QFM 2009 Course Schedule
Date/Time Event Title/Description Presenter
May 31, 2009
9:00-9:30 am
Introduction
Welcome, Introductions, Define Course Goals
Watkins/Piston
9:30-10:30 am The microscope 1 From Leuwenhoek to Digital Imaging Watkins
10:30-11:00 am
Break
11:00-12:00 pm
The microscope 2 Transmitted Light Contrast in Microscopy Piston
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:30 pm
LAB TRANSMITTED LIGHT MICROSCOPY  
2:30-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:30pm
The microscope 3

Principal of Fluorescence

Piston
3:30-4:30 pm
The microscope 4

Fluorescence Microscope Design.

Piston
4:30-5:00 pm Break
5:00-5:30 pm
The microscope 5 Optical Filters for Fluorescence Microscopy Stanley
5:30-6:00 pm Digital Imaging 1 Digital Imaging and Detector Systems Watkins
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
7:00-8:00pm
LAB  SIGNAL-TO-NOISE IN DIGITAL IMAGING  
8:00-11:00 pm
LAB STANDARD FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY  
June 1, 2009
9:00-9:30 am
Digital imaging 2 Resolution in Digital Imaging  Watkins
9:30-10:00 am Confocal 1 Introduction to Confocal Microscopes St. Croix
10:00-10:30 am Confocal 2 Confocal Detectors and "Pseudo-confocals" Piston
10:30-11:00 pm
Break  
11:00-12:00 am Live Cell Imaging 1 TIRF, Structured Illumination Kenworthy
12:00-1:00pm Lunch    
1:00-4:30pm
Lab CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY 
4:30-5:30pm
Tips and Tricks Practical Digital Imaging  Watkins
6:00-7:00pm
Dinner
8:00-11:00pm
LAB  IMAGE PROCESSING &  FEATURE EXTRACTION  
June 2, 2009
9:00-9:30am
Image Processing 1 Digital Filters Watkins
9:30-10:30am
Image Processing 2 Deconvolution Piston
10:30-11:00am
Break
11:00-12:00pm
Confocal 3 3D Methods, Microfluorimetry Applications St. Croix
12:00-1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm-4:30 pm LAB MULTICOLOR 3-D IMAGING
4:30 pm-5:30pm
Tips and Tricks Cell Labeling, Antibodies, GFP, Practical Aspects Watkins
6:00-7:00 pm
Dinner
Evening Off
 
June 3, 2009
9:00-10:30am
Live Cell Imaging 2 Advanced Imaging Techniques, Quantitation Kenworthy
10:30-11:00 am
Break
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Multiphoton 1 Theory, Instrumentation,  Applications  Piston
12:00 noon
Course Photo
12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00-4:30pm
LAB DECONVOLUTION, APOTOME, FRAP
4:30-5:30 pm
Tips and Tricks Live Cell Imaging Microscope Design Watkins
6:00-7:00pm
Dinner
7:00-8:00pm
LAB MULTIPHOTON, TIRF LAB  
June 4, 2009
9:00-10:30am
Live Cell Imaging 3 Multicolor and Ratio Imaging St. Croix
10:30-11:00pm Break
11:00-12:00pm
Live Cell Imaging 4 FRET and Live Cell Imaging Kenworthy
12:00-1:00pm 
Lunch
1:00-4:00pm
LAB LIVE CELL FRET IMAGING  
4:00-4:30pm
LAB LIVE CELL CHAMBERS, SETUP COLLABORATIVE GROUPS BASED ON STUDENT INTERESTS  
4:30-5:30pm Tips and Tricks How to Manage Data, Make Movies, Etc  Staff
6:00-7:00pm Dinner
7:00-11:00pm LAB  RATIO IMAGING METHODS TRACKING, QUANTITATION, STUDENT EXPERIMENTS  
June 5, 2009
9:00-10:00am
Live Cell Imaging 5 Comparison of Optical Sectioning Approaches Piston
10:00-12:00am
LAB COLLECT DATA, PREPARE PRESENTATIONS
12:00-2:00pm Lunch       (MDIBL Gift Shop Open 1:00-3:00 pm??)
2:00-4:00pm
Results! Student Presentations  
4:00-4:30pm
Mechanics How Do I Get Money to Pay for All This Stuff? Watkins
4:30-5:00pm Summing up Q&A, Student Feedback Faculty
5:30 pm Lobster Bake Caravan to Thompson Island Picnic Area