Course – The Live Cell Imaging facility

Registrations to the LCI microscopy course 2025 will soon close!

There are a few spots left at our course (27 Jan – 14 Feb 2025): ‘Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis’ (6 credits). Application deadline: 5th of November 2024.

This course is completely unique in that it is a highly hands-on course but because it runs completely remotely, your hands will be on your own microscope and your own sample. 😊

To see how the course can help your microscopy project, check out the course schedule 2025 and the alumni testimonies on the course webpage.
You can read the course syllabus and apply on this page. Make sure you check the eligibility criteria and click on the + sign at the top for more information.
If you cannot apply to the course, you can anyway follow any of the lectures (in blue on the course schedule) as they will be publicly broadcasted live on Zoom and accessible to anyone without registration. The schedule and zoom link are available on the course page.

The purpose of the LCI facility microscopy course is to provide PhD students, researchers and core facility staff who have some prior experience of microscopy with enough theoretical and practical knowledge about their OWN sample and their OWN microscope, to enable them to:

assess and improve their sample so that it becomes suitable for data extraction from fluorescence images,
make best use of the hardware available in their lab/facility,
fully understand the acquisition parameters they need to set in their own microscope software,
design their experiment from scientific question to image analysis using a strong knowledge base.

The aim is to provide you with tools to acquire on ANY wide field, confocal or light sheet microscope, images of your samples that reliably answer your scientific question.

The course is free of charge. Contact us (LiveCellImaging@ki.se) for enquiries.

Free online Microtutor course about fluorescence microscopy

Dear everyone

Microtutor Live will soon start its first flipped classroom version of its online Fluorescence microscopy course. I am happy to be one of the instructors for Europe! See below more info and how to apply! 🙂

Fluorescence Microscopy is a common technique in biological research, yet few researchers receive formal training on how to use it effectively. Microtutor, an interactive and free educational website, addresses this gap by offering self-guided courses on microscopy fundamentals. Students enroll themselves and work through the course at their own pace. Since the release of the first course on fluorescence microscopy in June, >600 students from all over the world have enrolled.

This fall, there is now going to be a special Microtutor LIVE version of the fluorescence microscopy course that includes instructor support instructor support. In this version, the students are assigned virtual course content each week to go through on their own, and then meet weekly with instructors over Zoom for Q&A. They can also attend virtual guest lectures each week, which will cover applications of the content. At the end, students can submit an optional individual project in the form of a microscopy experiment proposal to receive a certificate of completion for the course.

Students can learn more information and apply to join here.

The LCI open microscopy course starts on Monday! :)

Dear all

It is my pleasure to invite you to follow the LCI facility microscopy course Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis.

The course starts next Monday (29 Jan) and runs until the 16^th of February.

As usual, all the course lectures are broadcasted live on Zoom. It is free of charge and you do not need to register.

The aim for this course is to improve the microscopy skills of students and researchers who have already used a microscope to acquire digital images of fluorescent samples but feel that more knowledge could help them.

Here is a selection of what we will talk about:

Optics and image formation,
Anatomy of a microscope
Objectives and refraction index
Cameras and detectors, Noise and background, Bit depth and saturation
Sample preparation, Immunostaining, Clearing and expansion
Resolution and contrast, Nyquist sampling, Microscope settings
Data handling, OMERO.figure, Requirements for image analysis, Colocalization
Image processing and analysis

Check our course webpage to see the course schedule (Broadcasted activities are in blue) and the Zoom link. Scroll down to read the kind testimonies of our dear students! 🙂

Here is the course syllabus.

For those who are on a far away time zome, we record all the live lectures and post them every evening on the LCI facility YouTube channel! 🙂

We hope that you will enjoy the LCI facility microscopy course!

Kindly forward to anyone who might be interested.

The LCI team

A few spots left at the LCI microscopy course 29/01-16/02 2024

There are a few spots left for the LCI core facility light microscopy course (29 Jan – 17 Feb 2024): ‘Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis’ (6 credits).

This course is completely unique in that it is a highly hands-on, but your hands will be on your own microscope and own sample. The course runs completely remotely! 😊

To see how the course can help your microscopy project, check the course webpage. Look at the course schedule 2024 and the alumni testimonies!
Also check the course syllabus to see the eligibility criteria. Also read what you will learn in the Course content and Intended Learning Outcomes sections.
If you cannot apply to the course, you can anyway follow any of the lectures (in blue on the schedule) as they will be publicly broadcasted live on Zoom and accessible to anyone without registration. The schedule and zoom link are available on the course page.

1) assess and improve their sample so that it becomes suitable for data extraction from fluorescence images,

2) make best use of the hardware available in their lab/facility,

3) fully understand the acquisition parameters they need to set in their own microscope software,

4) design their experiment from scientific question to image analysis using a strong knowledge base.

The aim is to provide you with tools to acquire on ANY wide field, confocal or light sheet microscope, images of your samples that reliably answer your scientific question.

The course is free of charge. Contact us (LiveCellImaging@ki.se) for enquiries.

Time to register to the LCI microscopy course!

Dear all

It is time to enroll to the yearly light microscopy course run by the Live Cell imaging core facility (29 Jan – 17 Feb 2024): ‘Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis’ (6 credits).

Check the course schedule 2024 and the syllabus to see the course content and alumni testimonies.
Postdocs or registered PhD students can apply to the course.
Please read carefully the eligibility criteria in the syllabus and note that the last registration date is the 15^th of November.
If you cannot apply to the course, you can anyway follow any of the lectures (in blue on the schedule) as they will be publicly broadcasted live on Zoom and accessible to anyone without registration. The schedule and zoom link are on the course page.

