Week 1
Major concept goals
-Introduction to ways of experimentally answering questions about cell function.
-Resolution is the key to microscopy.
Overview of content
I. Introductions
II. Course goals
A. Advanced understanding of how cells work
B. Think like a cell biologist
III. How to achieve the course goals
VI. How to know that you are achieving the course goals
V. Microscopy
A. Why microscopy was necessary to discover most cells and organelles
B. Resolution vs detection
C. Light microscopy
1. Design of a transmitted light microscope