Micron ADVANCED Microscopy course
Aim of the course
Micron runs a course in November every year aimed at researchers and students interested in learning both theoretical and practical aspects of optical microscopy. The course introduces core principles of brightfield and fluorescence microscopy, biological applications of different imaging approaches and super-resolution techniques.
Course content:
- General introduction to light microscopy
- Principles of microscopy and microscope anatomy
- Cameras for imaging
- Contrast enhancement (phase contrast and DIC)
- Understanding fluorescence microscopy
- Fluorescent dyes and proteins
- Fundamentals of Microscope Image Analysis
- Handling of Microscope Image Data
- Confocal Microscopy
- Live-cell Imaging
- Imaging at the molecular level: F-Techniques
- Microscope Image Analysis
- Light sheet fluorescence microscopy
- Super resolution and SIM
- Nanometer resolution by localisation microscopy
- STED/STED-FCS
- Bespoke microscope design
- Summary
Course material could be downloaded here. Everyone is welcome to use the teaching material, but we would appreciate an acknowledgement of the authors and Micron Oxford as the source.