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ELMI was created in 2001 to establish a unique communication network between European scientists working in the field of light microscopy and the manufacturers of their equipment.

Functional Imaging course, 10-19 October 2022, University of Amsterdam

The van Leeuwenhoek Centre for Advanced Microscopy (LCAM) organises the next edition of the “Functional Imaging” course at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands at Oct 10th-19th 2022.

This 8 day course is an intermediate level course for PhD students, postdocs and technicians in biology and biomedical science who already have experience with widefield and/or confocal fluorescence microscopy but want to extend their knowledge with the functional imaging techniques. After this course, participants will understand the principles of these methods and their limitations. In this course we will focus on functional imaging technologies that can be used in biology such as FRET, FLIM, FRAP, FCS & super-resolution microscopy. Furthermore, participants will be introduced to the latest developments in fluorescent probes, sample preparation, data-analysis and data statistics.

The course consists of theoretical lectures & tutorials (~50%) and hands-on experiments (~50%) at the microscope, including an image analysis session. This course runs in parallel with the 4 weeks Advanced Microscopy course for UvA master students. The teaching staff consists of experts in the field from the van Leeuwenhoek Centre of Advanced Microscopy. Two special sessions will be dedicated to discuss each participant’s specific microscopy project & issues and data-analysis questions.

Participants:   Max. 8 PhD students, postdocs and other scientists
Level:  Experienced microscopist
Course fee:     450 €
Info:   http://www.microscopycourse.nl/?page_id=652
Application deadline: September 11th 2022
Selection criteria:  Experience and motivation, to be included in the application form.
Organisers:       LCAM, contact: Mark Hink (m.a.hink@uva.nl)

For additional information please check the course page.