[lm-announce] Microscopy Clinics

[Sam Swift]

Dear All,

Following Alison's excellent talk yesterday afternoon, I am keen for  
us all to take the time to build on some of the themes she touched on  
to further improve the general level of understanding about the  
systems available in the facility and how to get the most out of  
them.  Therefore, as of next week we will be holding weekly  
microscopy clinics every Tuesday morning from 10 am to 12.30 pm.   
Facility staff will be available in the microscopy office (1.05F) for  
those of you who wish to drop in for an informal chat about any  
aspect of microscopy. I will also have a microscope available for a  
hands on discussion on a variety of themes.  These will be on a  
rolling basis as follows -

Week 1 - the transmitted light path, conjugate planes, Kohler and DIC
Week 2 - fluorescence basics, deconvolution and point spread functions
Week 3 - bleed through, cross talk and colocalization
Week 4 - Nonlinear illumination and multiphoton imaging

We are, of course, still available to attend and speak at group  
meetings and provide one on one training sessions.  For those of you  
who are interested in some light reading, I would also remind you  
that we do have a number of text books you can sign out (including  
but not limited to Pawley's handbook of biological confocal  
microscopy, Lakowicz's principles of spectroscopy, Spector's Live  
Cell Imaging lab manual etc).  As of Tuesday the 16th, I will also  
have available printed copies of a number of general articles and  
beginners guides to microscopy that you are welcome to help  
yourselves to.

Some useful links:

OMX:  			http://microscopy.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/omx/index.html
Sample prep:  	http://mitchison.med.harvard.edu/protocols.html
Primer:			http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/
Probes: 			http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/References/ 
Molecular-Probes-The-Handbook.html

The new Microscope Facility website will be launched in the next week  
or two at http://microscopy.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/index.html -  I'll  
let you know as soon as it is up.

Best regards,
Sam



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