BasicsCoursePhDprog-PeterEvennett - schedule March 2014

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|style="background:LemonChiffon;"|18:00ish<br>open end|| align="center" style="background:LemonChiffon;"|SESSION 4c<br>Practice|| align="center" style="background:LemonChiffon;"|Imaging with CCD cameras using LMF systems|| align="center" style="background:LemonChiffon;"|JAN<br>DAN<br>BRITTA<br>BERT<br>DAVIDE|| align="center" style="background:LemonChiffon;"|to whole group: <br>BioDIP Wiki with pages for all systesms<br><br>at single stations:<br>camera spec sheet of respective cameras<br>LUT, saturation, histogram etc|| align="center" style="background:LemonChiffon;"|Microscopes: <br> pDV of OMX (DAN, 2 students)<br> N-Storm (BRITTA, 3 students)<br> Oly-TIRF (BERT, 3 students) <br> self-built-system (JAN, 3 students)<br> DVcore (DAVIDE, 3 students) <br>Fluorescence Sample slides (Kidney / Cells...)<br> camera spec sheets of respective camera
 
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|11:40||12:25||align="center"|SESSION 1c<br>Theory & Demo||align="center" | OPTICAL SECTIONING<br>Spinning disc confocal<br>TIRF<br>SPIM ||align="center" |JAN<br>DAN<br>BRITTA ||align="center" |* DAN's "spinning-disc-on-a-bench"<br>* small glass cube with olive oil over milky water (use more oil than water!) plus Dan's blue laser pointer <br>* glass block with brain/scull and red light sheet laser from ZEISS
 
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 21 March 2014

Contents

[edit] PhD Program: Basics of Light Microscopy - Peter Evennett / LMF - Course March 2014

[edit] SETUP - Thu 13th and Fri 14th March

Prepare day boxes and teaching stations (microscopes with cameras etc) on tables in LMF on Thu
Setup of all needed course material in Galeria on Fri starting 12PM

Equipment needed

  • Microscopes
  • Optical bench
  • Spinning disk gadget
  • Polarizing sheets
  • Diffraction Grids
  • Sample map for each teaching station with: diatomes, liver tissue, convolaria, Benzocain crystals
  • First day handout for students
  • Light torches
  • Cameras and labtops for teaching stations
  • Cleaning stations for each system containing: cover slips, slides, Qtips, water, 70% EtOH, lens cleaning tissue
  • Waste and glass waste for each table
  • Box with screw drivers, telescope, eye pieces, ruler, mirror slide, DIC objective and wollaston prism for each microscope
  • 2 polarization filters for each microscope
  • Box with red, green, blue, black board marker, pen, pencil, sharpener, ruler, calculator for each microscope

