GPLS 721 MICROSCOPY FUNDAMENTALS AND MODERN IMAGING APPLICATIONS
The goal of this course is for students to gain a comprehensive understanding of modern optical microscopy and its fundamental principles. These principles are explored through discussions of techniques in biological microscopy of living systems. The main, organizational strategy of the course is centered on the student group as a whole building a working super-resolution microscope. Thus, lectures are minimized, and the emphasis is on student presentations of key topics facilitated by outside reading, interactive demonstrations including time in the School of Medicine/Physiology Confocal Microscopy Core Facility, and build-time for the microscope in class. Students may expect 2 hours of class time per week, with demonstrations and hands-on assignments that periodically add additional time.