From micro to nano, new developments in fluoresence microscopy

"We have both seen many things but we still want to see more..."
- Mercanti di Liquore

 Nowadays, fluoresence microscopy is an important and fundamental tool for biomedical research. Optical microscopy is almost non-invasive and allows highly spatially resolved images of organisms, cells, macromolecular complexes and biomolecules to be obtained. Gnerally speaking, the architecture of the observed structures is not significantly modified and the environmental conditions can be kept very close to physiological reality. Correct conditions are a prerequisite for an analysis of structure-function relationships and allow excellent reproduction of the biological network that regulates life. The maximum resolution in conventional optical microscopy is around 200nm.

 We have seen many things but we still want to see more... A crash tour in fluorescent imaging via widefield and confocal microscopy from macro to micro.

 This workshop is supported by Leica Microsystems BV.