[edit] DAY ONE - Mon 17th March

FROM TO ACTIVITY TOPICS Responsible person(s) Materials needed
8:30 09:00 FINAL PREP Test everything works BioDIP TEAM
9:00 9:35 INTRODUCTION COURSE INTRO
WHO is WHO? Round table
BioDIP TEAM White board and pen
9:35 10:38 Session 1
Theory
PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Historical aspects
Very basic components and principles (incl. refraction and resolution basics)
PETER EVENNETT (BioDIP TEAM) students shortly watch airy pattern from hole in mirror at the teaching microsopes (~10:05 - 10:10)
10:38 10:50 BREAK BREAK
10:50 11:30 SESSION 1
Practice
3 groups, 10min Rotation
Sebastian watched time
capillary/plastic (Huisken) in oil demo
Coin-in-cup demo
red, green, blue laser through milky water bath -
measure angles, calculate refraction;
show immersion objectives
measure refraction with modern refractometer
JAN
BRITTA
DAVIDE
*capillaries, oil
* coin-in-cup, water
* red/green laser pointer with holder stand, plastic refraction demo setup with protractor and milky water
*water, glycerol, oil immersion objectives
*refractometer
11:30 12:30 SESSION 1
Theory
Introduction to lenses and ojectives
Numerical aperture
Magnification
PETER EVENNETT cut objectives
12:30 13:15 LUNCH LUNCH
13:15 14:00 SESSION 1
Practice
15min (!) Rotation
Timer: Sebastian
Milky Glass Block demo
Show and discuss microscope parts (upright and inverted)
NA measurements
JAN
BRITTA
BERT
*milky glass block, teaching microscope, coloured filters for microscope, iris objective
*slides with arrows, simple upright and inverted microscope
*horizontal protractor on stand, objective holder, 2 air objective with different (!) NAs (and maybe an iris objective), calculator, pencils, rubber
14:00 14:45 SESSION 2
Theory
Microscope illumination
Conjugate planes
Apertures
PETER EVENNETT
14:45 15:00 BREAK BREAK
15:00 16:05 SESSION 2
Practice
(30min Rotation)
Timer: Sebastian
conjugate planes on Peters microscope
conjugate planes on optical bench
PETER EVENNETT
JAN
*Peters microscope setup
*optical bench demonstrating a transmitted light microscope, incl. light source
conjugate planes scheme hand outs
16:05 16:40 SESSION 3
Theory
Koehler illumination
Epi illumination
(Microscope alignment)
PETER EVENNETT
16:40 17:45 SESSION 3
Practice
Koehler illumination
(Microscope alignment)
BioDIP TEAM students manual microscopes, screwdrivers, nice brightfield sample
17:45 18:00 SESSION 4
Theory & Practice
Eyepieces
Depth of field
Depth of focus
PETER EVENNETT
BioDIP TEAM
students microscopes with 10x/0.25 and 40x/0.65 objectives
Stereoscope with a "sample"

[edit] DAY TWO - Tue 18th March

FROM TO ACTIVITY TOPICS Responsible person(s) Materials needed
9:00 10:10 Recap day 1 BioDIP TEAM Questions
teaching microscopes; conjugate planes schemes
10:10 11:00 SESSION 1a
DEMONSTRATION
+ THEORY
Diffraction and Diffraction slide fun
Diffraction string show
Diffraction and Resolution
PETER EVENNETT diffraction slides, torch, "dashed" string, fabric, funny glasses
11:00 11:20 BREAK COFFEE BREAK


11:20 11:50 SESSION 1b
Demo and Theory
ABBE's diffraction demonstration BERT Dan's ABBE Diffraction demo setup
11:50 12:15 SESSION 1b
Practice
Diffraction hands on on student microscopes BioDIP TEAM gratings, place holder for objective Nomarski prism, piece of card board, microscopes without condenser, closed field diaphragm
12:15 12:55 SESSION 1b
Demo and Theory
Peter's Diffraction video (w/o parts on Dark field and Phase contrast!) JAN
(PETER EVENNETT)
video
12:55 14:00 BREAK LUNCH
14:00 14:15 SESSION 1b
Theory
Wrap - up & Q & A
Diffraction
PETER EVENNETT
JAN
14:15 14:55 SESSION 2
Theory and Demo
Lens abERRations and corrections
objective labeling/reading
PETER EVENNETT
JAN
lenses with various sizes and shapes
magnetic lens + laser suitcase on white board
(15:00 - 15:05)
15:05 15:10 SHORT BREAK FRESH AIR
15:10 15:35 SESSION 3
Theory
Introduction to contrast PETER EVENNETT
15:35 15:55 BREAK COFFEE BREAK
15:58 16:08 SESSION 3a
Video
Peter's Dark Field diffraction video part JAN
(PETER EVENNETT)
video
16:08 16:15 SESSION 3a
Theory
Dark Field microscopy PETER EVENNETT next time: bring reflection dark field condenser
16:15 16:45 SESSION 3a
Practice
Dark Field microscopy BioDIP TEAM diatom slides; cells from Gaia
16:45 16:55 SESSION 3b
Video
Peter's Phase contrast diffraction video part JAN
(PETER EVENNETT)
video
16:55 17:05 SESSION 3b
Theory
Basics of Phase Contrast microscopy PETER EVENNETT
17:05 17:15 SESSION 3b
Demonstration
Cheek cell prep JAN Q-tips, slides, cover slips, PBS, plastic pipette, nail polish
17:15 18:00 SESSION 3b
Practice
Phase Contrast microscopy BioDIP TEAM cheek cell samples

