Course coordinator:  Gabriel G Martins, PhD Assistants (2018): Luís Marques (FCUL) 2nd semester Master's level. 3ECTs Dept Animal Biology FCUL Course is opened to other FCUL master students although registration requires pre-approval by coordinator. In 2020 the course was attended by    students from Masters programs BED, MIEBB and BBC and Biostatistics. This course has already trained >300 students, some of whom have become imaging experts themselves.

Sinopsis: "Bioimagiologia" is a theoretical-practical course where students learn a variety of techniques used to obtain images of cells, tissues, organs, embryos and adult organisms. The techniques addressed include all major light microscopy (wide-field, fluorescence, confocal/multiphoton, super-resolution), macro & mesoscopy (light-sheet and optical tomography), and medical imaging techniques such as ultrasound/MRI/CT imaging, and pre-clinical imaging. We also address digital image acquisition (including techniques such as temporal compression and high-speed video, time-lapse and 3D/4D images), processing and analysis (densitometry, 3D image reconstructions, cell tracking, etc...) using mainly the open-source imageJ software. During the practicals, students attend demonstrations and get a 1s contact with different types of equipment to obtain images to later process and analyse. The course also includes lectures by invited speakers and visits to microscopy labs outside FCUL. Classes are taught in english or portuguese depending on students choice.