BIOLOGICAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
Covers several aspects of state-of-the-art biological and biophysical imaging with an emphasis on instrumentation, beginning with an overview of geometrical optics and optical and fluorescence microscopy. The bulk of the course will focus on advanced imaging techniques including nonlinear optical processes (multi-photon excitation, second harmonic generation, and stimulated Raman processes) and emerging super-resolution methods. Special emphasis will be given to current imaging literature and experimental design. Knowledge of physics-based optics [such as PHYSICS 202 ] strongly recommended.
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Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2021 Learning Outcomes: 1. Provide a clear, concise oral presentation critiquing a paper in the literature Audience: Graduate 2. Write a hypothesis driven research proposal and present an oral defense Audience: Graduate 3. Write a critical written assessment of literature papers Audience: Graduate 4. Use course concepts to better design experiments and extract quantitative information Audience: Graduate 5. Articulate a fundamental understanding of the function of a microscope Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Provide a clear, concise oral presentation critiquing a paper in the literature Audience: Graduate 2. Write a hypothesis driven research proposal and present an oral defense Audience: Graduate 3. Write a critical written assessment of literature papers Audience: Graduate 4. Use course concepts to better design experiments and extract quantitative information Audience: Graduate 5. Articulate a fundamental understanding of the function of a microscope Audience: Graduate
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- BIOLOGICAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPY · 3 credits.