[edit] DAY THREE - Wed 19th March

FROM TO ACTIVITY TOPICS Responsible person(s) Materials needed
9:00 10:10 Recap day 2 BioDIP TEAM example you tube videos on dark field and phase contrast (9:05-9:10)
Questions, pair of sieves, torches, microscopes
10:10 10:45 SESSION 1
Theory
Objective reading
lateral vs angular magnification
PETER EVENNETT
JAN
objectives, eyepieces, overhead projector
10:45 11:00 BREAK BREAK BREAK
11:00 12:15 SESSION 1
Practice
Group rotation
Cover glasses, sample mounting, Objective cleaning and
infinity optics bench demo
Objective reading
JAN

BRITTA
Coverglasses (High preciscion), different oils, slides, different cleaning reagents, cover glass thickness measure meter
bench demo of infinity optics
box with broken objectives + two 160 tube lens objectives
12:15 12:55 SESSION 2
Theory
Polarized light microscopy PETER EVENNETT for students and Peter: calcite crystal blocks, polarizers, paper with black spot;
overhead projector
12:55 13:55 BREAK LUNCH
13:55 14:40 SESSION 2
Practice
Polarized light microscopy PETER EVENNETT
BioDIP TEAM
overhead projector, hair, stone samples, benzocain crystals, rulers, gummy bears, plastic dishes, ...
14:40 15:05 SESSION 3
Theory
Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) PETER EVENNETT
15:05 15:50 SESSION 3
Practice
Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) BioDIP TEAM
JAN
cheek cell samples, diatoms
15:50 16:05 BREAK BREAK BREAK
16:05 16:25 Question round Questions to Peter Evennett PETER EVENNETT
BioDIP TEAM
16:25 17:05 SESSION 3
Theory
Fundamental concepts of fluorescence JAN
BRITTA
fluorescent liquids in bottles plus laser pointer (blue, green, red)
17:05 18:00 SESSION 4
Theory
Introduction to fluorescence microscopy
and light sources
DAVIDE
JAN
• Light sources
• Lamp houses

[edit] DAY FOUR - Thu 20th March

FROM TO ACTIVITY TOPICS Responsible person(s) DEMO Activities Materials needed
9:00 10:10 Recap day 3 BioDIP TEAM - Questions
DIC video from web (9:05 - 9:10)
10:10 10:50 SESSION 1
Theory
2nd part Fluorescence Microscopy DAVIDE
JAN
- Spectra
Filters
Filter cubes
10:50 11:05 SESSION 1
Practice
Filters BioDIP TEAM - laminated sheets with grids for spectra drawing
red, green, blue, black board markers
EtOH spray bottles, tissue
11:05 11:20 BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
11:20 12:20 SESSION 1
Practice
Spectraviewer
Aligment of Mercury arc lamps
Fluorescence imaging at microscopes
JAN
BioDIP TEAM
- lamp house, screw driver
laminated sheets with DAPI/FITC/TRITC Spectra
red, green, blue, board markers
EtOH spray bottles + tissue
Fluorescent labeled samples (Convallaria)
12:20 12:30 SESSION 1
Theory
Chromatic Aberration Correction DAVIDE -
12:30 13:15 SESSION 2
Theory
Detectors BRITTA - CCD chip paper weight
Demo: CCD chip under stereo microscope
example cameras showing different chip sizes
13:15 14:00 BREAK LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
14:00 14:35 SESSION 2
Demo & Theory
Detectors BRITTA bench show
advacned detectors lecture
RT spot with RGB slider and camera objective
PC
nice sample for binning (coffee cup)
14:35 14:40 SESSION 2
Practice
Detectors
"QE" show
JAN students count times of laser pointer blinking blinking laser pointer
14:40 15:10 SESSION 3a
Theory & Demo
Digital images BERT
JAN
Nyquist-Shannon
what is a pixel
spatial calibration
overhead projector
sheets with different sized squares as example for dexel size
gummi bears, Sesame seeds
15:10 15:35 SESSION 3
Practice
calculating dexel/pixel size BioDIP TEAM practice calculating needed dexel size for given optical setup calculator
text with given optical setup
15:35 15:50 SESSION 3b
Theory
Quantitative Imaging BERT digitization in space, time & intensity
aliasing
-
15:50 16:05 BREAK BREAK
16:05 17:00 SESSION 4a+b
Practice
camera discussion on student microscopes BioDIP TEAM check out basic camera vocabulary
discussing spec sheets of student microscope cameras
spatial calibration with ruler and FIJI
camera spec sheets
Hamamatsu camera comparison list
camera vocabulary checklist
microscope ruler
17:00 18:00ish
open end
SESSION 4c
Practice
Imaging with CCD cameras using LMF systems JAN
DAN
BRITTA
BERT
DAVIDE
to whole group:
BioDIP Wiki with pages for all systesms

