The 9th annual short course on “Time-resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy”, organized by PicoQuant GmbH, provides an in-depth introduction to the principles of fluorescence microscopy and its applications to Life Science. This years course will be held from February 28 to March 2, 2017 in Berlin, the capital city of Germany.
The course is aimed both at professionals and beginners who are either using or intend to use fluorescence microscopy in their research. In addition to lectures, the course offers practical training on instrumentation and software. The lectures will be held by
- Alberto Diaspro (University of Genova, Italy),
- Chris Dunsby (Imperial College London, United Kingdom),
- Jörg Enderlein (University of Göttingen, Germany),
- Mark Hink (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands),
- Fred Wouters (University of Göttingen, Germany), and
- Andreas Bülter (PicoQuant GmbH, Germany).
The practical sessions will include measurements as well as data analysis, performed on various instruments provided by
- Leica,
- Nikon,
- Olympus,
- Zeiss, and
- PicoQuant.
Topics covered:
- Instrumentation and data analysis
- Correlation methods: FCS, FCCS, FLCS, …
- Imaging methods: FLIM, FRET, FLIM-FRET, …
- STED super-resolution microscopy
- Single molecule microscopy
