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| 1957 || || American cognitive scientist {{w|Marvin Minsky}} patents the principle of confocal imaging. Using a scanning point of light, confocal microscopy gives slightly higher resolution than conventional light microscopy and makes it easier to view ‘virtual slices’ through a thick specimen.<ref name="History of Microscopes"/> ||
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| 1957 || Organization || The Belgian Comitee of Electron Microscopy is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electron Microscopy in Belgium |url=http://microscopy.be/images/About/VanDyck.pdf |website=microscopy.be |accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}
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| 1962 || || {{w|Osamu Shimomura}}, Frank Johnson and Yo Saiga discover green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the jellyfish ''{{w|Aequorea victoria}}''. GFP fluoresces bright green when exposed to blue light.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Guy |title=Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=aqrMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA169&dq=1962+%7C%7C+%7C%7C+%7B%7Bw%7COsamu+Shimomura%7D%7D,+Frank+Johnson+and+Yo+Saiga&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh8eS4x5XgAhUF2FkKHfWWCNYQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=1962%20%7C%7C%20%7C%7C%20%7B%7Bw%7COsamu%20Shimomura%7D%7D%2C%20Frank%20Johnson%20and%20Yo%20Saiga&f=false}}</ref><ref name="History of Microscopes"/> ||