at single stations:
camera spec sheet of respective cameras
LUT, saturation, histogram etc
Microscopes:
pDV of OMX (DAN, 2 students)
N-Storm (BRITTA, 3 students)
Oly-TIRF (BERT, 3 students)
self-built-system (JAN, 3 students)
DVcore (DAVIDE, 3 students)
Fluorescence Sample slides (Kidney / Cells...)
camera spec sheets of respective camera
19:00 open end Dinner with Peter BioDIP TEAM good mood, time

[edit] DAY FIVE - Fri 21st March

FROM TO ACTIVITY TOPICS Responsible person(s) Materials needed
9:00 10:00 Recap day 4 BioDIP TEAM Question sheets with the real case problem
calculators, pens
10:00 10:30 SESSION 1a
Theory
OPTICAL SECTIONING
introduction
widefield & deconvolution
chromatic aberration & correction
JAN labtop
10:30 10:45 BREAK BREAK BREAK
10:45 11:40 SESSION 1b
Theory & Demo
OPTICAL SECTIONING
Laser Scanning Confocal
2PM
JAN
SEBASTIAN
"confocal equipment":
laser pointer, mirror, broken scanning mirror
dual laser pointer (blue, green, red) to demonstrate penetration of diff. wavelength
11:40 12:25 SESSION 1c
Theory & Demo
OPTICAL SECTIONING
Spinning disc confocal
TIRF
SPIM
JAN
DAN
BRITTA
* DAN's "spinning-disc-on-a-bench"
* small glass cube with olive oil over milky water (use more oil than water!) plus Dan's blue laser pointer
* glass block with brain/scull and red light sheet laser from ZEISS
12:25 12:35 SESSION 1c
Demo
OPTICAL SECTIONING
SPIM
PETE PETE's SPIM-in-a-suitcase
12:35 12:45 SESSION 1d
Theory
OPTICAL SECTIONING
Apotome
JAN
12:45 13:30 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH Optional: LMF tour
13:30 13:45 SESSION 1e
Theory
OPTICAL SECTIONING
final remarks
JAN
13:45 14:10 SESSION 1f
Theory
SUPER-RESOLUTION
SIM
STORM
BERT
14:10 14:20 SESSION 2 Planning your Imaging Experiment DAVIDE + introduction to new user project questions
14:20 15:00 SESSION 3
Project discussion
Two volunteers present their imaging problems shortly and discuss it with the whole group BioDIP TEAM NOTE: did ask for volunteers already on Monday, than again on Wednesday; this time input from student group was rather low
15:00 16:00 SESSION 3 Course evaluation BioDIP TEAM Gummy bear bags (last time it was apples :-))
white board + marker
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