Imaging and Microscopy Methods in Biology and Medicine

Harvard FAS

This quarter course will introduce students to modern imaging modalities used in biology and medicine, with emphasis on modalities most frequently employed in cellular and molecular biology. The course will offer an overview of the basic principles of light and electron microscopy and explain their resolution limits and sources of contrast. We will discuss modality-specific functionally relevant fluorescence molecular probes which can be used for live cell imaging. The course will provide a…