro Diaz, Ph.D. (Faculty -Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Georgios Kallifatidis, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)

Soma Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. (Faculty – Augusta University, Department of Biological Sciences)