CNWY40120 Advanced Biological Imaging
About the course
Designed for students who wish to understand and become critically aware of principles, practice and applications of rapidly developing imaging technologies
Credits ECTS 5
Dates 03 November - 22 November 2025
Schedule 16 hours of lectures (+3 h presentation session) and 4 hours of practical workshops over 3 weeks
Module Coordinator Dr Dimitri Scholz
Registration Closes: 31 October
Places available 15
Course structure
The module will be delivered over 3 weeks with morning lectures/seminars and 4 associated practical sessions (afternoons, 2-5pm).
Credit requirements
You will have satisfactory attendance and will complete a presentation-based assignment.
What does it cover?
- Principles of biologic imaging
- Microscopy components
- Bright field microscopy
- Fluorescence and fluorescent markers
- Confocal microscopy
- High content screening and image analysis
- Histology and immunohistochemistry
- FRET, FRAP, STED, FLIM and FCS
- Ultrastructural imaging
Why enrol?
Particular focus is given to white and fluorescent light-based imaging approaches. A series of lectures will inform about the concepts of imaging and microscopy; application of histology, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence; basics of confocal microscopy, light sheet microscopy, super resolution microscopy, multi-photon microscopy, high content screening microscopy; techniques in light microscopy and live cell imaging; and also the relationship between light microscopy and electron microscopy.
Next steps
Download the Module Descriptor for CNWY40120 in 2025/2026
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