Courses Teaching
GPILS 721: Microscopy Fundamentals and Modern Imaging Applications
The major goal of GPILS 721 is for students to gain a comprehensive understanding of modern optical microscopy with a basis in fundamental principles. These principles will be explored with discussions of techniques in biological microscopy of living systems. The central strategy organizing the course will be for the student group as a whole to build a working super-resolution microscope. Lectures will thus be minimized, and the emphasis will be on student presentations of key topics facilitated by outside reading, interactive demonstrations including time in the School of Medicine/Physiology Confocal Microscopy Core Facility, and build-time for the microscope in class. Presentation topics will be a combination of core concepts and technology along with methods chosen from interests of the registered students, so we will be aiming for a mix of principles and practical education. A new component of the course this year will be more emphasis on quantitative analysis in ImageJ and other programs available on campus.
Coursemaestros:
Tom Blanpied (tblanpied@som.umaryland.edu) 505 HH, 6-4769
Yajie (Kevin) Liang (Yajie.Liang@som.umaryland.edu) L127 HSF3, 6-3697
Class time: Spring Semester, Wednesdays from 2 – 5 pm.
Class location: TBD
Class credits: 3 credits