Fall 2024 Fluorescence Microscopy Crash Course

Course is Completed
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Every fall several hundred trainees join Western’s research community, many of whom will utilize fluorescent microscopy as part of their research and educational activities. During the fall reading week, Micrographia@Western offers a course on basic microscopy principles, imaging modalities, experimental design, sample preparation, and image analysis. This course provides these trainees with the foundational knowledge required to succeed as a microscopist, and familiarizes them with the microscopy technology, techniques, and experts available to them at Western.
This course just isn’t for new trainees – its for anyone starting to use microscopy in their research, or who are looking to extend their microscopy capabilities in new directions. The goal of this course is to provide you with the knowledge to design and implement rigorous and quantitative microscopy-based experiments across a range of sample types and microscope technologies. In addition, you will learn how to use free and open-source software to produce quantifiable data from the resulting images.
Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate of completion.
Schedule

Additional Information
Participants will receive a protocol booklet and certificate of completion. Participants will need to bring a laptop with at least 2 GB of free harddrive space and working WiFi. Participants will need to installed some free programs onto their laptop prior to the course.
Cost for the course is $75 per participant, payable via speedcode. This covers the costs of course materials.