Are you or your team interested in learning how to do light microscopy for your research or want to improve your skills?

Organised by the Oxford Light Microscopy Imaging Facilities, this free course brings together imaging experts and facility managers from all across Oxford and is an excellent way for any new starter to get to know the Light microscopy community in Oxford. This course is suitable for all students, technicians, postdocs and other staff who require microscopy as part of their project/work and does not require any previous microscopy experience. However, more experienced microscopists and PI’s may still find this useful, to learn more on experimental design, sample preparation, data storage and image analysis.

The in person OxMic Essentials of Light Microscopy Course will cover the following subjects: – Basics of light microscopy – Understanding the microscope body and objectives – Principles of widefield microscopy – Principles of confocal laser scanning microscopy – Principles of Spinning disc and light sheet microscopy – Comparision of super resolution techniques – Experimental design and which microscope to choose – Sample preparation – Data storage, metadata, scientific reporting & acknowledgements – Introduction to Image analysis, segmentation and co-localization

The short course is meant to provide a basic theoretical background for the everyday microscopy demands in Oxford’s biomedical research institutes and connect you with imaging facilities near you. After the course, we will finish the day by going to a the local White Hart pub, to continue discussions and get to know each other.