| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)Zulassung zum Doktoratsstudium Medical Sciences, Naturwissenschaften bzw. Technischen Wissenschaften
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| Original study plan |
Doctoral programme Medical Sciences 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
- The students gain fundamental understanding of the principles of confocal microscopy and its many applications for fixed and living cells/tissues.
- Students will learn the basics for image acquisition with hands-on experience at the confocal microscope.
- Students are able to troubleshoot confocal applications.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- Understanding the possibilities and limitations of confocal microscopy
- Troubleshooting image acquisition based on confocal settings and biological sample choice.
- Optimizing image quality at the microscope.
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- Principles and applications of confocal microscopy in fixed and living tissue samples.
- Fundamentals of image acquisition and optimization.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Attendance of at least 75 %.
Active participation: Students will receive hand-on training at the confocal microscope based on their own samples. Results will be presented and discussed in the group.
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| Methods |
Practical course, lectures and discussions.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
Selected publications provided by the lecturer and autodidactic search of PubMed and other sources.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
