From: Veli-Pekka Ronkainen veli-pekka.ronkainen@oulu.fi Sent: Friday, April 4, 2025 9:56 AM To: hbsdp@lists.oulu.fi; fbmm fbmm@lists.oulu.fi; ltk-all ltk-all@oulu.fi; ''bco@lists.oulu.fi' (bco@lists.oulu.fi)(bco@lists.oulu.fi)' bco@lists.oulu.fi; mrcouluohjaajat@lists.oulu.fi; biolphd@lists.oulu.fi Subject: Basic Course on Light and Electron Microscopy
Dear all,
Biocenter Oulu Light and Electron Microscopy Core Facilities are arranging a basic microscopy course between 21st and 23rd of May 2025 (DP00AS85-3001 Basic Course on Light and Electron Microscopy).
Registration is now open in Peppi (deadline May 1st), please find the detailed program here as an attachment.
BASIC COURSE ON LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
"Imaging across the scales, from electron microscopy to mesoscopic imaging"
Time May 21st to 23rd, 2025
Place BCO Light Microscopy (LM) and Electron Microscopy (EM) Core Facility Laboratories, the Main Building of the Medical Campus, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5A, 90220 Oulu, Finland
Credits 1 ECTS
Organisers Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme and Oulu BioImaging, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, https://www.oulu.fi/en/university/faculties-and-units/biocenter-oulu
Aim To get acquainted with light and electron microscopy imaging methods of living and fixed specimens of different sizes. Learn how to apply suitable techniques for image analysis. LM introduction includes widefield and confocal fluorescence microscopy and examples of multiphoton techniques. EM part focuses on sample preparation and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The course consists of lectures, microscopy demonstrations and computer-based image analysis workshops.
Information Veli-Pekka Ronkainen / Ilkka Miinalainen, Biocenter Oulu, tel: +358 294 486114 / +358 294 486145, e-mail: veli-pekka.ronkainen(at)oulu.fi / ilkka.miinalainen(at)oulu.fi
Registration Lectures are open for all without registration. Registration for the demonstrations is obligatory, and preference will be given to Ph.D. students and researchers whose project benefits the topics carried out during the course. Due to space limitations only 18 participants can be accepted. The application with a short description of the applicant's project should be submitted to Peppi by 1st of May 2025. Selected applicants will be informed by May 5th, 2025.
On behalf of the organizers, Veli-Pekka Ronkainen BCO LM Core Facility