Search the CONFOCAL archive at
http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal

The Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and the 
Neuroscience Research Institute are sponsoring an advance course on 
light microscopy. This 4 ½ day workshop will be offered from November 13 
through November 17, 2006 and will consist of lectures and laboratory 
exercises that will run from 9 am to approximately 5 pm each day. The 
seminar/workshop will be intensive, enabling participants to develop 
theoretical and hands-on expertise with light microscopes. Attendees 
will interact closely with the instructors while using modern research 
grade microscopes, cameras, and computers. The seminars and laboratories 
will cover basic optical theory and how it pertains to increasing 
contrast (signal to noise ratio) in biological samples. Fundamental 
techniques such as fluorescence, phase contrast, Nomarski Differential 
Interference Contrast, and darkfield imaging will be taught and 
attendees will use microscopes equipped with these optical enhancement 
accessories. In addition, the theory and practice of electronic image 
acquisition (analog and digital) will be presented and attendees will 
work with low-light cameras, digital image processing computers, and 
morphometric programs. There are five research grade microscopes, five 
electronic imaging cameras, two computer workstations, and one confocal 
microscope. With a maximum enrollment of 10 students, there will be 
ample opportunity to work with all of the microscopes and cameras. For 
those so interested, intensive hands-on instruction and guidance on the 
confocal microscope will be provided.  For a fuller description of the 
workshop please check the web address below. Enrollment forms can be 
completed online and this workshop provides an opportunity to have a 
working-vacation in Santa Barbara, California.


For further information on the course please go to the URL address:

http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/events/imaging_workshop/index.html