Advanced Microscopy

Course overview: For the microscopy course we will be teaching a variety of advanced microscopy approaches including cleared tissue imaging, super resolution microscopy, single-particle tracking and various live cell imaging approaches. During the 4 days course there will be lectures, hands on sessions, and keynote addresses from Dr. Sabrina Spencer (CU Boulder) and Dr. Chao Zhou (Wash U) to give participants a great opportunity to learn new methods to use in a variety of research projects. We have instructors from MSU, Notre Dame and the University of Michigan and our goal is to have participants from all over the Midwest.

Daily Agenda (you can download the full program here)

Course Directors:

Jens Schmidt, PhD and Zhen Qiu, PhD

Keynote Speakers:

Sabrina Spencer, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Chao Zhou, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Lecturers:

Ripla Arora, PhD, Michigan State University
Sara Cole, PhD, University of Notre Dame
Melinda Frame, PhD, Michigan State University
Sangbum Park, PhD, Michigan State University
Jennifer Peters, PhD, University of Michigan
Zhen Qiu, PhD, Michigan State University
Eric Rentchler, PhD, University of Michigan
Jens Schmidt, PhD, Michigan State University
Bryan Smith, PhD, Michigan State University

Course Coordinator:

Sara Makaremi, PhD, Michigan State University