The basics of light and fluorescence microscopy

Science course

  • Start: Jan 30, 2023 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jan 31, 2023 01:00 PM
  • Speaker: Veit Grabe
  • Head of Microscopic Imaging Service Group
  • Location: MPI-CE
  • Room: A1.041

Registration date: January 9, 2023, 11am. An email will be sent with a registration link.


In the theoretical part, you will get a detailed introduction to the field, focusing on the historical and current development of transmitted light microscopy and its advanced applications. This includes crucial light path properties like choosing the right microscope objective, minding the refractive index and embedding media, trying different contrast methods, signal-to-noise-ratio and more. The more complex techniques of fluorescent microscopy and developments in the field will also be covered. You will hear about fluorophores, confocal laser scanning microscopy and sample as well as image optimization.

The details on the practical part will be announced later.

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