The purpose of this course is to enable PhD students and researchers who have already and recently used a microscope to acquire images of fluorescent samples, to improve their microscopy skills.

The course is NOT aimed at training people to use the LCI facility microscopes. The focus is instead on providing the students with enough theoretical and practical knowledge about their OWN sample and their OWN microscope, to enable them to:

1) prepare their sample and formulate their scientific question in a way that is suitable for data extraction from fluorescence images

2) properly use the hardware available in their lab/facility and 3) fully understand each parameter they need to set in the software in their lab/facility.

The aim is to provide the course students with the tools to acquire on ANY wide field, confocal or light sheet microscope, images of their samples that reliably answer their scientific question.

Please help us spread the word. 😃

Live broadcast of all public lectures the LCI microscopy course

Microscopy course: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis

Starting from next week, the Live Cell Imaging core facility at KI will run its yearly microscopy course.

All the course lectures will be broadcasted live on Zoom, free of charge and there is no need to register. On this page, you can find the course schedule (public activities are in blue) and the Zoom link to join. Scroll down to read the student testimonies! 😊

30 Jan – 17 Feb 2023

The course covers the following topics:

Optics, image formation
Fluorescence, fluorophores
Bleedthrough
Anatomy of a microscope
Objectives and refraction index
Cameras and detectors
Noise and background, Bit depth and saturation
Multichannel imaging and spectral unmixing
Resolution and contrast
Sample preparation, Immunostaining
Nyquist sampling
Confocal and wide field settings
Speed, High throughput/content
Volume imaging, deconvolution
Clearing and expansion
Live cell imaging
Fourier
AI, Super Resolution microscopy
Colocalization
Data handling, OMERO.figure

Hope you enjoy the Live Cell Imaging core facility microscopy course! 😃

Registration to the LCI microscopy course 2023 closes on Monday!

It is time to enroll to the yearly light microscopy course run by the Live Cell imaging core facility (30 Jan – 17 Feb 2023): ‘Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis’ (6 credits).

Check the course schedule to see the course content and testimonies from alumni
If interested, you can enrol as a student. Please read carefully the eligibility criteria and note that the last registration date is the 15^th of November.

Additionally, all the lectures (in blue on the schedule) will be publicly broadcasted live on Zoom and accessible to anyone without registration. Even if you do not want to enrol as a student, you can have a look at the and listen to any lecture that triggers your interest. There is no need to register. The schedule and zoom link are on the course page.

The purpose of this course is to enable PhD students and researchers who have already and recently used a microscope to acquire images of fluorescent samples, to improve their microscopy skills.
The course is NOT aimed at training people to use the LCI facility microscopes. The focus is instead on providing the students with enough theoretical and practical knowledge about their OWN sample and their OWN microscope, to enable them to:

1) prepare their sample and formulate their scientific question in a way that is suitable for data extraction from fluorescence images

2) properly use the hardware available in their lab/facility and 3) fully understand each parameter they need to set in the software in their lab/facility.

The aim is to provide the course students with the tools to acquire on ANY wide field, confocal or light sheet microscope, images of their samples that reliably answer their scientific question.

Please help us spread the word. 😃

The LCI microscopy course 2022 is now open for registrations!

It is now time to apply to the intensive LCI microscopy course Jan/Feb 2022: Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis

The aim for this course is to improve the microscopy skills of students and researchers who have already used a microscope to acquire digital images of fluorescent samples but feel that their knowledge is limited.

All the lectures at the LCI microscopy course will also broadcasted live online, free of charge and there is no need to register.

All details about the course including course schedule, how to apply, and how to follow the lectures are found here.

Scroll down to read the kind testimonies of our dear students! 😊

Hope you enjoy the LCI facility microscopy course 2022!

The first microscopy MOOC?

This MOOC for undergrad students by the University of Montpellier is about labeling and imaging vertebrate embryos.

All the videos are also available on their YouTube channel.

As far as I know, this is the first pure microscopy MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), dealing with sample preparation, imaging and data handling!

If you know of another microscopy MOOC (I know of some image analysis MOOC but not microscopy), please leave me a comment or sent me an email! 🙂

The LCI microscopy course 2021 starts next week! :)

As usual the lectures at the LCI microscopy course will broadcasted live online, free of charge and there is no need to register.

Title: Microscopy: improve your imaging skills – from sample preparation to image analysis

Applications are closed but all lectures will be broadcasted live and open to anyone without registration.

The course covers the following topics:

Optics, image formation, fluorescence, fluorophores, microscope and microscopy types
Objectives and refraction index, Cameras and detectors
Noise and background, Cameras and detectors, Bit depth and saturation, Multicolour imaging
Resolution and contrast, Sample preparation, Immunostaining
Nyquist sampling, Confocal and wide field settings, Scaling up and speeding up, High throughput/content
Volume imaging, deconvolution, multiphoton, Clearing and expansion
Live cell imaging, Fourier, AI, Super Resolution microscopy
Data handling, OMERO.figure, Requirements for image analysis, Colocalization
Image processing and analysis

Check the course schedule and details of how to join the Zoom webinars. Scroll down to read the kind testimonies of our dear students! 😊

Here is the course syllabus.

Hope you enjoy the LCI facility microscopy course 2021!